Gabe "Bumble" Craig
40/m/il In April 2024 I’ll be starting my NOBO thru hike of the Appalachian Trail! Long considered a logistically impractical daydream, the idea started becoming more tangible in 2021. Remote options saw me move out of the cubicle and into our National Forests. I spent time trying out van life and sold my house. By 2023, plans for the AT started coming together and now it’s hard to believe it is really here!
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Hiking with Friends
There are days that the only sign of other hikers I see for hours is an occasional footprint or cluster of trekking pole holes where footing gets
Hiawassee: My Hiker Happy Place
I feel like I did a fair amount of complaining in my last post and I want to make sure it's clear that being on the AT is an amazing experience that
A Week in the Woods
Ok, it hasn't been a full week out on the trail and I am super comfortable in my hostel bunk tonight but it has been a week since my journey
Getting into Gear and onto the Trail
In less than a week, I will be hiking the Appalachian Trail, and I'm pretty sure I'll be making tweaks to my gear until the very last minute. The
Pressing Pause on Life Off-Trail
With just two weeks left before stepping onto the Appalachian Trail, it is hard not to think about the people and things I will miss while on my