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Reflections and Post-AT Potpourri
It has been over a month since I finished my LASH of the AT from Harpers Ferry through Katahdin, and I thought I would reflect on my experience on
There and Back Again: Katahdin Edition
There As I left off in my last blog, I was laying in my tent at Hurd Brook Lean-to at 3 a.m., debating on whether to night-hike to ensure I got a
Hurricanes, Huckleberries, and Human Waste in the Hundred Mile Wilderness
Overall thoughts I had high hopes for the Hundred Mile Wilderness but was disappointed by this stretch of trail. I like backpacking more for the
A Whoopie Pie A Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Over five days, I ate six whoopie pies and visited zero doctors. Correlation or causation?
Strange Encounters: Days 68-73
Read on to hear about the interesting people I met during this section of the trail and a potential paranormal encounter
The Two Types of People You Meet on the Appalachian Trail
While there are about as many kinds of people on the AT as types of bugs, the broad motivations behind why people are out there can be reduced into just two categories
Out of the Fire, into the Frying Pan: The Wrath of Southern Maine
Leaving the Whites and heading into Maine proved a greater challenge than anticipated.
I Got Lyme Disease on The Appalachian Trail
Realizing I Had Lyme Disease I woke up rather late in the haphazard, slanted tent pitch I had made the night before after having to bail down a side
The Ups and Downs of the Whites: Days 58-62
The day hikers do it, how hard can the White Mountains be?
Hot, Wet, and Tired: Days 52-57
Pie Queen enters the Whites, but not without obstacles including a hurricane, bugs, mud, rocks, and fog.