Joe Schmidt

Joe Schmidt is a native New Yorker. A Western Kentucky University dropout, he holds degrees from the University of Louisville and Spalding University. His writing has appeared in print or online in River Styx, The Louisville Review, the Prose Poem Project. After years of weekend hiking in the Ohio and Tennessee valley regions, Joe (aka "Triton") hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 2011. He also hiked a 500 mile section of the AT in 2014.

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Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a Pilgrimage

Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a Pilgrimage

Long distance hiking can be plausibly understood and experienced as a sport, but readers will detect as a reoccurring theme in my writing, an

Jun 18, 2015 : Joe Schmidt
A Walk in the Woods: How “Leave No Trace” Ethics Are the Mark of Today’s Trail Ambassador

A Walk in the Woods: How “Leave No Trace” Ethics Are the Mark of Today’s Trail Ambassador

In September 2015 a cinematic interpretation of travel writing superstar Bill Bryson's best selling book A Walk in the Woods will debut in movie

Jun 4, 2015 : Joe Schmidt
How I Cook My Food On The Appalachian Trail

How I Cook My Food On The Appalachian Trail

Normally I have a low tolerance for “gear talk.” The last thing I want to do when I'm out in the woods is engage in the consciousness of consumerism.

May 21, 2015 : Joe Schmidt
Shelter on the Appalachian Trail: To Pack or Not to Pack?

Shelter on the Appalachian Trail: To Pack or Not to Pack?

Long distance hiking requires many hours of resting, an irony that illuminates the fragile resilience of the hiker's body and the critical necessity

May 7, 2015 : Joe Schmidt