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100 Lessons Learned From 100 Days on the AT
100 lessons learned by living 100 days in Appalachia.
Hiking through the Heat Dome in Rocksylvania (aka Hell’s Gates)
Hiking 60 miles in the three-day heat dome that made me sweat and question life more than I ever have before. Plus my phone broke.
What’s Harder? The Half Gallon Challenge or a 35-Mile Day?
Thinking about whether the half gallon ice cream challenge is a metaphor for the trail and if it’s harder then hiking our biggest day yet. (And probably ever)
Spending Hours in the Shenny Wayside Vortex
Enjoying the Shenendoah waysides, birding my way out of the Virginia Blues, suffering through summer, and hitting 1000 miles!!!
What’s the point of thru hiking anyways?
This week really didn’t bring any big revelations, just the kind of slow-burn realizations that come when you’ve been outside long enough that
Romanticizing Everything (AKA Avoiding Norovirus) – Week 8 on the AT
I’m trying to stay on top of these blogs, but it’s getting harder as we hike longer days. By the time I get to camp, I’m a total zombie. Set up,
Tornado Watch at Trail Days?
Before coming to the AT, I didn’t even know what Trail Days was. Since I learned about it from the group that I hiked with in the very first week,
Ponies, Electrolyte Scaries, Damascus – Week 6 AT
My goals for the trail this week have continued to shift from “slowing down” to simply being present. It’s easy to get obsessed with where camp is
Walking through Helene’s Impact – Week 4/5 AT
Going into Northern North Carolina and Tennessee, we knew that we would see some damage from the Hurricane last September. This is a widely talked
My Trail Name, Crazy Gatlinburg, Lovely Smokies – Stories from Week 3 on the AT
I’m writing this at the end of another week of magic and hiking in the bubble out here on the North Carolina and Tennessee border! Since I last