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Gear I LOVED on the AT 2025
A brutally honest, way too specific gear review of everything I brought, sent home, and took to Maine on my NOBO thru hike of the Appalachian Trail 2025.
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Way too soon reflections on summiting Mt Katahdin, completing the AT, and moving on to my next dream.
So Close, Yet So Far… Diaries From Southern Maine
Southern Maine was the toughest section of trail for me. Mentally and physically. But Maine is perfect, I am so grateful to be here. And I cannot believe the trail magic I got while I'm here!
NH Homecoming
I grew up scrambling up the granite walls of NH. Walking back here from Georgia felt healing, and we got perfect weather to celebrate coming home.
Massachusetts Saved My Life
After tough weeks in the Mid-Atlantic heat, the trail’s magic returned in Massachusetts and Vermont. Cooler mornings, wild forests, unexpected friendships, and moments of pure joy remind me why I keep hiking, despite the challenges, the pain, and the bittersweet beginning of the end.
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
