Griff
I'm a sixty-eight year old semi-retired software architect/engineer and systems analyst. I live with my wife in north-central New Jersey within 1 hour of several trailheads on the Appalachian Trail. I enjoy day-hiking the AT with my wife, rails to trails biking with my college buddies, reading about technology (especially space) and reading/listening to science fiction novels. I'm currently planning an out and back on the AT from the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey to Springer Mountain Georgia. I am planning to start this 2,600 mile round-trip hike in late March and to finish sometime in September. This will be a real challenge for me and I am looking forward to it!
Posts
Days 24 Through 27
Day 24 Dreary Start, Great Lunch, Nice Finish Hiked today 15.9 miles total hiked 378 miles todays ascent 2540 Today I hiked from Skyland Lodge to
Days 21 through 23
Day 21 maybe I went too far? Hiked today 23.4 total hiked 324 total ascent 4550 feet No views today! Today my goal is to hike 20 miles or a
Days 18 through 20
Day 18: Harper’s Ferry! Hiked today 16.4 total hiked 271 Today was another beautiful day on the trail. I hiked from the Rocky Run shelter
Days 15 through 17
Day 15 some NOBOs one view and an interesting evening Hiked today 19.6 total hiked 221 Today was a pleasant hike of nearly 20 miles
Day 14: on mountain tops with no views
Today I hiked from the James Fry shelter to the Birch Run shelter. the hike was a walk-through the woods, which I enjoyed, but didn’t present any
Day 13 My First 20 Mile Day!
The first 10 or 12 miles of today’s hike was across Cumberland Valley. From Carlisle, where I slept to the southern end of the valley is about 12
Day 12 Out of Duncannon to Cumberland Valley
The first view of the day is looking down on Duncannon from the mountain just southbound of it. You can just make out Duncannon along the left bank
Day 11 Peter’s Mountain Shelter to The Doyle Hotel
Wow what a beautiful day after three days of stormy weather with two days of intermittent heavy rain. It’s a beautiful day and the high today in
Day 10 Rausch Gap campsite to Peter’s Mountain Shelter
At Rausch gap overnight the weather seem to alternate between heavy rain and heavy wind. Finally at about 4:30 in the morning one of my stakes
Day nine some green is appearing and a wet ending
After a stormy night last night my hike began in fog and rain. The picture below is from a powerline, probably a beautiful view under different