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Has the AT Had Enough of Me? The Last of Three Ridiculous Days
I wrote a LABE (long-ass blog entry). I broke it up so as not to overstay my welcome on your screen. You can read Part I and Part II at your
Has the AT Had Enough of Me? The Second of Three Ridiculous Days
I wrote a LABE (long-ass blog entry). I broke it up so as not to exhaust you. This is part 2. You can read part 1 if you like. "Okay! That's
Has the AT Had Enough of Me? The First of Three Ridiculous Days
I wrote a LABE (long-ass blog entry), so I broke it up since I know people don't have hours to thumb their screens on one post. This is Part 1 of
Some Sunshine in My Life
She likes herself, a quality that is rarer than you might think, not to be confused with self-absorption or any other brand of narcissism.
Probably More Detail Than You Need About What I Eat on the AT
F**k whole wheat tortillas, gimme summa ‘dat high-glycemic-index trash!
The Easiest Terrain, the Least Miles, the Best Weather (in Which Inti Visits Me on the AT)
Even though it was a nero--just 8 miles and change--the walk down to VA 630 felt excruciatingly long since I was so eager to get there and see Inti.
More Questions Than Answers These Days
As Bill Bryson puts it in A Walk in the Woods, one of the central features of hiking the AT is deprivation. Bryson was 44 when he hiked the AT. He
Make the Whole Trip That Way
I'm sitting next to the Nolichucky River near Erwin, TN, approximately 340 miles and exactly 44 days from my start at Springer Mountain. Bird chirps
Many Struggle, Such Doubt
This is far, far harder than I expected. Everything about my life is different now from how it was five weeks ago. And none of those differences are
Smokies Secrets: Revealed!
Some life experiences contain in them so much superlative that it’s hard to convey to others what they were like. We resort to hyperbole, or we