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I’m Climbing Katahdin Today
And I can't sleep. I'm too excited. So I figured I would write instead.It's 3am in the morning and I'm at the Birch's with some other
Hiking with a Purpose
October was the first time I spoke about the Appalachian Trail out loud. It had been a rough three years. I had uprooted my life post college and
Aqua Blazing the Shenandoahs
I first heard the term aqua blazing the week before starting the trail.I was trying to figure out where to start my hike. Corona had crashed my
Walking with a Face Mask: Hiking During Corona
There is one piece of gear I am carrying backpacking that I have never used before. Face masks. Now I carry two masks in my backpack in separate
How to Tell Your Husband You’re Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Ever wonder how to you tell your husband that you’re dreaming about taking off life for five months to solo hike the East Coast of the United
Solo Hiking the Laurel Highlands; The Last 35
It was mid-September and I was anxious to finish the trail before winter set in. So I packed up all my gear and impatiently waited till the weekend.
Solo Hiking the Laurel Highlands
By the end of summer, I had the hiking bug. We had spent one glorious week in Acadia National Park, hiking, swimming and picking huckleberries to our
The Man Who Taught Me to Love the Trail
My grandmother always tells this story And like all family stories, it was in Maine in Acadia, on the small house on Seal Cove Pond. The house that
I Was Named after a Pickle
I promise you, it’s not what you think.My first trail name was given to me while hiking the Appalachian Trail with an outdoors program sponsored