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Up and…Over
As I expected, when the sign appeared out of the mist, something clicked that hadn't before. Though we'd been able to see Katahdin from the trail for
The Last Movement
Sometimes, in the Whites, I'd close my eyes at night and still see a rock wall directly in front of me that I'm supposed to climb. Each day was
Big Mountains Ahead
I've arrived in Hanover, NH, and I feel like I'm staring at a massively ominous storm cloud heading my way: the notorious White Mountains are just
The Best Part So Far
I'll be hiking, my mind deep in that hibernation it enters when I'm alone for a while, when suddenly I see movement up ahead. Moving on two legs,
Walking into the Northeast
Today as I pulled myself up the rocky crest of the ridge dividing New Jersey and New York, I could see a faint yet vast stretch of skyscrapers in the
1000
I passed that marker yesterday. Now I'm 'that guy,' so to speak--I'm someone I would have wondered at just 3 months ago. For 1000 is a large,
300 Miles Later…
Why do I always see bears on days I'm coming into town? Because I just saw a bear, again, yesterday, when I was walking to the Waynesboro road
Pizza in the Woods!
I'm 62 miles from where I did my last post, about 4 days later. That's the longest I've gone in 4 days so far, and my legs are definitely feeling it.
Through Fire, Through Water–and Now in Virginia
We've had beautiful hiking since the last post. Unaka Mountain was serene with its gentle dark spruce forests, the Roan Highlands were open with
Hitting a Rhythm in Tennessee
It's been a while since I've posted, mainly because it's hard to find a computer out here. But I'm well over the 300 mile marker now, and going