On a hiatus from medical school, Sharon is thru-hiking the AT with her boyfriend Nate. Having conquered thirteen of the forty-six high peaks of the Adirondacks, a 115-mile week-long on the North Country Trail and a month of hauling their packs around their tiny hometown, they think they’re ready to make it To Katahdin.
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To North Carolina, And Beyond!
Day 10 8:00 AM and zero degrees. Today was the day. Nate and I promised to each other and all of our fellow hikers that as long as there was no
Cabin Fever
Day 5 Excitement shot through my body like electricity. Today we were going to get to Neel Gap! The tree decorated with disowned hiking boots, the
Ice Missiles, Twirly-Doos, Whipping Wind and Glory Day
Day 1 "I can't believe it," Nate kept repeating, "We are finally on the Appalachian Trail!" Though we weren't officially on the AT yet, the smile
To Katahdin or Bust
My brain stopped going. Nurses were leaping from one room to another, monitors were beeping to the rhythm of the heart, patient papers were flying off of the printer and I remained motionless in the middle of it all. I was done considering; we were going to do it.