Flip-Flop
100-Mile Wilderness, Katahdin, and a Detour
It’s been a wild ride since I last updated you guys. I finished Maine, summited Mount Katahdin, made my way back to where I started in Connecticut, hiked with my...
Essay for AT Hurricane Survival Course 101
By Ruth Morley, Student ID #120952. In times of emergency, such as a hurricane, tornado, or flood, one must follow the advice of safety officials and maintain a level head....
Silly Me: I Forgot to Schedule in a Hurricane
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Up and down the eastern seaboard, hundreds of sidelined backpackers are chomping at the bit. Some are in...
Southern Maine… Mad Ups and Downs, Stunning Beauty
In my last update, I feared that I had seriously injured my left shoulder. Turns out it was just a matter of a couple of cortisone injections and a few...
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times
As planned I set out from Hanover after enjoying breakfast at Lou’s and hiked to Lincoln, NH. I learned a few things hiking this section. Any hike leaving Hanover has...
Eat the Ghost: Confronting the Trail Mind-Set
The morning of my longest day dawned with cool temperatures and winds that quickly shrouded the peaks above me in a layer of dense cloud. In the Horns Pond Shelter,...
Things That Didn’t Break: Gear That Goes the Distance
This post includes profanity. “Oh, Jesus!” he moaned. “Did you see what God just did to us?” “God didn’t do that!” I shouted. “You did it.” Excerpt from Hunter S....
Bum Knees Take Me on a Wrong Turn Off Trail
Wrong turn. The two blazes on the tree are a change of direction and in this example it’s a turn to the right. I am taking a right turn off...
Reflections in Monson on the Trail Through Maine
It is a cool, wet morning at Shaw's in Monson, ME, and the cleanup from breakfast has begun in earnest as the household lurches with full bellies toward the remainder of...
Possum
This a story about an amazing young girl that helped my hiking buddy, Caveman. I walked into a shelter in New York by myself as CM had shin splints and...
