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Food: Feeding the Hiker Hunger
Hiking for me is an opportunity to get back to the basics of life. All I have to do is worry about three things a day: Where do I get...
Maryland – Only the Beginning
Leaving Harper’s Ferry - Day 1 Friends George and Michele joined me and my Michele for a kick-off dinner at the Rabbit Hole on the 25th. The next morning I...
April 16- April 20: Zero Day, Northern Smokies, a Broken Phone, and a Party at Standing Bear
April 16 - A leisurely Zero day in Gatlinburg, TN (it weird to call it a zero when I walked at least 5 miles by non-AT miles don't count). I...
April 11- 15: Fontana Through the Southern Smokies to Gatlinburg
April 11 - Cable Gap to the Fontana 'Hilton' shelter. The radar looked like a god-awful giant storm was brewing last time we had signal but now we're completely in...
Day 16 – 100 Miles and a Hundred Mile View
Day 16 Start: Carter Gap Shelter End: Albert Mountain Bypass Miles Hiked: 6.4 Total Miles on AT: 100.1 We’ve made it to the 100 mile mark!! Yay!! What an...
We Hit the CDT, and It Hits Back
Out the Front Door and Into Adventure (Day -4 to Day Zero) With the house ready for cat sitters and our boxes on their way, we walked out our front...
Day 37: Big Bald, Hail, and Shots!
Sleepy Morning I did not sleep well. The cabin was so hot and instead of using the hostel provided blanket, I kept reaching for my ten degree sleeping quilt. Half...
SIDEQUEST…And Then on to Fontana Dam
AT day 26 SIDEQUEST The plan was to return to trail and do a 7 mile segment that included a portion known as Jacob's Ladder. Instead when I woke up...
NC-TN: Hard Days on Trail
Unaka Springs Road, Mile 344.5 5 weeks on trail. The honeymoon period has ended, and I am settling into the day to day rhythm of thru-hiker life. There are funky...
Lessons Learned at Linville Gorge
I went for my first shakedown hike at "The Grand Canyon of the East"