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AT 2024-section hike start
Hey everyone. Well, I’m a glutton for punishment! Planned and met 2 hiker buddies from last year, Bootlip’s from Memphis and Hummingbird Guru from San Diego. They started a bit...
Days 21 through 23
Day 21 maybe I went too far? Hiked today 23.4 total hiked 324 total ascent 4550 feet No views today! Today my goal is to hike 20 miles or a...
Day 15 – Predawn Rain Brings Morning Mist-eriousness
Day 15 Start: White Oak Stamp End: Carter Gap Shelter Miles Hiked: 11.7 Total Miles on AT: 93.5 This morning before sunrise we were awoken by an unpleasant sound....
7 Weird but Delicious Trail Recipes I’ve Made My First Month on the AT
1. Pizza Grits Ingredients: Instant Grits, Sanoma Pizza Crisps This recipe I actuality learned years ago from a website I can't remember. But that original recipe called for pizza flavored
PCT Stage 01: Campo to Julian
Hello my friends! The time has come! And these Uruguayan feet are already on American soil to hike the PCT. The arrive I arrived in the United States by plane...
Reflections and Moments: The (Low) Highlands of West Virginia
One month and counting on The American Discovery Trail: This walk turned one month old just a few days ago. As I sit tonight on a bed in the motel...
Why the AT
Need More Stories! My 88-year-old father moved into an independent living center two years back. After a few weeks I came back to visit him. He was unusually quiet as...
Waterfalls and Falling Down
Waterfall day The sweeping Jones Falls was at the beginning of the day and the thundering Laurel Fork Falls at the end of 20 miles hiking. In between was a...
Grumpy Bear Encounter, Scary Night, and Other Observations
Here we sit in Hampton TN - I grabbed something last night for dinner that didn’t sit well, which decided it needed to see the world again. No sense in...
2024-04-27 Back to Santiago
Thoughts on the Camino There is a trail community wherever there are trails. I’ve met people from all over the world, countries like Cuba, Georgia and Venezuela who I would...