SOBO
It’s The Final Countdown
Our last few nights on trail. One of our best and one of our worst.
“What about bears?” and other questions people have asked about my PCT hike
When you first tell people about your plan to hike across the country, chances are you'll get a lot of questions. Some of them are fair, and some of them...
Georgia On Our Minds
We leave Franklin, hit the 2100 mile marker and enter our last state, Georgia.
The Last Meal and the End
Day 138 (instead of day 136; I had miscalculated the days): 10 miles. Mount Laguna to Cibbets Flat Campground I woke up at 05.30 though I could have slept longer....
Warmer Days- Happy Thanksgiving!
We hike over Fontana Dam, past the Nantahala River and have an amazing Thanksgiving dinner at Gooder Grove Hostel.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
We walk through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park through frigid temperatures.
Lost Dogs, Lyme Disease, and Surviving the Cold Snap
Shenandoah Let’s start at the very beginning…. About a week after I wrote my last post I hiked into Shenandoah National Park. After a strenuous couple days going through the...
Virginia part 2 – When the Going Gets Freezing Cold, the Aussie Gets Going
Before starting the AT, I did a lot of research and planning. One of the things I looked into was the average temperatures for each state I would be passing...
A Coming of Age, I Am a Thru-Hiker!
I think you can guess what this post will include. That's right, I finished a SOBO thru-hike of the AT in 141 days. Starting at the top of Katahdin in...
Freezing like DiCaprio
Day 132: 10 miles. Montezuma Valley Road to mile 2563 We had set the alarm at 7 and had a 90 minutes yoga session with our host in a huge...