Trail Update
The last meal and the end
Day 138 (instead of the day 136; I had misscalculated the days): 10 miles. Mount Laguna to Cibbets Flat Campground I woke up at 05.30 though I could...
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 Katadhin in...
Days 178-180 New Hampshire: The Presidential Range
On our last morning at the Ski Lodge, we enjoyed one more delicious breakfast sandwich from Wayne's then said goodbye to Jeff and see you later to the other hikers....
Days 174-175 New Hampshire: Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch
Before I get into the hiking, I have to talk about the Old Colony Ski Club. It’s in Lincoln, New Hampshire, a teeny town at the base of the Whites...
I Finished the Appalachian Trail: SOBO Days 151 – 154
You know, I never did take a zero day in a shelter on-trail. I guess there's no time like the present? Hurricane in the Forecast I left Neel's Gap on...
Georgia On My Mind
A storm came in just in time for my departure of Franklin, NC. It wouldn't be the AT without a few days of rain during my last week on trail....