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Week 7 on the Camino
Day 43I leave León with a light backpack, as I left most of my gear at the hostel.I have a bit of a hangover, but nothing too bad. After 7km...
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.
Congratulations to these 2022 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers: Part 17
This is it. This is the moment. The moment these hikers have been working towards for months: The final steps of their Appalachian Trail thru-hike. 2,193 miles, 14 states, 515,000...
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...
Before and After the Thru Hike
I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail last summer, from Mexico to Canada. The happiest months of my life were the six months prior.
My Name’s 301, a Hiker and Trail Angel
As I traveled on the Appalachian Trail in 2021, I had no idea what was in store for me. My name is 301 (three oh one) I’m a hiker, and...
Lessons for embarking on your first thru-hike from an ’80s rock band (???)
Author's note: This blog post builds off of some wacky thoughts I had in southern Vermont on Day 44 of my 2022 AT Flip-Flop hike. At the time I made...
Into The Great Smoky Mountains
We take two days off in Sevierville, Tennessee and then enter the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.