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Quiet Man Hikes the AT: Who, What, Where, When
“Rays and beams of incredible dreams. And I am a quiet man.” Quiet Man - John Prine Off-trail, people my age usually identify ourselves by what we do for a...
Yellow Is the New White: Yellow Emergency Hiking Brick Becomes AT Icon
The most famous Appalachian Trail thru-hiker of 2024 is an unflappable yellow brick. If you're on social media or deeply embedded in the hiking community, you may have already heard...
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...
Hiawassee: My Hiker Happy Place
I feel like I did a fair amount of complaining in my last post and I want to make sure it's clear that being on the AT is an amazing...
How Lying About Wanting to Hike the AT Turned into a Thru Hike Attempt
An AT thru hike ambition that started with a lie? See how I took a little lie and ambition into a thru hike attempt and why a flip flop is...
Days 15 through 17
Day 15 some NOBOs one view and an interesting evening Hiked today 19.6 total hiked 221 Today was a pleasant hike of nearly 20 miles from Birch Run shelter to...
Days 74-80 on The Appalachian Trail
Virginia took awhile. So many beautiful places and people through that stretch with memories I will carry with me always. The expanse of the views, the Virginia Triple Crown and...
Where to Start?
Where will I start? Maybe a place where there are some trees? Why Harper’s Ferry? OK – So I needed a start date and a direction. Start date is about...
A List of Long-Distance Trails in the US
Itching for a long hike but don't know which trail to pick? Yeah, we've been there too. The US is brimming with long-distance trails, but when it comes time to...
Delaware, DC and the C&O
Days 4-15 on the American Discovery Trail By the end of day three I was anxious to get out and get walking again. It had been raining all day and...