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Acorn, Ranger and Hostels
Day 41: AT Miles 12.8 -- Bear Garden To Burke’s Garden Hostel I loved the start to my day today. I knew I’d be waiting out the rain so I...
Finally Into Virginia!
Day 36: AT Miles 21.6 -- Damascus To View First, if you see where I hiked to, that’s how it’s described in my FarOut app. I can’t disagree as the...
Slackpacking Into Virginia
Day 31: AT Miles 0 -- Zero At The Refuge It has been raining the entire day so far so my decision to take a zero is proving to be...
Ice, Snow and Kenny Powers
Day 26: AT Miles 18.8 -- Flint Mountain to Bald Mountain Shelter The rumors were true. I opened my eyes and there was 2 inches of fresh snow. That would...
Georgia Wrap Up
It has been a challenge finding the time to keep up to date on journaling, so I will wrap up the rest of Georgia in this post. Trail Magic On...
Week 1 – Man, is this great!
Day 1: If I'm not the luckiest son of a bitch then I'm not sure who is. I started my thru hike with non-other than the brewers from Lazy Hiker...
Suffering, Purpose, and Stride: A Few Lessons from 110 Miles on the Appalachian Trail
My Journey to the Trail My trail name is “Atlas” and, as I’m writing this, I’m a NOBO AT thru-hiker. I don’t know what I was thinking when I set...
An Unexpected Journey
Who is "The Hobbit"? Hey there! My name is Tyler, aka "The Hobbit." I am a 5'3, 27-year-old Land Surveyor with a passion for photography, music, and a general love...
Interlude (July 8, 2023 – early September, 2023)
If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. Deepak...
Pre-AT – To Walk is Religion, To Breathe is Worship – Week Zero
The gospel is this: not that a man died so you don't have to, but that God died and bore Hell so you can die every day without ever...