100 Mile Wilderness
Day 160: Another Day in Paradise
Instead, the trail led me beside still waters, winding along lakeshores rimmed with orange, yellow, red, and green trees, blanketed by slowly drifting mists, and beneath blue skies. The placid...
Day 155: Monson and The Duke of Hurl
We’d been debating how to hike the 100 Mile Wilderness for weeks.
AT Days 80-84: Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness
As the raindrops bounced off of my hammock tarp above I reflected on my first four days in this storied “wilderness”: discovery, beauty, challenges, solitude, struggle, even a bit of...
The 100 Mile Wilderness
Just saying the name of this section of the Appalachian Trail can be intimidating. The challenge is 100 miles of straight hiking with no hostel or hotel stops, no resupply...
#1 the 100-Mile Wilderness and Katahdin
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." -- Lao Tzu As it turns out, the journey of 2,180 miles begins the same way. An Unusual Approach Most...
What Do You Do When the Trail You Love Gets Abusive?
I left Shaw's with 85 miles left to do in the 100 Mile Wilderness carrying five days food. A food drop was scheduled four days in. I hiked up Barren...
My Day as a Total Dumbass: Adventures in Slackpacking
Did you ever have one of those days where just about every decision you made was a horrible mistake? This post is a tale of one such day in the...
Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness – The Call of the Wild
Road Trip - Part 2 Monson, ME I am intrigued by the 100-mile wilderness and wanted to spend a few days hiking in it. My niece saw my Face Book...
100 Appalachian Trials in the 100 Mile Wilderness
The Wilderness is devoid of the luxuries of the south that include "switchbacks," "drainage ditches," "paved roads to food," and "bridges over rivers".
Well That Just Happened! – First Thoughts After the 100 Mile Wilderness
It's day 11 of this journey. I am at Shaw's Hiking Hostel on my second day of zero miles. I'm Staying a third night. Fuck it right? Who's rushin? I...