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Hiker Hopscotch: Making a New Plan
I don’t know if a thru-hike ever turns out to be what the hiker imagines it will be. Sometimes (most times?) it’s a more amazing adventure than the mind can...
Stories From The Trail Ep. 14: Halfway There with Turnaround
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What It Feels Like to Finish a Thru-Hike
Two weeks before finishing my flip-flop through-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a day hiker I didn't know stopped me on the trail. "I know you! Ninja Hoops! I've been following your Instagram...
Back At It: Lashing Out My 2016 Thru-hike
Okay. So I really haven't done 1400 miles of the Appalachian Trail this year. But continuing the theme I established last year—and as it turns out—continuing to follow the trail...
Five (Final) Reasons to Flip-Flop your Thru-Hike
Once you go unconventional, you never go back. It's been encouraging to hear from so many flip-flopping thru hikers since I started posting my own reasons for going this unconventional...
Three More Reasons to Flip Flop on the AT
Getting my trail legs on. The good reasons for doing a flip flop hike just keep piling up. For a variety of them, I'm starting north on April 26* at Grayson...
Unconventional Wisdom: Is a Flip-Flop Hike Right For You?
Unconventional Is My Middle Name For a long time, I’ve been convinced that the only way to hike the AT is to start on Springer Mountain and end on Katahdin. I...
Shrewsbury to Bennington
The Cairn Gardens^ Corn is Heavy! I had a delicious breakfast of eggs, bacon, home fries, and fruit at the Perry house in the morning. They dropped...
1500 Miles and Hitting Halfway
"Officially" Halfway I've made it to Pine Grove Furnace State Park, the "official" halfway point of the AT. For me, it's just over 1500 miles in. This is where I...
1300 Miles: Well That Was Fun.
I'm known for finishing what I start and am one of those horrible parents who raised the kids to abide by the same supposition. So the thought of, to borrow a current political euphemism,
