Appalachian Trail Day 10 03-09-01 Day 10 – 7:23 PM 16.1 miles, 94.5 AT miles (30° 7 AM) Sunny, Betty Creek Campsite 42º Standing Indian Mountain was not bad at all. Didn’t see many people just one couple with two dogs and one group of three young men. The hike was good. Knees were hurting in the […]
Appalachian Trail Day 9 03-08-01 Day 9 11.6 miles, AT – 78.4 Blueberry Patch – Muskrat Creek Shelter I tried to sleep on the straw beds at the Patch but it was too lumpy. I moved to an actual mattress. I slept like a baby. Breakfast was at 8:30. Pancakes, sausages, biscuits. We said grace before […]
Appalachian Trail Day 8 03-07-01 -Day 8 6:15 PM Wed. 6.4 miles, AT – 67.9 Addis Gap – Blueberry Patch Hostel Cold 20º in the AM, warmed up by 12 PM. Last night we tented. It was a good sleep. Warmer than the last two. Around 7:00 PM we heard a Barred Owl. I jumped […]
Appalachian Trail Day 7 03-06-01 Day 6 4:40 PM 13.0 miles, AT – 61.5 Blue Mtn. Shelter – Addis Gap Last night was cold as shit! We did have the fire but by 2-3AM it was below 20 and the wind was blowing hard. The air has so much moisture, it was snowing. It […]
Appalachian Trail Day 6 03-05-01 Day 5 3:10 PM 7.8 miles, AT – 48.5 Low Gap Shelter – Blue Mtn. Shelter Cold, Windy, Clear Last night it was all men. The jokes and language went downhill fast. Tom, a thru-hiker from North Adams, had stayed at Low Gap Shelter all day and today too. He […]
Appalachian Trail Day 5 03-04-01 Day 5 14.7 miles, AT – 41.3 Woods Hole Shelter – Low Gap Shelter Day 3 of rainHit the trail at 7:45 AM and did my first 4000 foot (Blood Mountain). I got to Neels Gap at 10:20 AM. I didn’t shower but I did dry my dirty clothes. For some reason I was in a […]
Appalachian Trail Day 4 03-03-01 Day 4 – 3:47 PM 10.5 miles, AT – 26.6 .5 miles to shelter Gooch Gap – Woods Hole Day 2 of rain Slept okay last night but not great. Got up around 6:50 AM, was on trail by 7:50. Today I felt good but like yesterday I didn’t stop much and I hit the wall […]
Appalachian Trail Day 3 03-02-01 Day 3 4:45 PM 8.5 miles, AT 16.1 .2 miles to Shelter Hawk Mtn. – Gooch Gap Shelter Day 1 of rain Today was marked my longest hike ever. It was the toughest day too. Two people called it quits today (maybe). It rained in the AM. The hike was pretty […]
Appalachian Trail Day 2 03-01-01 Day 2 2:01 PM 7.6 miles, AT – 7.6 .2 to Shelter Springer Mtn Shelter Hawk Mtn. After I wrote yesterday, I saw some White Breasted Nuthatches and Chickadees. Bedtime was 7 PM. I didn’t sleep much. Phil, a gentlemen in his late 50’s/early 60’s, was snoring. Phil had fell […]
Appalachian Trail Day 1 10 years ago today I flew from Boston to Atlanta, GA to start my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. It would be the first step towards completing a 15 year long dream. I first climbed Mt. Katahdin, which is the northern terminus of the AT when I was just 13. While on the […]
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