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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