Darwin and Legs finally leave Waynesboro after food poisoning. They enter the easy, and well stocked, but sodden, Shenandoah National Park. To catch their tramily, 20 mile days are ahead! Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Waynesboro, VA to Front Royal, VA
Darwin and Legs try their hand at slack packing, and ponder the question, “How many times can you sweat through your shirt in a day?” The last of the Virginia Highlands are coming to an end, and so are the big climbs. Only the Priest, and Three Ridges remain. There’s rain, there’s heat, there are 20 mile days. It’s the Appalachian Trail! Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Glasgow, VA to Waynesboro, VA
Darwin and Legs get rained on! They also enjoy verdant fields, and epic moments on the Appalachian Trail! Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Pearisburg to Daleville
April 12th, 2017 Partnership Shelter to Reed Creek Campsite 17 Miles Hiking is hard enough. Throw in that time of … Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Marion, VA to Pearisburg, VA
A quick note on a hiker named Trek:
Trek is a dominative man, but has a hardened, tough look to him. Perhaps it was his military service. He walks when he feels good, and stops when he wants. He takes zeros as many or as few times as he wants, and generally doesn’t care about any trail drama whatsoever.
Trek can do this because he is on his TENTH thru hike of the AT. Nine times he has done the AT. NINE TIMES. Sometimes he does it in 3 months, sometimes 6. Anyway, he’s awesome, and we found out later from another hiker that he liked our group! Such an honor from a bonafide AT expert.
“Good luck to all.” – Trek (In every trail register. The last time we would see him was Harpers Ferry.) Continue reading “Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Hampton, TN to Damascus, VA”
Dense spruce forests, windswept bald, and an Appalachian Trail Legend. We leave North Carolina for good, and enter Tennessee. Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Erwin, TN to Hampton, TN
The journey of the trail from Hot Springs to Erwin! Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Hot Springs, NC to Erwin, TN
Low and behold, on day three of the Smokies, our morning was misty and wet. At this point though, we knew how the Smokies worked, so we just waited for noon to bring out the cameras. It was 12:10pm when the sun finally burned away the silver blanket, and by a stroke of luck, we found ourselves at Eagle Rocks.
Continue reading “Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Newfound Gap, NC to Hot Springs, NC”
Enjoy some brief descriptions of some of the hikers we’ve met! Continue reading Appalachian Trail Thru Hike: Introducing Some Hikers
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