APPALACHIAN TRAIL
In 2012 I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail…all 2,184.2 miles from Springer Mountain, GA to Mount Katahdin, Maine. The adventure changed my life. To get an in depth look at the adventure read my blog posts, I tediously kept up my blog each night laying in my tent and typing away on my cell phone keyboard. Or, if even thinking about reading about a 2,184 mile trek makes you exhausted, below are a few videos from my trek!
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ALL AT ADVENTURES
Andover, Maine
July 10. The plan was to wake up early and get into Andover by 8:30 when the post office opened...but after the 26 mile, 15 hour hike yesterday it was much easier to sleep in! [...]
Mahoosuc Notch
July 9. Woke up early in my tent...not because I wanted to, but because someone's phone alarm clock was going off. Another hiker rolled in late, after dark, not a problem. He also had a [...]
Welcome To Maine
July 8. Four months ago today I started hiking the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Georgia. Today I woke up in New Hampshire, 15 miles from Maine, and 298 miles from the end. I woke [...]
Zero Day In Gorham
July 7. I could finally sleep in a bit in a nice hotel bed! We did not have time to resupply yesterday so we had some town work to do today and we didn't plan [...]
Out Of The Whites
July 6. We had stealth camped near a visitors center and lodge so I wanted to be up early and on the move. Besides, today was a Trail Friday and Rafiki and I planned to [...]
Mount Washington
July 5. Woke up in the dungeon of the Lakes of the Clouds Hut...it was nice and quiet until breakfast upstairs. Everyone was moving the tables and benches and each hut staff does a skit [...]
A Presidential 4th of July
July 4. We woke up a little before 6...the cook was in the kitchen making breakfast for the guests and we needed to clear the dining room. We packed our gear and put the benches [...]
Franconia Ridge
July 3. Woke up in the hotel at 5 AM and thought about getting going...but I rolled back over and slept until 7. This was another hotel with shower soap but no shampoo...must be a [...]
Into The Whites!
July 1. This morning I did not want to get up and hike. The hike out of Hanover had been a good one, pretty tough, and I was not looking forward to doing more today. [...]
Big Mountains Coming!
June 30. I woke up in the basement of the fraternity house around 7:30 AM and started moving around. The frat brothers were going to have Saturday Cleaning Day starting at 8 and I wanted [...]
New Hampshire!
June 29. Woke up before 6 and thought about getting an early start on the day. Around 4 it had started to sprinkle so my tent was a little wet...so I talked myself out of [...]
Vermont Hills
July 28. Woke up in the lodge...4 hikers and our gear in one room, it did not smell very good. The coffee brewing downstairs did though and we all headed down for a full breakfast [...]
What Next?
So what next? I know I am not even done with the Appalachian Trail, but as it is winding down (I still have 480 miles to hike!) I have been using the long hours alone [...]
Rainy Vermont…
June 25. We finally said goodbye to Sunshine, Nick, and Josh around noon and stopped by the local deli to get food before hitch hiking the 10 miles back to the trail. I ordered a [...]
Vermont Trail Magic!
June 24. We woke up early and started out for a 28 mile day. I was hiking with Rat Bucket and Rayo and our plan was to get to mile 1,648 by evening. The morning [...]
My Bennington Experience…
June 23. Woke up in the hotel...let me tell you a little about the Autumn Inn in Bennington. When the owner picked me up yesterday and drove me to the hotel when I checked in [...]
Hello Vermont!
June 22. Today was a trail Friday, and I was pumped! Trying to sleep through the night was like trying to sleep through December 24th when you were a kid. I kept waking up and [...]
Hiking In The Berkshires…
June 19. I woke up late again, seems to be a trend since I got out of Pennsylvania! I had set up my tent on the tent pad the night before but it was a [...]
Welcome To Massachusetts!
June 17. As I left town and walked a mile back to the trail I ran into another hiker. We talked for a bit and I asked his name and I told him I am [...]
Welcome To Connecticut
June 16. Up early and on trail by 7. The guys who stayed in the shelter hadn't moved yet so I was back to spider web patrol. Since I had been having late starts the [...]
Got My Mojo Back!
June 15. Before we went to bed everything in the field we were camped in was covered with dew. When I woke up at 5 AM one look at my tent and I knew it [...]
The AT Zoo
June 14. Woke up in my tent. Unfortunatley I had set it up on uneven ground and I was sliding down the hill all night. I was pretty tired still but figured it was light [...]
Hello New York!
June 12. Happy Birthday to my wife Amy! I woke up in my tent this morning in the back lawn of the local tavern...guess there is a first time for everything! The tent spot was [...]
Jersey Baby!
June 10. Amy dropped me off at the trailhead in Deleware Water Gap at 11 AM. We snapped some pictures and then she was on her way to the airport and I was on my [...]
3 Days With Amy
June 7. Amy called and said that she was at the post office waiting for me...unfortunately I was also at the post office, just in one town over. Once we got that worked out she [...]