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I parked my Rav down the road and walked up to the Trail.  I have this 15 mile section left going north to finish New Jersey.  I was having no fun.  The snow was consistently…

I don’t actually remember the name of this product. But I do remember what happened.  So, I was at the Peters Mountain Shelter for the night a few weeks ago.    I pulled in early…

Right about here I was thinking to myself,  “What am I doing?”  The plan was to come to our cabin at Pecks Pond, spend the night so I can get an early start, and knock…

These are the steps into the hill leaving Duncannon, SOBO. The Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club is responsible for these steps and pretty much the entire 25 miles I hiked. They have done an INCREDIBLE…

As I worked my way up through NJ and down through PA for the last month, I had forgotten the feeling you get on the approach to a river. It must be a large, old,…

That is Scott. From now on, I’m calling him “Sherpa.” That word actually means “eastern people.” People from the mountainous region of Nepal. Tireless mountaineers. It fits. Sherpa carried my pack (said he wanted to…

That’s when it began.  My Section Hike of the Appalachian Trail. I just wanted to document the day when I made a firm decision. 5 November 2017. I wonder when I will finish.  ?  …

When I started to hang around with hikers, I realized pretty quickly that they have their own language. Language has always been interesting to me. Not an obsession like lots of other stuff, but interesting.…

This is George Lightcap.  He’s been running hikers up and down the Trail from NJ for 20 years. He’s a 2,000 Miler. He thru hiked the AT some years ago and hikes large sections even…

It’s not my usual M.O. to start this way.  It’s rare when I have a realization that has a sinking sensation associated with it. Mostly, I am up beat, optimistic. This photo was taken at…