Pennsylvania
What would a climb in PA be without rocks?
I am currently sore from head to toe. I wonder why I feel this way. Ohh yeah! I walked a
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Thru-hiker void
Today was just one of those days. I did not feel like hiking today, but that's just part
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Look how far we've come
Town is always good incentive for packing up quickly and hitting trail. I was on trail at 6:45AM this
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Easy, boring, and wet
This morning I awoke to the sounds of water dropping off the side of the shelter. The grass was wet
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Fatigue is starting to set in
Physically exhausted. Mentally fried. This is my body's current state. And it feels absolutely amazing.
I woke up
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Easy hiking day
If you were to be able to look up "easy hiking day" in the dictionary, today's
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There must have been some sort of Maine convention
It was 1:07AM, and I awoke quite suddenly to the crunch of leaves outside of my tent. My body
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I hope to see a bear
One of the nice things about sleeping in a full size bed is the ability to sprawl out and know
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I stopped by Kroger's to purchase a Washington Post
I have come to the realization that it's not that I sleep poorly on the trail, it'
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Tonight I am tenting in town
Today was a day where I really had no idea where I was going to end up at the end.
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"Smooth sailing" to the shelter
I no longer try to assume whether a day will be easier or harder in comparison to the previous day,
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Two full months
May 1st, 2008. I have now been on trail for two full months, with today representing the start of my
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It really comes out of nowhere
After waking up this morning, I did a food inventory to see how much food I need to buy in
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Oh Guillotine
When I woke up this morning, there was a bitter chill in the air. I there for determined I would
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Criss crossing the Blue Ridge Parkway
It seems that it always rains when ever you don't want it, and never rains when you do.
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There were ups and downs, twists and turns, rocks and roots
was leaving the comforts of Roanoke for the unforgiving hills of Appalachia.
After eating breakfast and taking a shower, I
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Church in the South
I am thoroughly enjoing my second zero mile day in three days. Since Hardbound and has family have been absolutely
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This is where birds were chirping loudly
Slackpacking combines the fine art of doing nothing while making progress on the trail at the exact same time. Today