Category: On the Trail

A hard day …

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Evolution of a Trail Name

[mapsmarker marker=”41″] Day: 23 Trail miles: 124.4 Part of the right of passage, or maybe a true induction into the Appalachian Trail Community, involves adopting a Trail Name. These names come about in many different ways though all will be influenced by the trail itself. Some choose their own name, some will have it chosen […]

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Trail Wisdom

[mapsmarker marker=”43″] Day: 16 (ish) Trail miles: 86.3 These tidbits apply to any situation where there is a heartbeat: Most importantly … hike your own hike!! One step at a time. Don’t look too far forward. It can provide hope, but might cause despair as well. Be aware of where you are. Take the time […]

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Zen moments

[mapsmarker marker=”44″] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRJgcEkGPs] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3eDibsI85k] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQYxH_PMGds] People do the trail for various different reasons. Maybe it is to lose something. Maybe it is to find something. After a day of constant rain and cold in which Grey Wolf and I settled in, he found what he needed to find, and also lost some of what he […]

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Playing the tourist

[mapsmarker marker=”45″] Day: 8-10 Weather: sunny and hot, threatening thunder showers, sunny and hot Trail miles:: 52.9 Refreshed, resupplied, repacked, and recharged from our hostel stay, we had a good day’s hike. Pleasant weather, beautiful scenery, brought us most of the way to our next campsite. The last bit of the trail was obviously put […]

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Step by step

[mapsmarker marker=”46″] Day: 6,7 Weather: sunny, hot Distance: 31 miles Nothing all that exciting to report, other than the continuous beautiful scenery. Staying at the hostel helped refresh us. We had two good, if somewhat hot days of hiking, though we are still doing fairly short distances as we continue to get our trail legs. […]

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The truth sets in

Day 2-5Weather: rainy; cold, rainy, and windy; rainy into sunny; hot sunnyDistance travelled: 21.1 miles After Jeff’s setback, I hooked up with two new hikers: Rich (Grey Wolf) who is my age, and Ken who is 71 (no trail name yet). We all realized that our eyes were bigger than our muscles, and we are […]

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We TRULY start.

[mapsmarker marker=”48″] Day 1 Weather: mostly sunny, windy Distance covered: 8.2 miles Campsite: Hawk Mountain shelter   I am not sure how best to describe today. Interesting comes to mind, but that is kind of insufficient. We started the day with another visit to the local fire. A pretty good breakfast was has by all, […]

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The first campsite

Day: 0 Location: Amicalola Falls Weather: sunny, 49F [mapsmarker marker=”49″] Maytag, his wife, his son, his son’s girlfriend and I arrived at the park around 5:30 pm. We  immediately saw our first bear, and a rather drab view. Once we got our tents set up, we wandered down to check out the local scenery. Awed […]

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