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Category: Trail Updates

  • Days 44-49: Hokie Homecoming 

    Days 44-49: Hokie Homecoming 

    636.3 miles, 1,265,067 steps  After a month and a half of sojourning through strange lands, the “country roads” finally took me home. If the AT is a river […]

  • Days 37-43: The Mane Attraction

    Days 37-43: The Mane Attraction

    534.5 miles, 1,065,901 steps Hay there! Over the past few days, I’ve trotted through two of the most hyped-up locations on the AT. Host to the grandest hiker […]

  • Days 29-36: Turning up the Heat

    Days 29-36: Turning up the Heat

    428.8 miles, 870,886 steps Apparently, the Big Man Upstairs set the refrigerator to “defrost”. The sunny days boasted highs in the 70s, and no night dropped below 40 […]

  • Days 23-28: Cheeseburger in Erwin-dise

    Days 23-28: Cheeseburger in Erwin-dise

    311.7 miles, 666,619 steps Though far from the tropics and overlooked as an enticing travel destination, my sights have been set on Erwin, TN for some weeks now. […]

  • Days 16-22: Smoky Mountain Majesties

    Days 16-22: Smoky Mountain Majesties

    241.2 miles, 521,383 steps While this journey is filled with grandiose summits, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is on its own scale. In the midst of quaint mountain […]

  • Days 10-15: Walk-in Refrigerator

    Days 10-15: Walk-in Refrigerator

    Total Mileage – 150.7 Higher latitude, greater elevation, and weather patterns produced outdoor conditions much closer to expected for February. Whereas last week afforded 60-degree highs and lows […]

  • Day 9: Humbled

    Day 9: Humbled

    Plum Orchard Gap Shelter to Blue Ridge Gap – 1.3 miles Total Mileage – 75.2 What, back so soon? Today was an exercise in situational awareness, proactively using […]

  • Days 2-8: In High Spirits

    Days 2-8: In High Spirits

    Total mileage: 73.9 After critical gear adjustments and drier weather than forecasted, finishing the week was much less emotionally draining than expected. Day by day revealed incredible sights, […]