It has been almost a month since I summited Mt. Katahdin on July 15th and finished my 131-day thru-hike. In all honesty, I’ve been putting off writing this post, because how do you distill 2200 miles worth of adventures into a succinct set of experiences and values? I don’t think that I even realize yet…
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Hi from Monson, Maine! I’m in my last state, in my last town, soaking in the last bit of civilization before heading out on my final push through the 100-mile wilderness to Katahdin. So far Maine has been amazing: not at all a break after the Whites but full of tough and technical climbs that…
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Hi from the White Mountains—I made it back home. This has been the most physically demanding section of trail I’ve experienced so far, but also the most rewarding and special. It has been incredible to get to come back to the section of trail where I came into my own as a hiker and that…
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11 states down I’m in Vermont now! Since my last post I’ve finished New York and hiked through Connecticut and Massachusetts. Coming from Colorado, I’m still not used to passing from state to state so easily, so every time I reach a border I get super excited. It was especially exciting to reach Vermont because…
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Hello from 2/3 of the way down the Appalachian Trail! Since my last post I have finished PA, and hiked through NJ and almost all of NY, which brings my total number of states visited up to 9. Little Apple, Big World This section of trail has had some enjoyably large waypoints. First, the turnoff…
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Hello from MORE THAN HALFWAY down the AT! I’m simultaneously psyched and not ready to be this far in (and this close to being done) with this journey. Into the North I crossed the Mason-Dixon Line at the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, so now I’m officially in the north. Now that the south is…
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Hello from the psychological half way point of the AT! Arriving in Harper’s Ferry means I’ve hiked more than 1000 miles, and I’m done with Virginia! Since my last post, I’ve hiked through the Shenandoahs, stayed at a destination shelter, and gotten to spend the weekend with my dad! Milestones It’s super exciting to get…
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Hello actually from more than half way through Shenandoah National Park, about 65 miles past Waynesboro at mile 930. I haven’t had a day off in a while, hiking full days into town, so I haven’t had much time to sit down and summarize. So here’s my best shot at some of the highlights of…
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Ponies!! At mile 500 I hit the Grayson Highlands, a Virginia state park famous for its feral ponies. For those like me who didn’t know beforehand, feral means that the animals were once domesticated but are now wild. I had been looking forward to meeting the ponies for months (well before I started the trail),…
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Trail Town, USA I made it to Damascus! Yesterday I crossed the border from Tennessee to Virginia and now I’m taking my third zero of the trail here just across the border at mile 470. Damascus is a tiny little place-the trail runs right through the one street that essentially comprises the town. In May,…
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