Tuesday, February 22nd
Mile 44.7 to Blue Mountain Shelter 5.4 miles Total 50.1 miles It was a tough climb over more rocks today. Rocks are brutal, but great training for the rocks of Pennsylvania (
Monday, February 21st
Wildcat Mountain to Mile 44.7 Stealth camping 6.9 miles Trail magic
Sunday, February 20th
Neel’s Gap to Wildcat Mountain 6.5 miles Total miles 37.8 Mark’s Birthday! My day started off early as usual. The hike was going well and I was able to call
Saturday, February 19th
Woods Hole Shelter to Neel’s Gap 4 Miles Total miles 31.3 I hiked over Blood Mountain today. Blood Mountain is the tallest summit on the Appalachian Trail in the state of Geo
Friday, February 18th
Woody Gap to Woods Hole Shelter 7.2 miles Total miles 27.7 miles Brrr… I froze all day and night. The wind chill factor was close to zero. Started off freezing an
Thursday, February 17th
Rest day (Zero day) at Above the Clouds Hostel. The hostel was full. No one wanted to hike in a thunderstorm. Nimrod cooks for us. He interned under professional chefs.
Wednesday, February 16th
Gooch Mountain Shelter to Woody Gap – 5 miles. Cloudy, foggy, but cool. Total miles 20.5 miles First trail magic.. The trail angel named Fresh Grounds was
Tuesday, February 15th
15.7 miles Sassafras Mountain to Gooch Mountain Shelter 4.1 miles My first time staying in a shelter. When I reached this shelter there were 2 guys there named Patrick and Ian(Gigi
Monday, February 14th
Hawk Mountain Campground to Sassafras Mountain 4.2 miles – Mile 11.6 Sunny, but cool. Maybe in the 40s. I only saw 5 people today. Most of them passed me when I was at
Sunday, February 13th
Springer Mountain Shelter to Hawk Mountain Campground 7.4 miles It was a challenging day hiking, but doable. The weather was in the 20s or 30s. 7.4 miles is a lot for me to h