Kelly's Knob    15 Apr, 05 - 20:51
Woke up this morning to a chilly 35 degrees, which was actually pretty nice... that is until about 2 miles into my hiking. apparantly the last big storm that came through here washed away a pretty imp

Wapati Shelter    11 Apr, 05 - 19:14
Today was one of those days - the kind that makes all those ridiculously dumb things that I put myself through in order to walk to Maine seem not quite so ridiculous or dumb. For lunch, me 'n Shor

Chestnut Knob    9 Apr, 05 - 13:10
Virginia just keeps getting more and more appealing - almost a quarter of the trail is in this state, and you won't hear any complaints. We just had our biggest climb since Damascus, and it was on

Hurricane Shelter    5 Apr, 05 - 19:01
We didnt make much progress this morning on account of several herds of ferel ponies, and constantly looking up at the mountains instead of at the trail.iit was a great day though, really beautiful, a

Mt Rogers    4 Apr, 05 - 18:34
Somebody needs to tell the weatherman that its spring - I hiked through yet another few feet of snow today, and there's supposed to be more on the way. All the streams were swelled with snowmelt,

Damascus!    1 Apr, 05 - 11:42
VIRGINIA! Well, 460 miles into the trail, and Damascus, VA looks like the Golden Gates; I just hope St. Peter lets me in. Rolled in here last night and the people have been unbelievably nice - we went

Roan High Knob, TN    28 Mar, 05 - 20:33
Wooaah... today I hiked in literally hurricane force winds...started today at 6100+ ft, and crossing the first bald with 30+ mph sustained winds and 70 mph gusts... it was one of the most terrifying a

Erwin, TN    24 Mar, 05
Well, after 95 miles in 4 days, I definately needed a zero day. It was wonderful, but I'm striking out again today. I'll be in Damascus in a few days - really looking forward to the rolling hi