Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail (AT) stretches 2200 miles through 14 states in the eastern United States. It begins at Springer Mountain in Georgia and ends at Mount Katahdin in Maine. As…

In less than a year, I’m going to be trekking up to the summit of Springer Mountain and hiking north through the Appalachian mountain range for over 2,000 miles. If…

For 5 months in 2019, I walked (or thru-hiked) the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (or “AT”), a 2,192-mile north-to-south footpath that crosses the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern…

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Looking for some context as to what this post is about? Check out Part 2 here and Part 1 here “No plan survives first contact with the enemy” ~Helmuth van…

Looking for some context as to what this is post is about? Check out Part 1 by clicking here. Success is not final Failure is not fatal It is the…

This I walk not because I’m bold or brave, But from fear of that day I’m old and grave ~Andy “Raven” Cai (NOBO 2014) Those words echoed through my head…

Follow Andrew from North to South as he thru-hikes the 2,192-mile long Appalachian Trail. Recent updates:

My name is Ashli, AKA ‘Katniss Neverclean’. In 2014, I completed a northbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. My initial pack weight was about 25 pounds without food. That’s pretty darn good…

[dropcap]An[/dropcap] entire year has passed since I stood on top of Mount Katahdin in Maine surrounded by friends, celebrating the end of our 2,000 mile journey. Since that day, countless twists of…