Appalachian Trail

The Pinnacle loop is a moderate 9-mile hike along the Appalachian Trail. It is one of the most popular day hikes in Eastern PA with rewarding views of the surrounding…

The entire hike took 6 months, but it went by so fast that sometimes it seems like it never happened. A lot of the time, I fail to realize how huge of an accomplishment I have made. I want this tattoo with serve as a reminder of my strength and perseverance and to always be looking for the next big adventure.

The Appalachian Trail covers over 2,185 miles along the East Coast of the United States. The trail is continuously maintained with the help of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and 31 Trail Maintenance…

It took me a while to get it put together, but after 4 months I have finally put together a photo recap of my 2014 thru hike of the Appalachian…

It’s February and that means that the thru hiker class of 2015 is starting off soon. Hiking the entirety of the Appalachian Trail is a daunting task and the first…

Somewhere in the southern Appalachian mountains I stumbled across a shelter and sat down for lunch. I flipped open the shelter log and found that one of my fellow hikers had penned a…

Everyone tried to tell me.

Hiking in White Mountain National Park was hard. SO SUPER HARD. I would only be able to do, like, 8 miles a day.

“That’s ridiculous,” I thought, “I can walk 20+ miles a day; certainly 13-16 miles a day in the Whites would be cake.”

Sometimes lessons are hard to remember, but they have helped me to have a better understanding of the person that I want to be, and a clear pathway on how to achieve it.

A nice little gallery of some of my favorites pictures from the Appalachian Trail. Photos courtesy of myself, Kyle Flood, AeLin Compton, and Tolin Hessell. Click on a picture to…

Fording is not something often done on the Appalachian Trail. A ford is when you are crossing a river, and it is shallow enough for you to wade across. Maine…