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…
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Two Months Later, Dealing with the Post AT Blues
by Ashli
by Ashli
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I recently read a great article on AppalachianTrials.com about getting over post trail depression, “Your 4-Step Checklist to Recovering from Post-Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker Depression.” The article talks about something that most thru-hikers…
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Danger on the Appalachian Trail
by Ashli
by Ashli
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Bears are not the most dangerous things on the Appalachian Trail…
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine – the 300 Mile Long Finish Line
by Ashli
by Ashli
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It was cold. Very cold. The night before entering Maine, the Rough Ryders and a few others crammed into a small shelter on the eastern edge of New Hampshire. As…
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Hiking in our Home State, Pennsylvania on the AT
by Ashli
We are finally making our way through the state of Pennsylvania. We have been lucky to see friends and family every weekend for the past three weeks. Being in familiar…
Last time I updated we were taking a day off in Pearisburg, VA. Due to weather, distances, and terrain difficulty as well as being plain homesick, this is the area…
Illness has swept my comrades and, as I am yet unaffected, I am very bored. We have been stuck in a hotel in Erwin, TN for 3 days and it…
This week Mac, Tinder, Birch and I celebrated hitting the 300 mile mark as well as our one month anniversary of being on the trail! Our pace has picked up…
We are officially starting to feel like thru hikers. We have hit the 100 mile mark on the trail, and crossed over into North Carolina. Right now we are in…