Ok – let’s start with a disclaimer: I’m a fan of Platypod (both the company itself and the products individually). The most compelling photographs show us the world in a way we’re not used to seeing, which is where the Platypod excels. Getting my camera away from eye level and onto the ground has fundamentally…
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Day 8 Aqua Caliente Creek (Mile 112.6 -> Concrete Cistern (Mile 139.5) Woke up to the sound of the creek running beside me. The creek kept the temperature a little cooler overnight so sleep came that much easier. Above 5000ft again after a long gradual climb all morning. West facing slope most of the walk…
Pocosin Road to Thornton GapShenandoah Grinder Camp to Drenched Lawn CampAT miles: 28.1Total miles: 952.5Elevation change: 5581ft gain, 6247ft loss On a day that featured no sustained climbs or particularly strenuous sections of trail, I sure made things difficult for myself. Totally avoidable dehydration clouded the first hours in an unpleasant haze, and indulgent lollygagging…
This is a guest post by Amber and Josha Niven. Amber and Joshua are the authors of Discovering the Appalachian Trail, A Guide to the Trail’s Greatest Hikes. They live in Madison County, North Carolina with their two children and can often be spotted in Hot Springs, having a beer at Big Pillow Brewing, or…
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Surreal — the full gravity of hiking from sunrise to sunset every day has not fully sunk in. My mind compartmentalized all the experiences into micro events as I tried to grasp my new reality. Morning Preparing coffee on my stove from my tent. It currently takes me 30-45 minutes to get out of my…
3/22/22 Last month, my first and only trip to Grand Canyon National Park with guests was canceled because of a snowstorm. I was bummed. I’d been looking forward to it… and craving redemption after the South Kaibab trail wrecked me during my guide training back in January. So, when I drove west to hike Catalina…
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Browns Gap to Pocosin RoadShenandoah Cruiser Camp to Shenandoah Grinder CampAT miles: 27.4Total miles: 924.4Elevation change: 6657ft gain, 6250ft loss On any given day, there is always a blurriness that hazes out the details of a certain portion of hiking. That may be a few hours in the middle of the day, or shorter snippets…
The PCT terminus shuttle drops me and 8 other hikers off at Camp Cleef, where we will spend the night before the terminus tomorrow. It’s cold and misty and the camp looks apocalyptic. We have a spaghetti dinner with trail angel Legend and he inspires us with his stories. At night I already hear the…
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Rockfish Gap to Browns GapWaynesboro To The Rescue Camp to Shenandoah Cruiser CampAT miles: 24.5Total miles: 897.0Elevation change: 6194ft gain, 5341ft loss Ever since Springer Mountain in Georgia, hikers have been saying that Virginia is flat. I think that I may have heard that rumor even before starting the AT. In fact, hikers have probably…
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