The Appalachian Trail · 2012–2013
Georgia to the Hudson, one day at a time.
The trail journal I kept from Springer Mountain to Bear Mountain, written from the dirt and from shelters, hostels, and the occasional town library. Every storm and trail-magic morning, from the first nervous night on the trail to the long green tunnel of the mid-Atlantic a year later. No edits, no hindsight: just how each day actually felt.
Read the journal →The route
Springer Mountain to the Hudson
1,353 miles walked of the 1,403 to Bear Mountain: solid where I walked, dotted where I skipped ahead.
A few days to start with
Day 3 and looking upI don't have any signal here at Lance Creek, so this will be posted a day late. That will probably happen a lot. After two 8 mile days that kicked my ass and…
What a dropToday was only a little over 11 miles, but it was pretty rough. We descended 3300 feet over 4 miles. Had I needed to descend something like this in the first…
Falling behindIt's been a pretty tough day, but it's hard for me to complain too much with so many sick people around. Of course I happened to be one of those people last…
Another Bear MountainLast night was hands down my best nights sleep on the trail. I didn't wake up until 7:30am, and the bugs didn't keep me awake at all thanks to my tent. When I…
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