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.

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A hiker sitting on the edge of a rock ledge above forested Virginia valleysMcAfee Knob · Day 6537.39° N 80.04° W · 3,197 ft
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