Appalachian Trail
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8 Things I’ve Learned by Section Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Hiking the Appalachian Trail, bit by bit, or section hiking, has taught me many lessons. Here are of few of…
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AT Section Hike: Rockfish Gap to Front Royal, including Shenandoah National Park
Gen dropped me off in Rockfish Gap at the bottom of the access trail to Shenandoah National Park (SNP) and…
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AT Section Hike: Rt 60 (Buena Vista, Virginia) to Rockfish Gap
Anyone who says the Virginia doesn’t have rocks is a liar. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that the…
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AT Section Hike: Petite Gap to Buena Vista (Rt 60)
“I don’t think we’re going to make it to Sunset Field,” I said, to Ken, my trail shuttle driver. The…
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AT Section Hike: Daleville, VA to Sunset Field, Blue Ridge Parkway
“A hiker that can’t eat is a hiker who can’t hike,” said Ken Wallace, the trail shuttle driver who’d come…
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Hiker Resupply and Mail Drops in the US and UK
Resupply and Mail Drops Mail drops are a common way for long distance hikers to resupply on a long hike.…
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Appalachian Trail Section Hiking Gear List
This backpacking gear list is for a three week Appalachian Trail section hike I’ll be taking from mid-April through early…
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Mount Washington and the Northern Presidential Loop
My friend Martin from England is a serious hiker and backpacker with many big UK walks under his belt. Having just…
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The Appalachian Trail Railroad Stop
When Benton Mackaye first proposed the Appalachian Trail (see An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning), he envisioned a…
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Hiking on Tree Roots
Hiking in the Northeastern United States? Then you better get used to hiking on tree roots because we have a…
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Section Hike: Stratton to Rangeley on the Maine Appalachian Trail
The Maine Appalachian Trail is a tough, tough place to hike. There are lots of mountains and mud and rocks…
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Benton Mackaye’s Appalachian Trail Essay
History’s Lessons for Today’s World I love the history behind the Appalachian Trail and how it came into being. It’s…
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Hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness with Martin Rye
This past August I hiked Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness again with my friend Martin Rye, from the UK. He’d read…
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Trail Culture on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails, and Camino de Santiago by Bill Walker
“Hey man, I’ve got an idea,” I said with a coaxing voice. “How ‘bout going out to hike on the…
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