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Hiking in Hurricanes

Storm Runoff - The Long Trail

I backpacked the northermost section of Vermont’s Long Trail during Hurricane Ike in 2008. I didn’t realize that I was hiking through a hurricane at the time, even with the heavy rainfall and wind, since that kind of weather is the norm …

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Return to the 100 Mile Wilderness

Maine is for Mangroves (Yes, that's the trail)

In August 2009, I set out to hike the 100 mile wilderness in Maine. This is the last big section that AT thru-hikers have to hike before they arrive at Baxter State Park, home of Mount Katahdin, the northern terminus of the …

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Climbing Mount Katahdin

Philip Werner at the summit of Mount Katadhin

I didn’t intend to climb to the summit of Mt Katadhin this week, it just sort of happened. But that’s ok, I needed to hike to the northern terminus of  the Appalachian Trail eventually and things just worked out. Hike: Mount Katahdin …

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