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Appalachian Trail Day 31: Highest Shelter on the AT

We’re back on the trail! Rain and mist greeted us as we hiked four miles uphill on a muddy trail, ...
Appalachian Trail #5: Injury, Rain Delay, & Trail Days

We made it back to the trail, ready to do our first key swap. But the week ended with another ...
Appalachian Trail #4: Made it to Uncle Johnny’s

We started the week still in Gatlinburg and ended it at Uncle Johnny's, where I came up with a wild ...
Appalachian Trail #3: Injury & Gatlinburg

We started off the week with a 12(ish) mile slackpack, then a trip to the ER, and ended it by ...
Appalachian Trail #2: A Wildfire Changes Our Plan

Week 2 started off with a 14-mile slack pack that I originally remember in 2020 as being easy. My Tramily ...
Appalachian Trail #1: Forming a Tramily

Miles Since Last UpdateTotal Miles HikedMiles Remaining 0 38.2 2160.2 This week was full of laughter, making new friends, and ...
Appalachian Trail: Pre-Trail Gear Changes

Since we had to come home briefly from our BamaToBaxter hike due to Suspenders' health issues, we decided to make ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 29: Oakey Mountain

Oakey Mountain isn't as tall as Dugger Mountain, but man it kicked our butts worse than Dugger did. It took ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 28: Dugger Mountain & Plane Wreckage

Today, we started the "harder" section. It honestly felt the same as all the others, lmao. Yes, the climb was ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 26 & 27: Laurel Shelter to Burns Trailhead & a Zero Day

After a poor night's sleep, we woke up, had breakfast, and headed out. The plan was to go to a ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 25: Pine Glen Campground to Laurel Shelter (& a Ghostly Tale)

The trail leading out of Pine Glen Campground is super nice, and I am not just saying that because it ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 23 & 24: Slackpacking & a Zero

Pinhoti Trail Day 23: Slackpacked 14 miles Today, we slackpacked from the start of the Heflin Spur to Pine Glen ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 22: Hiking to Heflin

We headed out today with our full packs that were full of groceries we had bought for the hostel. I ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 20 & 21

Pinhoti Trail Day 20 It was a wet night and morning. Thankfully, we only had about 3ish miles to do ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 19: First Real Water Crossing

Today, we hiked from Hwy 281 to Whitley Jean Campsite. It wasn't a bad day at all. The Total Ascent ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 17 & 18: Double Zero – Waiting for a Package

We spent Days 17 and 18 in Oxford, waiting for a package from my mom. The package contained my wallet, ...