Year: 2012

New York was unexpectedly tough. I later found out many people call it “Little New Hampshire.” The profile wasn’t all that different from New Jersey, but it was ridiculous. Lots of small 10-20ft climbs, straight up rock faces. It changed instantly upon crossing the border. It was nice to eventually start getting in to the…

Finally getting around to a bit of an update again. New Jersey was one of my favorite parts of the trail I think. It wasn’t too tough, the towns were pretty frequent, and it passed by quickly. I left Delaware Water Gap, PA with Darrio, Irish, and Wicked at about 9pm after waiting for the…

I got back home a couple weeks ago. I hiked from GA-MA, getting off the trail just a few miles in to Massachusetts. All told I was on the trail about five and a half months and did a little over 1500 miles. I hope to go back when I get some more time and…

The legends of Rocksylvannia unfortunately proved to be true. The first hundred miles or so wasn’t too bad, but it got progressively worse. The trail began nice, be slowly turned into miles of small pointy rocks, which I am fairly certain must have been dug up and buried point-side-up, and large boulder fields to slowly…

Finally got out of Virginia! It only took about a month and a half, but afterwards West Virginia passed quickly with only 17 miles, then Maryland, and now in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Last update was from Waynesboro, VA just before the aquablaze. Hiking the AT is known as Whiteblazing because the trail is marked with white…