I wanted to thank these people for helping me through the first of these three legs. I will try not to forget anyone: Malto: for the...

I woke up extremely early and pushed very hard through the first part of the day. I wanted to have 20 miles done by 12pm. I was also...

I woke up and was struck by the feeling that just makes you want to stay in bed. I finally pulled myself out of bed and was greeted with...

Waking before sunrise has not only become a daily occurrence but also a habit. With the snow seeming to finally subside for the most part...

There I stood on the riverbank of the raging Kennebec River with only half a mile to my resupply that included a much anticipated box...

I woke up with too many miles to go and too little food to do it. Especially when you account for the beating my body has endured on the...

Another day full of post holing and large ups and downs was ahead of me. I am currently wearing “trail runner” shoes which are not...

Today I was playing roulette with the snowy slabs that laid over the trail. With the warmer temperatures and melting that has occurred...

New Hampshire was the beginning of something new and Maine is where that something new comes into its own. The trail is more rugged as...

Today I hiked the single hardest mile of this trail but I would not call it walking. In the late morning I arrived at the coveted, feared...

I’m done…walking into new states. The next 6000 miles of hiking I will do this year will all be in states I have already been to. Maine...

Every mountain I climb I withheld the primal need to yell, scream or release my ecstasy because I have become so used to training myself...

The day began with the Coffee fiasco. On my previous long thru hikes I have given up coffee but on this one I took it back up after the...

The hiking today became a lot more than hiking. I climbed up and down multiple 4 and 5 thousand foot peaks with many of the north facing...

Today has some of everything. I am camped in the snow laying on a pad that is too thin and feeling the snow beneath me in the the heart...

Today there was ice. Not just a small section of ice but sheets strewn across the trail that resembled the Arctic. It was like I was...

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter… I woke up and stayed awake to the continual sound of rain on the abandoned shelter I was staying in. I...

Waking up in a real bed in a warm hotel room was nice in many ways. I was able to take another shower, my water wasn’t frozen, and my...

Another morning of weather so cold it hurts to move. It is hard to put in perspective but imagine a morning so cold that after getting...

Waking up in a shelter that was more of a cabin was quite a luxury. It was very rugged but due to the 4 walls and the wood stove it made...