Day 8 – the little things
It’s never a good sign when you pick up your wet socks from the previous day and they are rock hard. So frozen you could use them as a...
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Day 7 – Exhaustion
I will keep this one relatively short as I am very exhausted. I trudged through anywhere from 6-10 inches of snow all morning, and it...
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Day 6 – deeper snow
I woke up with a thin sheet of ice covering my sleeping bag. I would later learn the overnight temperature was around 0. I put on...
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Day 5 – snow
I woke up with my new four fellow hiking friends covered in snow. Our shelter with a makeshift tarp had failed on the edges and since I...
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Day 4 – North Carolina
I woke up in the cold and was on the trail by 8. Everyday the temperature has seemed to drop even more. The projection is single digits...
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Day 3 – it’s getting colder
The morning was cold, windy and uninviting. I made the mistake of not checking my maps before going to bed and the two towns I was...
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Day 2 – Low Gap
The morning sun revealed a body sore from the previous day's exertion, a testament to the physical toll of pushing oneself. Attempting a...
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Day – 1 the beginning
Embarked on my AT thru-hike from Springer Mountain. Brisk morning, met trail companions, and a wise hostel encounter. Day 1 of the CYTC
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Day 0 – Springer Mountain on the AT
Atlanta's dawn launches my Calendar Year Triple Crown quest.
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The start of something new
Today I begin my trip out into the great unknown. As I sit in the Portland airport for the first of two flights, I am just hoping that my...
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What is thru hiking?
The term seems to have found its way in to common lingo between the popularization from the book and movie “Wild” about thru-hiking the...
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Thru Hiking Diet
Making my own food for a Calendar Year Triple Crown is new, but here is my attempt at crafting a thru hiking worthy diet from a dehydrator.
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Planning the Calendar Year Triple Crown
Embarking on an 8,000-mile Calendar Year Triple Crown, facing challenges with gear repair and resilience. Join the journey!
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