Danny Bernstein plans to be in southwest Virgina for a week’s worth of trail-related doings. Among the highlights: More than 190 miles of the Appalachian Trail are featured in a series of section hikes from Dennis Cove Road in Tennessee…
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A note for those camping in the Appalachian Trail shelters
by tom • March 11, 2008 • 2 Comments
Sgt. Rock says there’s only one plausible reason for duct tape on the ceiling: It snowed all night best as I could tell. It also turned out the shelter roof leaks. I woke up at about 0330 to a bag…
A fine Appalachian Trail blog
by tmangan • May 25, 2007 • 5 Comments
Alert reader Jeremiah Kemper pointed me to Ben and Lauren’s 2007 Adventure. Their latest post is from Erwin, Tennessee (mile 338.7), so there’s lots more hiking — and, more importantly, blogging — to go as they travel north. I found…
Seasons of the AT
by tmangan • April 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Leonard Adkins on the changing terrain, and changing weather, of the Appalachian Trail: We started in the morning beside the Pigeon River at an elevation of 1,400 feet above sea level. Rising on the pathway that was sometimes going uphill…
Free State Hiker update
by tmangan • March 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Ken Berry, the first Class o’ 2006 Appalachian Trail northbound thru-hiker to reach Mt. Katahdin, got it in his head that he so loved the trail that he’d sell his home in Maryland and buy one near the AT, also…
Habitual Hiker profiled
by tmangan • February 27, 2007 • 0 Comments
Leonard M. Adkins is about to begin his fifth thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. The Charleston, W.Va., Daily Mail has a nice profile. It’s his wife’s fourth time, and his dog’s second. He made it 900 miles on the first…
Another thru-hiker fundraiser
by tmangan • February 26, 2007 • 0 Comments
From a recent Akron Beacon-Journal report: Josh Wengerd is taking steps — millions of them, in fact — to raise awareness about a Stark County group that helps people who can’t afford their prescription medicines. Starting next month, the 23-year-old…
The AT in 90 seconds
by tmangan • February 8, 2007 • 2 Comments
Old Goat put together this video slide show of his Appalachian Trail adventure last year. Pretty cool!
Trail’s health mirrors our own
by tmangan • December 1, 2006 • 0 Comments
This story from the Washington Post earlier this week tells of a project to monitor the health of the Appalachian Trail, the idea being that as the ecosystem along the trail goes, so goes the whole Eastern Seaboard. An example…