Bone Pac, the guy who was the first to finish the Appalachian Trail this season, has something trailworthy going on: Upon arriving home after the thru-hike I quickly submerged myself into to routine goings-ons of my pre-hike life (which I…
Appalachian Trail
Just five more to go
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 0 Comments
Conductor, at Mile 2160.9 on the Appalachian Trail: In reality it’s just a climb, only five miles, over in mid afternoon. In our dreams it is the finale, the place we have hiked so far to reach. After all, it’s…
The family that backpacks together…
by tmangan • August 23, 2006 • 2 Comments
A correspondent from a small-town paper in Tennessee shares reflections of family members who spent five days on the Appalachian Trial in Maryland. It’s 6:30 and I am wrapping another layer of duct tape around my feet to keep my…
Bone-Pac finishes the AT
by tmangan • July 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’ve been so busy following Pacific Crest Trail hiker exploits that I neglected to check out the Trail Journal entries of a guy named Bone-Pac, who was one of the fastest hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Well, while I was…
Latest hiking chatter
by tmangan • June 13, 2006 • 0 Comments
Whole lotta hikin goin on out there. Highlights from this morning’s RSS feed check: Jason Lustig looks back fondly on his Appalachian Trail thru-hike of 2000. How do I put into words the beauty that I saw? I saw painted…
The AT as Ultimate Summer Camp
by tmangan • June 7, 2006 • 0 Comments
Jordan McCarron at mile 799.1 of the Appalachian Trail: We can play outside from the moment the sun comes up until it goes down and even then we can sleep out in tents. We can have campfires and make s’mores…
Trail Journals post of the day
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 1 Comment
From Bugs, 338.70 miles up the Appalachian Trail: It is early afternoon, and I am still at Miss Janet’s house. I have decided, at the urging of all, to embrace the whimsy of the trail a bit. In other words,…
More Appalachian Trail dispatches
by tmangan • April 3, 2006 • 0 Comments
Trooper, at 75.4 miles in: I reached the Ga./N.C. border about 3pm, and decided to stay at Bly Gap. What a feeling it is to know that you can accomplish something like this in this day and age. Just over…
AT thru-hikers getting their feet wet
by tmangan • March 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
It’s that time of the year to start hiking the Appalachian Trail, and Trailjournals.com is starting to amass a fair number of posts from intrepid trekkers. A few samplings: Frosty, at 62.9 miles in: I blew up my pillow and…