Art Loeb in a Day
30.1 miles. 30.1 miles of back country, wild, North Carolina beauty: that’s what you’ll find in one of Western North Carolina’s most renowned, trafficked, and toughest trails, the Art Loeb. […]
Moving Out
Well friends, rather than start an entire new blog, I figured I’d just continue posting on this one, even if what I’m doing doesn’t really relate to hiking. However, hiking, […]
12/4/12 – Holy Smokies! (Part 2) (although not so smokies)
Well, this post is going to require a ton of memory recounting about the last part of the Smokies leading into the Cherokee National Forest, getting off the trail, and […]
11/21/12 (Part 1) – Holy Smokies!
In my last post I attempted to reenter the Smoky Mountains where I had gotten off the trail just before Hurricane Sandy, at Newfound Gap. After having to turn around […]
11/3/12 – Whittier, NC
It’s been seven days since my last post from the Gatlinburg public library, and I haven’t hiked (I mean, really hiked) since. Not on my own accord, of course, but because […]
10/27/12 – Gatlinburg, TN
Yesterday I summitted the highest peak on the AT – Clingman’s Dome, North Carolina, and simultaneously reached 200 trail miles since my start on October 8th. While accomplishments look good […]
10/15/12 – Hiawassee, GA
10/15/12 – McDonald’s, Hiawassee, GA The last few days since Neels gap have been eventful, to say the least. The rest, shower, and human interaction I had there were invaluable. […]
day 4 (3?)
Well it’s been exactly 72 hours since I started my Appalachian Journey and I’ve got a lot to catch you up on! The first day as I neared te starting […]
Starting Tomorrow!
Riddle me this: what does a college graduate who can’t find a job with his writing degree do? Hike the Appalachian Trail and write about it, of course! As I […]
And So It Begins…
This may be the last time I ever sit in this library. Actually, it definitely is. Four years of college I spent here, guzzling Red Eyes at 2:30 in the […]
Hike 'Til You're High 