Monthly Archives: April 2013

Well I haven’t hiked since Friday morning 😦 The doc basically told me I should prolly just go home, but I want to give it one last shot. I’m hoping to hike out Wed or Thurs morning. I stayed at … Continue reading →

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Day 7: 4.5 miles from Low Gap back south to the road at Hogpen Gap Well after the pain from yesterday in my knee with no relief today, I decided i need to get into Hiawassi to make sure I’m … Continue reading →

Hiked 11.5 Official AT miles + 1 mile This morning at the hostel we all put in enough donations in a jar so they made us all pancakes. I had 4 plus a banana and lots of syrup, so I … Continue reading →

Even though I didnt hike today, I got the whole trail experience, and I am loving it. I’ve met some “trail legends”, people whose trail names I’ve heard in books. Since yesterday, there’s been this crazy old guy here dancing … Continue reading →

Day 4: Neels Gap. Mile 31.7 Hostel Today was equally as painful on the knees but no worse, so I’m hoping that’s a good sign. I climbed Blood Mountain, the highest peak in GA. The way down was a lot … Continue reading →

Hiked 8.5 official AT miles + 1 mi Well, today was a total failure. I made lots of mistakes. On top of that, my knees seem to want to kill me for doing this. Last night I told everyone I … Continue reading →

Day 2 – 7.7 official AT mi + 1 mi Today was pretty intense. I’m going way slower than I had planned. One reason is because I’m hiking slow on the downhills in order to not hurt my knees any … Continue reading →

Finally have service, so Im posting what I wrote last night and taking a break cuz I am ridiculously exhausted: Well Sarah and I completed Day 1! It was pretty tough, even if I didnt have 25 lbs on my … Continue reading →