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AT Happiness: On the Trail Again
AT Happiness: On the Trail Again So it’s been almost a week since I’ve been on the trail. My 21 mile slack pack went well on my knees, but ended in a skin rash on my legs. This has happened … Continue reading
AT Happiness: No Straight Lines
AT Happiness: No Straight Lines One consistent theme in my life has been the lack of straight lines. My career path resembles the results of a fight between two cans of silly string. One thing that attracted me to doing … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: Answering 2nd Graders
AT Happiness: Answering 2nd Graders Before I left for my hike I went into two elementary school classrooms and talked to them about hiking the Appalachian Trail. The students were great and asked really good questions. They got a kick … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: Changes
AT Happiness: Changes Bill Bryson has probably written the most famous book about hiking the Appalachian Trail. However it’s a terrible book to read if you are considering a thru-hike. He is writing for comic effect and so he over … Continue reading
AT Happiness: Hello Damascus, VA
AT Happiness: Hello Damascus, VA It’s been a while my friends so let’s catch you up. When last I posted I had just come across the humps in what was basically a hurricane and landed in the trail oasis that … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: Reflections on Happiness
AT Happiness: Reflections on Happiness First you examine the scenery, then you examine your gear, then you examine yourself – Colin Fletcher Today on a slack pack, a light pack day, I really had time to reflect on my thru-hike … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: A Fast Day
AT Happiness: A Fast Day After forty days on the trail I finally feel like I’m getting the hang of this whole thru-hiking thing. Today was an easy day, I had planned to do a ten mile slack pack (hike … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: Leaving North Carolina Feeling Like a Bad Ass Hiker
AT Happiness: Leaving North Carolina Feeling Like a Bad Ass Hiker So I started this morning at Overmountain Shelter, an old converted barn that sleeps 21 people. I shared the shelter with a boy scout troop out of Raleigh and … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: A Magnificent Day
AT Happiness: A Magnificent Day Today, first thing this morning, we climbed Mount Unaka, 1000 ft in 1.3 miles. Not the way I like to start the day, I’m not a morning person. The climb was brutal and especially hard … Continue reading
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AT Happiness: Hemlock Hollow
AT Happiness: Hemlock Hollow Yesterday we had planed to do a 15 mile day. We did the first 4 miles and stopped at Mom’s Store, a trail oasis 100 feet off of the trail. Coming rain, a positive review about … Continue reading
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