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AT Happiness: Shaving Weight
AT Happiness: Shaving Weight One of the obvious concerns you have while thru-hiking is the amount of weight you are carrying. We all start out with more weight than we need. Primarily because we are all novice thru-hikers. One … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, happiness, hiking, weight loss
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AT Happiness: My First Down Day
AT Happiness: My First Down Day For a lot of years I suffered mood swings and depression. In recent years I’ve learned how to deal with these better, learned to identify the triggers that would tank my mood. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, depression, happiness, hiking, nature
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Helen, GA
Helen, GA So bigger thoughts after some sleep tonight. My first night sleeping in a shelter was NOT good. It was warm and dry and the company was good but sleep was hard to come by. I got bits but … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, Georgia, happiness, hiking
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Leaving Civilization and my First Bear
Leaving Civilization and my First Bear So today I woke up by alarm clock, jumped in the shower in a heated room. Ate a hot breakfast cooked by someone else. I’m connected to the world by a wifi signal while … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, happiness, hiking
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Amicalola Falls State Park
Amicalola Falls State Park So I’ve arrived at the park, shuttled up from Atlanta by Survivor Dave a great guy, I highly recommend his services. He’s part of a network of folks down here that help shuttle people to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, amicalola falls, appalachian trail, at shuttle, backpacking, happiness, hiking, survivor dave
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Really amazing hiking story
A Really Amazing Hiking Story http://www.backpacker.com/special-features/gone-hiking/ A friend passed this on to me and I read it this evening and it is a truly amazing story that brought tears to my eyes. I head into the forest tomorrow, on the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, cancer, happiness, healing, hiking
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Finally moving toward the Appalachian Trail
Finally moving toward the Appalachian Trail So finally today, I’m on the train and heading south. It’s an emotional day, the first day of an adventure always is this way. Little sleep, wake up early, double even triple check everything … Continue reading
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Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: Pre-trail Changes
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: Pre-trail Changes You need special shoes for hiking — and a bit of a special soul as well. ~ Terri Guillemets I’ve been asked a lot why I would want to undertake a 2200 mile walk, … Continue reading
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: It’s official
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: It’s official In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ~ John Muir So initially I was an Appalachian Trail Dreamer The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, camping, happiness, hiking, John Muir, mt. katahdin, travel
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Happiness on the Road
Happiness on the Road After leaving the coast I’ve headed south to San Diego to visit family and the scariest garden gnome in America. I got to meet my youngest cousin yesterday, he’s an adorable little guy with a great … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, altruism, family, happiness, personal happiness, travel
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