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Coming Soon to a Forest Floor Near You
By the end of April, I’ll have hiked the first 300 miles of the Appalachian Trail. It has been a delight to watch spring begin to unfold on the landscape. Hiking up and down and up again, I’ve had the...
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Curious About Thruhiker Life?
I’ve been on the Appalachian Trail for six weeks, and have passed the 500-mile mark. Are you curious about what life is like for me and the other thruhikers out here? I will write a blog post answering...
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Ask a Thruhiker: Your Questions Answered
From Teri, via Facebook: Is it easier or more difficult than you imagined? Overall, I would say the trail has been easier than I expected. I don’t mean physically so much as mentally: I really thought...
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Off the Trail, on to the Next Stage of My Life
It’s strange, watching the landscape roll by without having to work for it. I write this from a bus, hurtling down a highway from Blacksburg to Roanoke, VA. I am borne passively along in a cushioned...
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What a Month: From the Appalachian Trail to the Joshua Tree Desert
Instead of being fully present on the trail, in the total immersion in nature that I had enjoyed so far, I found my thoughts drifting ahead and growing chaotic. My busy brain abandoned the beautiful...
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