Usually, when we resupply in town, Daniel and I focus on the savings. Buying enough food to feed the two of us for a couple of days on trail can be both expensive and heavy. We all know that freeze-dried meals are the way to go if you got the cash for it. For theContinue reading “Cooking on the Trail: What To Eat Backpacking”
Category Archives: Backpacking Adventures
Katahdin: The last push
Well, we weren’t the last ones to Katahdin, but I think we are surely in the running for the longest time spent on trail this year. Clocking in just shy of eight months hiking up the Appalachian Mountain Range, but finally we finished the damn thing. Two thousand one hundred and some odd miles later.Continue reading “Katahdin: The last push”
Maine’s 100 mile wilderness
Looking back, the 100 mile wilderness isn’t nearly as remote as its title suggests. There are hostels at either end running daily shuttles for slack packers (hiking a section of the trail without your pack on) and food drops. There are plenty of service roads and we have run into many day hikers and trailContinue reading “Maine’s 100 mile wilderness”
Rugged People of the AT
What you carry with you reflects who you are. Many thru-hikers concentrate only on how light they can get their packs. They will hike from highway to highway and stay inside to avoid carrying a sleeping bag and sleeping outside. Other hikers will carry everything but the kitchen sink, and then some. It is aContinue reading “Rugged People of the AT”
Mahoosuc Notch
Mahoosuc Notch is commonly referred to as the ‘hardest mile of the Appalachian Trail’. Looking at it on the map wouldn’t betray that fact to a thru-hiker, no, it is the legend of Mahoosuc Notch that somehow floats back down the trail which gives this section the aura of mystery. We first heard about itContinue reading “Mahoosuc Notch”
New Hampshire (part 2)
There is more to the White Mountains than just Franconia Ridge and it would be a mistake to stop talking about the New Hampshire sections of the Appalachian Trail there. The Presidentials are the most famous part of the White Mountains and our time there was incredible. Not only did we have great weather andContinue reading “New Hampshire (part 2)”
New Hampshire (part one)
The White Mountains are something else. They challenge even my writing skills. Where to start. Well, first of all, the infrastructure and community are both unlike anything I’ve seen in the United States before. Spread throughout the forty-two infamous peaks is over twelve thousand miles of rigorous trail. There are many who walk every inchContinue reading “New Hampshire (part one)”
Mosquitoes, Mountains, and Mud.
The Green Mountains of Vermont stand apart from the Appalachian ranges we have walked thus far. Even the colors seem somehow more vibrant here. Here the trail is full of muddy pockets that will swallow your feet. Wet moss blankets fallen trees and stones edging our squishy, brown path. The mountains continue growing taller, foreshadowingContinue reading “Mosquitoes, Mountains, and Mud.”
A Day on the Trail in Mass
We had run out of food that morning. All that was left were some very crushed up Belvita breakfast cookies. We were drinking these crumbs as we tried to push our way to town. Just around lunchtime we pass another thru-hiker, heading southbound, who told us that some lady is handing out cookies up ahead.Continue reading “A Day on the Trail in Mass”
Appalachian Trail: New Jersey to Connecticut
Since we left Pennsylvania the days have flown by.The trail community is different up here in the north. Hitchhiking is illegal in New Jersey and New York. There aren’t as many hostels, or shuttles. Hotels are more expensive. The people in towns are less familiar with hikers. We look progressively more homeless than we didContinue reading “Appalachian Trail: New Jersey to Connecticut”
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