Appalachian Trail 2015

Welcome to a simple log of our 2015 Appalachian Trail thru-hike. We went somewhat light, fast and stoveless. Here are a few photos of what we wore, brought, ate and used, along a some details about natural history, colorful memories or other details.

Thru-hiking is a wild beast of its own, with so many ins, outs and what-have-yous. We finished the AT in 137 days, making the most of every minute. Something to that effect.

: Mt. Katahdin

: Pond swimming I

: Pond swimming II

: Mt. Katahdin in the distance

: Dang, I lost some weight. Wine wednesdays.

: Snack time.

: Fording a creek.

: Glug, glug, glug.

: Stretching. The trail made me powerful stiff every morning.

: A pond in Maine.

: Fetal Position.

: Night hiking, break.

: Monson. Loaner threads.

: The famous aquatic white blaze

: Crossing the Kennebec river

: Mahoosic Notch.

: Maine boardwalk.

: Blueberries, Maine.

: Maine rocks

: Moose!

: Mt. Washington Summit.

: Meh…

: Whites cabin croo. Fraternizing.

: Outside of Lincoln, NH.

: We got flooded…

: Northeast boardwalk…

: Mt. Moosilauke, way down. Brutal.

: The Icecream man

: Hanover, NH.

: VT/NH

: Shelter Life, stoned.

: Hiker’s breakfast, another version.

: Hiker hunger, Vermont.

: Heady toppers!!!

: Perfect dinner.

: Vermont.

: Retired Shoes II

: Shelter life – rolling out

: Crossing the Hudson

: Bear Mountain Bridge

: New York, USA

: Tenting, New York

: Hiker Trash/Laying with another man

: Unionville, NY

: Boardwalks, New Jersey

: Delaware Water Gap

: PA Rocks

: Lehigh Gap

: Jurek.

: Duncannon, PA

: PA Walking

: PA views

: Actual half-way point

: Mason/Dixon

: Hiker hunger, Harper’s Ferry edition

: At the ATC

: Obligatory

: Hiker’s breakfast

: Dragon’s Tooth

: Feeding a deert.

: Macaffee Knob

: Shanandoahs – exhausted

: The Shanandoahs

: Foote Bridge

: Care package

: Fog.

: Shelter Life – batting

: Shelter life – road soda

: New shoes, white blaze

: A typical meal

: West, by god, Virginia

: Virginia Blues

: Hiker hunger, Chinese buffet

: Shelter life

: Zero day, hotel, beers.

: Retired shoes I

: Pickup hitch

: 500 miles in!

: Ponies

: Grayson Highlands

: Entering Virginia

: Mountaineer Shelter

: Frozen oil.

: Tennessee Cold Roan Mt

: Hampton Tennessee

: Tennessee Warm

: Near Max Patch

: 2000 miles to go!

: Foggy Smokies

: Foggy smokies

: Fontana Dam

: NOC

: A Hundred Miles In

: Rhodies

: Rollin’

: Rocky top

: Drinking Oil

: GA NC Border

: Tent in Georgia

: The Entire Thing

: Springer Mountain