I am new to the blogosphere so I'm not sure how well this is going to work. But I have been told that this is the way to keep inquiring minds informed of my progress as I hike the Appalachian Trail. We will see. My plan is to send daily updates to Alison just so she knows I am alive and where I am. Then I will send weekly updates with more detail about the experience that will be in the form of posts to this blog. I hope my posts are sufficiently interesting for people to want to actually read them. But don't expect too much. I have a feeling it's going to be a lot of unedited stream of consciousness prattling after a week walking in the woods. Or maybe it'll just be a report of miles walked, animals encountered, and weather conditions. As I said, we will see.
A few more miles...
Last week I had the opportunity to hike another 115 miles of the AT near Damascus, VA, through the Appalachian Mountain Club. After more than a month off the trail it felt like I had never left. That's because it rained like hell the first day. (Ah, the memories.) Fortunately, it only rained one more time over the entire week and that was while I was slackpacking* to a hostel in Roan Mountain, TN. So instead of camping in the rain, I had a warm, dry bed waiting for me. The trail though northern Tennessee and southern Virginia is beautiful but much of it is a long green tunnel with limited vistas. Hump Mountain and Little Hump are notable exceptions with a huge, open view from the nearly 6,000 foot bald ridge that rivals Franconia Ridge in New Hampshire. Several miles of the trail around Watauga Lake were closed because of aggressive bear activity but AT through -hikers are exempted from the ordinance. I suspect it's because the officials figure AT through-hikers smell too b
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