But maybe not entirely coincidental.
Yesterday I went on a hike to celebrate my 1 year anniversary. I went to Big Basin – one of my favorite hikes in the greater Bay Area. It’s a little bit of a drive, but since I’m catsitting in San Jose, it was 45 minutes closer than it usually is, [...]
One Year Ago Today, the above picture was taken. That’s really all I have to say on the subject, for now. Maybe I’ll wax poetic later, or maybe that’s all that needs to be said.
Big shout out to my fellow summiters (my heroes) that day: Jukebox, The General, Bunz, Roses, Tupperware, Hearts, Twiggy, Spoc, Memphis [...]
I didnt want to leave it all until my 8/20 anniversary post. One year ago today, I was in the 100-mile wilderness, with, yup, less than 100 miles to go. Let’s put that in perspective. Before I hiked the trail, the longest trip I had ever done was ~35 miles. And I did more than [...]
One Year Ago Today, I crossed the last state border of the AT, from New Hampshire into Maine. At this point, there was *only* 281 miles to go!
I remember the border crossing distinctly, because there was a tent right there, with a southbounder huddled in it. She wanted to get as far as New Hampshire, [...]
You’ve heard this from me before. The trail is an accordian. Because everybody hikes their own hike, you never know when the trail will bring you back together with someone you haven’t seen in weeks or months. And I freakin’ love that.
So there I was chilling in Williamstown, MA. I had just seen Beth Orton [...]
It is the one year anniversary of my most significant injury on the trail. I was hiking with Cricket, and we had just crossed from Connecticut into Massachusets, and gone over Mt. Everett. It wasn’t raining, but it had been raining earlier, so all of the rocks were slick. Was walking down an exposed rock, [...]
I hope at least some of you are enjoying nature today.
One year ago today, I hiked a long and surprisingly difficult 20.6 miles, starting at a beautiful shelter in Harriman State Park built on a huge boulder (with, unfortunately, no water source – Cricket and I tried to pump rainwater out of tiny puddes) and ended, spending the night at a picnic shelter for [...]
Here’s my journal entry from 6/13/08, the day I hiked out of Delaware Water Gap (the town) across the Delaware Water Gap (the geographic feature), and through most of Delaware Water Gap (the National Recreation Area).
Day 106; Friday the 13th
24.8 miles to 1306.4
Brink Road Shelter
First time arriving at a shelter after dark. Aione in shelter, [...]
Yes indeed. One year ago today, I was at the halfway point of the trail, eating a half gallon of Hershey’s Peanut Butter Cup in one sitting. Also there: Tourist, who finished his half gallon in 17 minutes, Cricket, who wasn’t even going to do the challenge, then proceeded to eat the half gallon and [...]
