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Five Days in the Winds Pt. 1
Or Two Lowlanders Get A Lesson In Altitude Last September my hiking buddy Mule and I decided to finally do a bucket list hike. Our first hike together was a thru-hike of the Foothills Trail, and we’d done several AT sections together as well…
Savage Gulf Pt. 2
The morning of Day 3 brought a light drizzle and slightly lower temperatures. I appreciated the break from the heat, but the precipitation, on top of the already high humidity, had everything I owned feeling moist. Even my Dyneema pack. However, I was excited…
Savaged by Savage Gulf Pt. 1
Heat, humidity, mosquitos, rock scrambles….Savage Gulf threw everything it had at me. So who prevailed? Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Natural Area is part of South Cumberland State Park. Located near the tiny towns of Altamont and Beersheba Springs, it has long been one of…
Roan Highlands September 2015
Three years ago my wife (Marmot Girl) and I got away for 5 days and hiked practically in the backyard of where she grew up- The Roan Highlands. I have deliberately tried to cherry-pick some of the more scenic sections of the AT to…
April in the Shenandoahs
Finally, I get a week off in spring for a section hike! I had originally planned to do the AT section through Shenandoah National Park with my hiking buddy Mule, but he got called to an out of state work assignment at the last…
US19 NOBO to Damascus
My new job has given me TEN weeks of vacation this year, and up until now I’d only used one of them for a section hike. It was time to correct that deficiency. My wife and I had already done the Roan Highlands section…
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