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1. Starting An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike On New Year's Day Choosing the day to begin a hike of more than 2,000 miles over an average of six months' time is a big decision for many who set out with such a goal. Each year, about 1,500 to two thousand people attempt to do just that: a thru-hike on the Appal...
2. How To Plan For An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike When I finally made the decision that it was my year to go for it--to hike from Georgia to Maine from the beginning of April to sometime in the Fall--I set out the pens and notebooks and books and calendar. I made lists and more lists and began sched...
3. Hiking The Appalachian Trail: What You Really Need To Know The picture to your left is me, the A.T. hiker known as Ramkitten (on a really cold April morning in the Georgia mountains), here to share the wisdom gained from six months on the trail, all in one fell swoop! Most of what you'll find on the int...
4. The Next Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail was the greatest experience of my life. I had never done any backpacking longer than 30 miles before starting out on my thru-hike, so I spent a couple of years researching gear, the trail, and the day-to-day life of...
5. Appalachian Trail -- A Hero's Journey When I began my Appalachian Trail thru-hike, I thought I was just going on a grand adventure in the woods. On hindsight, it seems only logical that a trail with such legendary status as the Appalachian Trail should have mythological undertones. The...
6. Hiking the Appalachian Trail: A Story in Postcards On a recent snowed-in lazy day, I plopped myself on the floor in front of my shelf full of scrapbooks and started flipping through some memories. Three of the scrapbooks contained keepsakes from my  six-month Appalachian Trail thru-hike, includi...
7. Trail Days Festival In Damascus, Virginia In 1999, I attended my first Trail Days festival as a wanna-be Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. The following year, I hiked into Damascus, Virginia--considered by some to be the friendliest town on the A.T.--after walking nearly 500 miles from Springer...
8. Appalachian National Scenic Trail More commonly referred to as simply the Appalachian Trail, or even just the "AT," this trail was the first to be designated a National Scenic Trail, in 1968. Stretching more than 2,175 miles along the Appalachian Mountains, it is within a d...
9. Life Lessons From The Appalachian Trail Many people thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at a turning point in their lives. They've graduated from college, or gotten divorced, or retired. For me, hiking the trail was the turning point. It was the first time I'd actually pursued a dream...
10. A Man Called "Screamer" Standing thirty feet away or thirty inches, he spoke in the same loud voice. That's why we called him Screamer. "We" were hikers on the Appalachian Trail. Each year, millions of people use those 2,175 miles of footpath extending from Georgia to Main...
11. Become An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker You've heard of the Appalachian Trail. You've seen the dreamy look in past thru-hikers' eyes when they speak of their AT experiences. You love camping in the woods. Now you think you might want to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, too. The prospect...
12. Life After The Appalachian Trail You've just spent about six months in the woods, living your dream of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Now what? Did you think you would just slip smoothly back into your old life? Did you expect that the experience wouldn't change you? Most hikers co...
13. Lessons Learned On The Appalachian Trail Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is a learning experience, and it is different for everyone. While every thru-hiker climbs the same mountains and weathers the same storms, the lessons they each take away from the experience depend on what they'v...
14. Best Of The Appalachian Trail on Twitter And Beyond It just gets under your skin. The fresh air. The sheer physical exertion. The camaraderie with others who walk with packs on their backs. Okay, and the rain and the mud, the bugs and rocks, the lightning, the snakes and the bears. The sweat and the...
15. Hiking My Way to a Novel On September 25th, 2000, I completed a six-month journey from one end of the Appalachian Trail to the other, a 2,175-mile walk from Georgia to Maine otherwise known as a thru-hike. Along the way, I embarked on another type of journey, a creative adve...
16. My Hike On The Appalachian Trail I'd dreamed of hiking the Appalachian Trail for a dozen or so years, but I'd grown up in a family too pragmatic to do much more than dream. All my life I'd followed the rules and worried what others thought of me. I'd always been shy and easily intim...
17. Hiking The International Appalachian Trail It was a long winter - a long, cold winter - nearly unbearable for those of us who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, and for those who must live around us. I was miserable from the cold, and I struggled daily to show up at a job that no longer...
18. The Joy of Backpacking and Hiking For as long as I can remember until about 10 years ago, my biggest dream was to walk the Appalachian Trail. My inspiration for this dream was a book I read over and over again called, As Far As the Eyes Can See. Not only did I find this book to be a...
19. Mystic Turtle's Lensography You can tell a lot about a person by the books on her bookshelf. Now, we can also say you can tell a lot by the lenses she writes...not to mention the adventures she undertakes. I'm just getting started here, and when I get more time...watch out! Th...
20. Quick Guide To The Appalachian Trail A thru-hiker is one who hikes the entire length of a long-distance trail in one season. The reasons for doing so are as numerous and as varied as the hikers themselves. Many times thru-hiking gets in the blood and becomes an obsession -- the hiker is...