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Saturday, March 24, 2018

My GoPro Documentary Rig

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I wanted a small light video camera to take backpacking, so I bought a GoPro Hero 5 Black. With all the upgrades to picture quality, I thoug...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

A Bureaucratic Solution to Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker Issues*

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The number of hikers starting Appalachian Trail thru-hikes in Georgia have increased each year such that shelter areas and campsites are ...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

2184.9 Miles! (give or take)

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That's the cumulative milage of hiking the AT in five sections. At least the way I did it. Last June I got back on the trail at VT11 i...
Monday, June 8, 2015

The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

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And it's making me crazy! After spending the winter going over my gear list, measuring items to make sure I had the right weights, and...

628 Miles To Go ...

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Next week I'll start the final leg of my Appalachian Trail section hike. I'm meeting Blue Jay in upstate New York, and we'll...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

On becoming a 99.968% pure, flip-flop, flip-flopping, blue-blazing, slack-packing, long-assed section hiker!

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Before I started my hike I had logged way too many hours on WhiteBlaze.net, and knew I was gonna be a Purist!* Well mostly pure. I mean, I ...
Friday, May 15, 2015

My New Bug Suit

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Back when I was first planning my AT hike, I outlined my completely rational fear of Ixodes scapularis - aka the Deer Tick, aka the Black...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Virginia Is Not Flat!

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I had two goals for this summer. To complete my hike of the Appalachian Trail in one, long-assed section. From where I got off last summe...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Slackdown at Jim and Molly's!

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"Blue Jay 5" and I had been hiking together for several days through Shenandoah. Well … we’d been camping together. He’d leave ...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

How cold could it get?

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My next Appalachian Trail section hike is from the James River Footbridge, to Manchester Center, VT in early June. Hoping to keep my wei...