This is a review of the gear we used on our thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Tag: Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail Bird List
While I wasn’t really actively birding on the trail, I did carry a small monocular to help me ID the more common birds along the way. I was able to add several new birds to my life-list, such as the …
Day 182: The Greatest Mountain
Of course it rained in the night, although it was just a sprinkle. We got up early this morning, because on the AT we embrace the suck, and our group of five were the first five on the mountain today. …
Day 181: Katahdin Streams
This morning we woke up early, returned to the campground store for coffee and pastries, and got back on the trail to enter Baxter State Park. We hiked ten relatively flat miles to the Katahdin Streams Campground, just five miles …
Day 180: Abol Bridge
Today we walked 18 miles, out of the Hundred Mile Wilderness to Abol Bridge. We’ve done 100 miles in 5 days, and today we made it to the bridge just after 2. We stopped at the Abol Bridge campground for …
Day 179: New Longest Day
It’s officially fall, and we could tell today. It was a chilly morning. I heard it was 40 degrees overnight, and today a cold wind blew most of the day. However, it was clear and sunny, and we got our …
Day 178: Whitecap Mountain
It started to rain in the night, first just a soft sprinkle but as morning neared it got harder. We got out early as we had a river to ford, and were walking in the old growth forest by 6:30. …
