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50 Miles and 5 Days on the Appalachian Trail – Part 1
The Plan: Get off work at 5 pm, meet up with the guys, and book it to the Amilicola Lodge that’s 7.5 hours away, putting us there at around 1 am. Then wake up early eat breakfast and hit the trail. Hike 50 miles over 5 days and drive back.A super simple plan. Easy peasy. 10 Days untill the hike. I laid out all my gear on my dining room table. What do I need to keep, what can I get rid of? What are essentials and what can I leave? The first time I hiked the Appalachian Trail my pack was close to 42lbs with food and water. It…
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Announcement! I’m Heading Back to the AT
Like the title says, I’m heading back to the AT. It’s my friend, Mat’s 42nd birthday and he asked to go hiking. We had done a few local Florida hikes before. I guess you can call them hikes. More like walking straight for a while. But we had never done real mountain hiking together. I had the best idea. Let’s do 42 miles on the Appalachian Trail. He had never been on the Appalachian Trail before but had heard amazing things about it because I pretty much never shut up about it. Kinda like how vegans and CrossFit never stop talking about, well vegetables and CrossFit. If you spend enough…
