Well I’m in Stratton, Maine today Tuesday the 16th of October. It’s been an awesome 175 mile week. Paul “Old Man” picked me up at the bus stop in Medway and got me on the trail the next morning up Kathadin by 7:30am. It was a much easier hike up to Baxter Peak than...
Returning to the Trail
I leave tonight for a four day bus ride to Medway, Maine to finish my AT thru-hike via flip flop. I’ll start Southbound from Katahdin on October 8th and hopefully be in Hanover, New Hampshire by the 28th of October. I think I might take a zero day there with my sister who is...
Day 61 May 3 – Deleware Water Gap, PA – 40.98831, -75.14500 –
31 miles today. I hit the trail really early today. The terrain was as crappy as ever in PA, the worst rocks yet. I was able to “cruse” over most of today with my pack almost empty of food. Water was a problem though. It’s dry as Death Valley up on that ridge. Despite...
Day 60 May 2 – Lehigh Gap – 40.78353, -75.60567 –
30 miles today. Today was long and harsh. There was almost no major vertical gain or loss but it was MAD rocky. My shoes are getting totally torn up. I am gonna have a seriously major talk with Salomon. I made it into Lehigh about 30 minutes after Woodstock left after resupplying. I called...
Day 59 May 1 – Eckville Shelter – 40.63388, -75.95776 –
15 miles today. Today was VERY easy. I got up with Woodstock and we got breakfast at a great little diner. Then I got the Cabelas Shuttle into Hamburg to pick up some supplies. I finally hit the trail at 10:45. I made it here at about 4:30 and have decided to stay as...
Day 58 April 30 – Port Clinton, PA – 40.58699, -76.02629 –
28 miles today. Today was another LONG day. While it was much flatter than yesterday, it was by far rockier. I think I prefer the PUDs to the rocks. We made good time nontheless and were in town by 6. The candy shop here is AMAZING. They have every candy known to man, not...
Day 57 April 29 – William Penn Shelter – 40.49564, -76.41409 –
31 miles today. Today was a long, but comparatively short, day. Woodstock and I left the shelter at 7:45 and made mad good time. We had done 18 miles by 2 with 13 to go. We had 3 lose 1000+ foot drops followed by similar climbs to boot, so a total of 3000 ft...
Day 56 April 28 – Peter’s Mountain Shelter – 40.42579, -76.87927 –
12miles today. Got a late start this morning. We left the Doyle at noon and made great time. We made it to the shelter at 4:30ish. Woodstock is actually a good hiking partner. He goes at about my pace and is constant, so that will help me not take so many sit breaks. We’ve...
Day 55 April 27 – The Doyle Hotel, Duncannon, PA – 40.39032, -77.03011 –
25 miles today. A very easy 25 miles I might add. the first 15 were literally flat. I made mad timing on that ground, almost 3.5 – 4 miles an hour. Then I got to the climbs. That brought me back to 2.5 – 3. the climbs weren’t bad at all. There were two....
Day 54 April 26 – Boiling Springs – 40.14876, -77.11811 –
20 miles today. The day was only slightly drizzly. I made it out of the hostel early and made rather easy work of the trail ito Boiling Springs, getting in abou 4:15ish. Woodstock and Co. aren’t here so I guess my yellow blazing got me a little ahead of them. I’m going to wait...