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Springer Fever, Again. | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. Springer Fever, Again. On April 28, 2014. All of the photos in this post are from my 1998 thru-hike. Those of us who have experienced that memorable beginning will never forget the excitement of walking into the woods the first day, the process of figuring out our routines, using our tiny stoves, setting up our tents and tarps, and learning to adjust to life on the trail. Hiking through Harriman State Park in New York. I’m always thinking about ...
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Spring Musings | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. On April 2, 2015. It’s been two months since I returned from working in Japan, even longer since I’ve written my last post and I’m more than ready to be blogging again! I’ve continued to teach online for an international company and have really enjoyed the rapport with my students. In order to teach more and to reach a wider audience, I recently launched my own online English tutoring site: Open Roads English. But that pause can also be a place of sel...
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Pre-Hike and Mount Katahdin | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. Pre-Hike and Mount Katahdin. On August 13, 2015. As I write this, I’m sitting in my room at the White Mountains Lodge and Hostel. Getting to BSP in not an easy process and involves a series of buses and shuttles, if one does not have assistance getting there on their own. (BSP is in north-central Maine, and Mount Katahdin is in the park. Baxter Peak is the highest point on the mountain and the official northern terminus of the AT.). After two nights a...
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Robyn | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. On February 26, 2016. Although I finished the A.T. over a month ago, I’m reliving my trek in these blog updates. The following post is a continuation of this entry. Which I published on January 31st.). To get cold. Hike faster, winter’s coming. Pennsylvania is one of the flattest states on the A.T., although very little of the trail is actually “flat”, as most people perceive “flat” to be. It’s also the rockie...The fall colors were becoming quite spe...
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Backstory | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. I’m doing it all. Soon I’ll be headed to Maine for an extended southbound hike on the AT. I’ll continue to teach online on my ‘rest’ days. I’m so excited to be in the ancient Appalachians, a place I love and belong, working hard every day, pushing myself, being productive and meeting like-minded and -hearted souls. Here’s to life at its largest! I’m back in the U.S. What is the next episode? The summer has been wonderful! And it was fantastic! I’...
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The First 300 Miles | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. The First 300 Miles. On August 14, 2015. Mileage, Trail names, and Lingo. Every so often the length of the Appalachian Trail increases due to relocations. When the trail was completed in 1937, the trail was 2,058 miles. When I first hiked it in 1998, it was 2,168 miles. This year it is 2,189 miles. There’s a lot of lingo on the trail:. Sobo – Southbound. Nobo – Northbound. Zero – No miles hiked. Trail angel – Someone who helps a hiker in some way.
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Appalachian Trail 2015: Southbound | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. Appalachian Trail 2015: Southbound. On July 19, 2015. 8220;I was wondering if you’d been to the Mountain, to look at the valley below? Did you see all the roads tangled down in the valley? Did you know which way to go? The mountain stream runs pure and clear, and I wish to my soul I could always be here. But there’s a reason to live way down in the valley that only the Mountain knows. “. 8211; Noel Paul Stookey. Larr; Spring Musings. From: This Open R...
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Trail Info | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. This is a short list of AT and LT related resources:. Bears Den Trail Center. Inn at Long Trail. Wood’s Hole Hostel. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. The First 300 Miles.
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Inspiration | This Open Road
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A season walking southbound on the Appalachian Trail. 8220;This is what you shall do: be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.”. 8211; Edward Abbey. 8220;I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.”. 8211; Henry David Thoreau. 8220;The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin living it.”. 8211; Pico Iyer. 8211; C.S. Lewis. 8220;Climb the moun...
