by Paty | Oct 4, 2019 | Hiking
While I was out hiking the Appalachian Trail, friends and family often asked me, “What do you plan to do when you finish?” My mother-in-law even wondered whether I planned to hike Mt. Everest, since my adventures keep getting bigger and bigger each year...
by Paty | Sep 27, 2019 | Appalachian Trail, Hiking
Few things bring people together like spending every waking moment together in a challenging environment. Sharing major hardships and small victories on a journey forges a special bond. Before you know it, the people you barely knew a few weeks ago have become your...
by Paty | Sep 20, 2019 | Appalachian Trail, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, The South
I love metrics and stats! Anyone who’s seen the yellow AT journal I carried on my thru-hike can attest to how much I geek out on numbers. So, here’s some of the interesting facts, figures, and opinions I gathered during my thru-hike. Where I ranked among...
by Paty | Sep 18, 2019 | Northeast, US High Points
Order of Visit: High Point #16 Date Visited: September 9, 2019 Route Taken: Trail from parking area on Highway 101 (0.3 miles round-trip) Type of Terrain: Easy, flat dirt trail Elevation: 812 feet Ancestral Lands: Nahaganset, Narragansett,...
by Paty | Sep 6, 2019 | Appalachian Trail, Northeast, Trail Journals
Day 126 September 5, 2019 Route: Katahdin Stream Campground (Mile 2186.8) to Baxter Peak/Mt. Katahdin (Mile 2192)Daily Mileage: 10.4 miles – round-trip to the summit and back I left off in my weekly journal with my discovery that I couldn’t...
