Mentions (11)
"I just finished the AT and wanted to share some pictures from the experience. Hard to believe it's over."
"I live off the Appalachian Trail, right at this spot where northbound hikers come out of a 70 mile stretch of wilderness. Once they hit where the road crosses the trail, they frequently try to walk ten miles to the gas station which is pretty dangerous because there's no sidewalk and everyone drives"
"i have a very good tent and comfy bedroll and they served me well on the appalachian trail. i can sleep anywhere, and frankly i often think it's more comfortable."
"I attend a small Methodist church. Since I'm right on the Appalachian Trail, I take in hikers who need rest, and meet lots of people this way. It's a good life, and I'm a lot happier living this way than when I lived in a city."
"Plan now is to keep working two jobs until March, use the money to hike the Appalachian Trail, and see where I am this time next year. Last summer I spent a day walking most of the Chicago shoreline with no plan, no destination, no thoughts of how and I when I might get back. It was the happiest I f"
"heading northbound out of georgia later this month. i've done my fair share of backpacking, but nothing like this. ready for a great american adventure."
"Things I have thought about: -joining the military -joining the peace corps -hiking the Appalachian Trail -becoming a forest firefighter out west -WWOOF or Workaway"
"Since I'm right on the Appalachian Trail, I take in hikers who need rest, and meet lots of people this way."
"Plan now is to keep working two jobs until March, use the money to hike the Appalachian Trail"
"I'm currently a couple weeks into the Appalachian Trail but it's mostly old men lol. The scenery and ecological variation is cool on the AT but the gender ratio is like 85% male and mostly dudes in like their 50s and 60s"
"up through the Jefferson National Forest to where the Appalachian Trail crosses a clay forest service road"