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Chica and Sunsets Hostel Year One Recap
Wow - what a year. In this newsletter we recap our first year of supporting hikers coming through Franklin, NC on the Appalachian Trail and Bartram Trail. We also discuss how Hostel Angels helped up get up and running and how you can help too. Finally, we...
La Sportiva Wildcat Review
Trail runners have replaced traditional boots as the preferred footwear for an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I chose La Sportiva Wildcats for our 2,200 mile journey and this is my La Sportiva Wildcat review. Before making the firm decision of thru-hiking in trail...
5 Ways to beat the heat on an AT thru-hike
The Appalachian Trail is famous for its Green Tunnel and one might think with all that shade, sun, and heat are not a problem, one would be wrong. Avoiding hot days on a long-distance backpacking trip is near impossible and over the course of six months and 2,200...
20 Hiking Quotes for Motivation, Inspiration, and Wisdom
In only one or two lines of concise language, quotes can convey humor, stoke our motivation, cause a sentimental sigh, and inspire greatness. The following 20 hiking quotes will make you smile, motivate you to get off the couch, and mentally fuel your next trek. Go...
THRU-HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL – The Book
“I think this book is worth 10 Appalachian Trail memoirs.” ~ Evan “eWolf” Schaeffer – Evan’s Backpacking Videos (YouTube) Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail is the perfect guidebook for someone wanting to hike the AT. The book touches on just about everything...
How much does it cost to hike the Appalachian Trail?
Failing to plan is planning to fail Once we decided we were going to attempt a thru-hike of the AT our very first planning question we asked ourselves was what is the cost to hike the appalachian trail? The problem was the answers we found were platitudinous. We found...
Snakes on the Appalachian Trail
Overall, Chica and I were surprised by the number of animals we saw during our 6-months on the Appalachian Trail. Maybe it’s because we hiked as a couple and were not very stealthy, but we just didn’t see that many, especially mammals. Four bears, two moose, a few...
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