Tag: North Carolina

Fast Friends with Fanny Pack

March 5, 2015

When I set out on the Appalachian Trail in 2012, fully knowing what I was getting into, I pledged to thru-hike the trail.  However, less than two weeks into my hike, I seriously considered changing my plans. One of the milestones on the southern AT is the Nantahala Outdoor Center,

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Wordless Wednesday: More from North Carolina and Tennessee

January 21, 2015

   

Shelter Pizza Triple Crown

December 21, 2014

A thru-hike involves several months of backpacking through beautiful places and meeting interesting people. It may seem counterintuitive that, when asked what they thought about in a given day, most thru-hikers mention daydreams or extended thoughts about food. One ubiquitous food craving among backpackers is that for pizza. Most of

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Wordless Wednesday: More from the Smokies

December 17, 2014

Every White Blaze, Part Two

December 13, 2014

A few days ago, before the local cell phone tower went down and plunged my work-life (at a wireless service provider’s store) into chaos, I wrote about why I missed 20.7 miles of the Appalachian Trail during my thru-hike in 2012.  This past Sunday and Monday, I returned to North

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