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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Day 14: The NOC

Day 14 Wesser Bald Shelter to Sassafras Shelter Miles Hiked: 12.8 AT Milage: 148.3 This morning I woke up to noises outside my tent and the light of a headlamp. I was so confused because I thought it was the middle of the night. I poked my head out of my tent and saw thatContinue reading “Day 14: The NOC”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 30, 2019April 30, 2019Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Day 14: The NOC

Day 13: Good Company

Day 13 Wayah Shelter to Wesser Bald Shelter Miles Hiked: 10.6 AT Milage: 131 Last night I slept very well despite the wind storm and being worried about my bear bag I hung directly over my tent. I figured I would just wake up if a bear came but I was still worried. Today IContinue reading “Day 13: Good Company”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 30, 2019Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Day 13: Good Company

Day 12: Wayah Bald

Day 12 Siler Bald to Wayah Bald Shelter Miles Hiked: 7.3 AT milage: 120.2 This morning I slept in slightly later than normal since I barely slept at all the night before. Last night was my roughest night on trail yet. I was up until 3:30am having massive coughing fits and I didn’t have anyContinue reading “Day 12: Wayah Bald”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 28, 2019April 28, 2019Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on Day 12: Wayah Bald

Day 11: Trail Angels

Day 11 Rock Gap to Siler Bald Miles Hiked: 7.9 AT milage: 113.7 This morning I still woke up at 7am without an alarm, even though I fully intended on sleeping in because I had a real bed. Andrea and I got breakfast at McDonalds and got ready to check out of the hotel. MyContinue reading “Day 11: Trail Angels”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 27, 2019April 27, 2019Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Day 11: Trail Angels

Day 10: 100 Miles and a Resupply

Day 10 Carter Gap Shelter to Rock Gap Miles Hiked: 12.3 AT Milage: 109.5 Today I woke up at 7 and got on the trail by 7:30. I started off my hike with a limp because my leg hurt so bad but eventually the pain went away and I felt nothing! I ran into ColinContinue reading “Day 10: 100 Miles and a Resupply”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 26, 2019April 26, 2019Posted inAppalachian Trail, AT, Uncategorized4 Comments on Day 10: 100 Miles and a Resupply

Day 9: Listening to My Body

Standing Indian Shelter to Carter Gap Shelter Mikes Hiked: 7.6 AT Milage: 93.5 This morning I slept in til 7:15, a little later than usual. I woke up feeling sicker than I had the other days. I took some medicine and started getting ready. I believe I was the first one out of camp again.Continue reading “Day 9: Listening to My Body”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 24, 2019April 24, 2019Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on Day 9: Listening to My Body

Day 8: First Border Crossing

Day 8 Plum Orchard Shelter to Standing Indian Shelter Miles hiked: 12.2 AT Milage: 85.9 I slept SO well last night. I feel asleep before 8 and woke up around 7. I took melatonin, Tylenol, and night time cold medicine. I knew I needed to sleep very well to start getting better. For the secondContinue reading “Day 8: First Border Crossing”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 24, 2019April 24, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Day 8: First Border Crossing

Day 7: One Mile Per Hour

Day 7 Sassafras Gap to Plum Orchard Shelter Miles hiked: 10.8 AT Milage: 73.7 This morning I woke up before 7am to the sound of woodpeckers and bird chirping. I had a dream about trying to hitch hike from the trail and woke up a few times last night thinking I heard a bear tryingContinue reading “Day 7: One Mile Per Hour”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 23, 2019April 23, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Day 7: One Mile Per Hour

Day 6: For real this time

Day 6 Unicoi Gap to Sassafras Gap Miles hike 10.4 AT mileage 62.8 Today is the day! My parents and sister sacrificed their weekend to drive me down to the trail at Unicoi Gap in GA. We stayed the night at Quality Inn in Helen, GA. I called around to several hotels and it wasContinue reading “Day 6: For real this time”

Posted byDeserrae PottsApril 22, 2019Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on Day 6: For real this time

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I miss these two sun bleached shoulder witches and all the stupid miles we hiked together ♥️
Skiied the 'Ghee
2022: The year I started wondering how I ended up 8,000 + miles and a couple hundred ski days deep into following a passion down a rabbit hole that doesn't seem to have a bottom. Wondering if 2023 will be a year that provides an answer on how to balance extremes or only more questions?
Cheers to starting another ski season with 20% of my previous ACL graft left 🙃 let's see how this one goes ... ⛷️ My doctor said it's overrated
Last week I got to check South Carolina off my backpacking bucket list. My friend @tconstantine3 and I thru hiked the 77 mile "Foothills Trail" from Table Rock State Park to Oconee State Park over the course of three days. Let it be known that even the foothills of Appalachia have been more humbling than many other dramatic landscapes I've experienced. These were some of my favorite clips from the hike. 😊🏕️🏔️🌳🍁🥾

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