Monthly Archives: May 2019

Day 42 The Place Miles Hiked: Zero This morning I slept until 7:30AM but I barely got any sleep last night. I was frustrated because one of the major reasons I like to get a place to sleep other than my tent for the night is to catch up on all the sleep I missContinue reading “Day 42: A Zero in Damascus, VA”

Day 41 Stealth Spot to Damascus, VA Miles Hiked: 15.3 AT Milage: 470.7 This morning Emma and I hit the trail right at 7am. We were really excited to get to town, we were looking forward to the pizza buffet for a long time. We quickly made it to town by 2pm. We crossed theContinue reading “Day 41: The Place”

Day 40 Vandeventer Shelter to Stealth Spot Miles Hiked: 17.8 AT Milage: 455.4 This morning I woke up at 5:30 AM because I wanted to see the sunrise. There was a cool view of the lake and surrounding mountains from behind the shelter. It was a super foggy morning and I couldn’t see much soContinue reading “Day 40: The Rabbit Hole”

Day 37 Carver’s Gap to Mountaineer Shelter Miles Hiked: 23.6 AT Milage: 404.0 This morning Emma and I got out of our tent at 6AM. I really wanted to wake up and see the sunrise but we were both so tired. Last night we set up our tent close to a road and there wasContinue reading “Day 37: The Station at 19E”

Day 39 Kincora to Vandeventer Shelter Miles Hiked: 17.6 AT Milage: 437.6 This morning Emma and I woke up at Kincora around 8am. Last night Bob offered to drive Emma and I to Watagua lake so we could slack pack 9miles southbound over Pond Mountain back to Kincora. He said after that he would driveContinue reading “Day 39: Going SOBO over Pond Mountain”

Day 38 Mountaineer Shelter to Kincora Miles Hiked: 16 AT Milage: 420.0 This morning Emma and I slept in, or at least tried to. It’s been so hot at night we can’t sleep in our sleeping bags without sweating a puddle. If we sleep outside our sleeping bags we risk getting bit by a lotContinue reading “Day 38: Kincora”

Day 36 Cherry Gap Shelter to Carver’s Gap Mike’s Hiked: 19.1 AT Milage: 380.4 This morning Emma and I woke up at 5:30AM and were hiking at 6:05. We did our first 7 miles super fast. My feet were feeling great. I was really frustrated and scared when I rolled my ankle badly going downhill.Continue reading “Day 36: Cloudland”

Day 35 Random Stealth Spot to Cherry Gap Shelter Miles Hiked: 15.2 AT Milage: 361.3 This morning we started getting ready at 7:30 am. I didn’t sleep well at all last night so I wasn’t motivated to get on the trail. I really didn’t want to say goodbye to Jeff either. He left at 8amContinue reading “Day 35: Beauty Spot”

Day 34 Erwin, TN to random stealth camping spot Miles Hiked: 1.8 AT Milage: 346.1 This morning I woke up at my house extremely tired from the night before. I was so slow getting all of my belongings together for the trail. We didn’t leave our house until 11am for the 7 hour drive backContinue reading “Day 34: On the Trail Again…”

Miles Hiked: Zero AT Milage: 344.1 I knew from the start of my hike that I would be getting off the trail for a few days so I could go see my best friends get married back in Cleveland Ohio. Because of this I purposely did not take a single day off the trail untilContinue reading “Days 30-33: 4 Zeros for the Tomm’s (and my body)”

Day 29 Big Bald Mountain to Erwin, TN Miles Hiked: 16.9 AT Milage: 344.3 After barely sleeping all night, I got everyone up at 6am. We wanted to get on trail as early as possible because we were planning on driving home to Ohio from Erwin, TN where Emma and Caroline parked their car beforeContinue reading “Day 29: Back to Ohio”

Day 28 Flint Mountain Shelter to Bald Mountain Shelter Miles Hiked: 18.9 AT Milage: 327.4 This morning we got out of camp so late. It’s the latest I’ve ever started a day on the Appalachian trail and I’ve only ever started later when I was on a trip with 8 other people. Starting the dayContinue reading “Day 28: Late Start, Later Night”

Day 27 Little Laurel Shelter to Flint Mountain Shelter Mike’s Hiked: 14 AT Milage: 308.5 This morning I got out of my sleeping bag at 6:15 and we all got on trail at 7:05. Everyone else in the shelter was still sleeping except Spider who got on trail about 15 minutes before we did. WeContinue reading “Day 27: Competition”

Day 26 Spring Mountain Shelter to Little Laurel Shelter Miles Hiked: 8.6 AT Milage: 294.5 This morning I woke up at 7 and listened to the rain hitting the tent hoping it would stop. I didn’t start packing up things until 7:20 knowing that the rain would continue all day long. As I was packingContinue reading “Day 26: A Little Rain Never Killed Anybody”

Day 25 Deer Park Shelter to Spring Mountain Shelter Miles Hiked: 14.2 AT Milage: 285.9 This morning we all woke up around 6am in the shelter. I felt something crawling inside my shirt. I went to scratch it and I grabbed a bug inside my sleeve. I whipped off my shirt as fast as IContinue reading “Day 25: Hot Springs, NC”