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Day 98 Camp Road to Brink Road Shelter Miles Hiked: 14.3 AT Milage: 1320.2 After going to bed last night at 11pm, I woke up at 10:20am in the hotel room. I was so shocked I was able to sleep in that long and also extremely happy about it. My body has been craving goodContinue reading "Day 98: Brink Road Shelter"

Day 97 Kirkridge Shelter to Camp Road Miles Hiked: 16.9 AT Milage: 1305.9 This morning I woke up in the shelter at 5:30 and got on trail at six am. The trail was much nicer today rock wise. Yes there were still lots of rocks but it was not as crazy as yesterday and thereContinue reading "Day 97: Delaware Water Gap"

Day 96 Stealth Site to Kirkridge Shelter Miles Hiked: 24.5 AT Milage: 1289.0 Nate and Teresa arrived last night at 2am. I stayed up until then because I was so worried about having my food in my tent and I was just going to put it in their car. When they got here I madeContinue reading "Day 96: Overheating"

Day 95 Allentown Hiking Club Shelter to Stealth Camp Miles Hiked: 22.7 AT Milage: 1264.5 Today I got on trail at 8am. I woke up early and wrote the previous two days worth of blog postings to make sure I wouldn't fall behind. I hiked with Pop Rocks and Flamingo all day and we hadContinue reading "Day 95: Baking on Bake Oven … and Lehigh Gap"

Day 94 Miles Hiked: 22.5 AT milage: 1241.8 Port Clinton to Allentown Hiking Club Shelter This morning we went to the Dollar Store to grab some Gatorade and then got a Lyft to the trail around 9am. flamingo, Pop Rocks and I all got back on trail. The rest of our friends stayed behind toContinue reading "Day 94: Allentown Hiking Club"

Day 93 Miles Hiked: 4.3 AT Milage: 1219.3 Stealth Spot to Port Clinton Last night around 4am I woke up to some strange sounds outside my tent. It was a loud huffing noise. I was really hoping it was just one of my friends who I was camping with, but if it wasn't it wasContinue reading "Day 93: Port Clinton"

Day 92 501 Shelter to Stealth Spot Miles Hiked: 19.7 Miles AT Milage: 1215.2 This morning I woke up and got my stuff together. I ate my cold oatmeal and then sat around at camp with everyone else. Jason, who drove us to town yesterday came to the shelter and told us that they wereContinue reading "Day 92: Swimming Hole"

Day 91 Rausch Gap to 501 Shelter Miles Hiked: 17.5 AT Milage: 1195.5 Last night I was u comfortably cold. I woke up at 5:30 and realized I wasn't going back to sleep so I packed up real fast and left at 6:10am. The first Interesting thing I came across was a beaver dam. IContinue reading "Day 91: Beaver Dam Blazing"

Clark's Ferry Shelter to Rausch Gap Shelter Miles Hiked: 24.7 AT Milage: 1178.0 This morning I woke up at 7am. I let myself sleep as long as I needed to because I was getting such good sleep and my body really needed to recover from the 33 mile day still. When I woke up IContinue reading "Day 90: A long one"

Cove Mountain to Clark's Ferry Shelter Miles Hiked: 8.3 AT Milage: 1153.3 After our long day of hiking and late night of cowboy camping, Flamingo and I woke up and hit the trail at 8:30. We wondered if anyone walked by and saw us passed out on the side of the trail. I was deadContinue reading "Day 89: In and Out of Duncannon"

Day 88 James Fry Shelter to Cover Mountain Shelter Miles Hiked: 33.6 AT Milage: 1145.0 This morning I woke up at 6am and got on the trail just after 6:35. I was on a mission to get to the post office before they closed for their afternoon lunch break. All my stuff was still wetContinue reading "Day 88: Going Postal in the Cumberland Valley"

Day 87Birch Run Shelter to James Fry ShelterMiles Hiked: 17.1AT Milage: 1111.4Today I woke up around 7am exhausted from sleeping less than five hours last night. Flamingo and I got ready and hit the trail at 7:30. The terrain was pretty rocky for me, but very gentle so we moved pretty fast. We passed theContinue reading "Day 87: Half Gallon Challenge"

Day 86 Chimney Rocks to Birch Run Shelters Miles Hiked: 18.4 AT Milage: 1094.3 Last night I slept okay, except from 12-3am I was awake. It's better than a lot of other nights I've had on the trail. I started getting ready at 6:20 and left camp at 7:15 after doing all my stretches. MyContinue reading "Day 86: Water Slide Wednesday"

Day Raven Rock Shelter to Chimney Rocks Miles Hiked: 14.4 AT Milage: 1075.9 This morning I slept in until 7am because I got such good sleep last night. I was slow to get ready. There was no rush since Flamingo and I planned out an easy 13-14 mile day today. We are meeting his momContinue reading "Day 85: Welcome to Rocksylvania"

Day 84 Rocky Run Shelter to Raven Rock Shelter Miles Hiked: 20.6 AT Milage: 1061.5 Last night it started downpouring as soon as I got in my tent. At first I was dry and I was very happy with how well the tent was holding up. It actually keeps the water out unlike my otherContinue reading "Day 84: Torrential Downpour"