Expect your plans to change. When you figure out your initial itinerary, factor in trail difficulty and where you are in the hike. The hardest parts of the trail are (in this order) the westernmost 90 miles of Maine, northern New Hampshire, the Stekaohs of North Carolina, the Balds alon...
Make an itinerary. Buy food. Maybe my priorities were a little off, but I still have time. When I'm on the trail, I will still be posting to various web services (like this posterous), which all gets aggregated to onahike.com I'll be reading your comments, replies, and emails every...
What you’re planning on doing is called a section hike. However, since your sections are so long you’ll have much in common with thru hikers (hiking the entire trail in one piece). On the AT I would recommend hanging your food every night to protect it from bears and rodents. You’...
The time it takes to hike the entire trail varies greatly from person to person and depends on factors like fitness level, hiking experience, pace, weather conditions, and the chosen itinerary. Here’s a breakdown of different average completion times: Thru-Hiking:Thru-hiking the AT involves hi...
Continuing thru VA, the next goal was to not get “chicked”. Jenn Pharr-Davis finished here great thru-hike in 57 days 8 hours and change. I needed to average 40 a day to beat her. It’s not about men beating women here, in the world of Ultrarunning, we joke about getting beate...
and by the time he was four, the family completed a 50-mile hike, camping over six days. Seeing that Harvey developed a passion for hiking, they planned a thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Hiking from end to end is called a thru-hike and generally takes five to seven months to comp...