wildcat shelter to William brien campsite

tough hike for first ten miles. scout was as truculent. trail magic at mile 9 made things ok. we ran into j5 and hiked together all day along with JPEG . saw a bear entering Harriman . took a 2 hour break at lake toriati with kickapoo , scout, j5, pogono, wings. ate a ice creeam sandwich and gm had a couple cokes 

vernon to wildcat shelter ny

Tammy and Rosie started out with me. Rosie bounded up the trail. ran into day hiker Elaine at top of wawayanda Mtn. had a great chat. ran into scout soon and we chatted and laughed all day. we got totally preoccupied with conversation and time flew till we were at belvale creamery. we took 2 1/2 hours there hammering ice cream before limping off to camp with Kickapoo, pogono, sautee , wings, patch, forester gump. 

zero day with family.

nj 23 to vernon.

stop and start felt like crap. easy flat hike, very hot. went to dr. Lyme disease. got a hotel room. called for my family. 

crater lake to nj 23

started early got to brink shelter all were gone except bacon dog. hiked to sunrise mountain and talked with day hikers while I ate lunch. cranked past the last two shelters . went to high point country inn with AZ, beatjuice, spruce, skittles, gofar. good time . didn't sleep well. 

DWG to Crater Lake NJ

got out at 530. hiked into Mohican AMC camp to get mail drop. loved the hike up. stayed had lunch. got to crater lake at 4 . set up tent to beat storm. very tired . knees ache

zero day DWG

palmerton to Leroy smith campsite

climb up rocks with Celtic and shakes. had fun! great hike a lot of fun. stopped for lunch at 1 and then had a nightmare water retrieval that took an hour. blisters toenails. tough afternoon. camped with Celtic and bucket list . tics everywhere .

Leroy smith camp to DWG

left camp early. took pain meds.  no water on the route. puked in the morning. didn't eat or drink all day. ran into Neckbone and mud. pushed on. ran into Draggin and we got rooms in town. ordered chinese. fell asleep without eating it. new shoes as the others fell apart. talked to smurphin on the phone! heard from iron chef too! 

palmerton to Leroy smith campsite

climb up rocks with Celtic and shakes. had fun! great hike a lot of fun. stopped for lunch at 1 and then had a nightmare water retrieval that took an hour. blisters toenails. tough afternoon. camped with Celtic and bucket list . tics everywhere .

eckville shelter to palmerton

left shelter at 630. hiked hard seeing nobody till PA 309. saw a restaurant from road crossing . went in Draggin was there from Cheshire. we are a great burger. owner mike was a great guy. the hike sucked 25 miles over tortuous rocks. my toes are killing. ran into Bacondog mom at the trail head. she was waiting for him visiting from buffalo. got into palmerton had a pizza and a ice cream sundae. checked into the jail. hung out with Shakes for a bit. took a shower under a power hose community shower. walked through an old gym an nailed a 3 pointer. 

ressupplied at a store

port Clinton to eckville shelter.

big breakfast in hotel. Walmart, laundry, mcdonalds, then hit the trail at noon. big climb. nice easy day . had a big fall, face first. alone in camp . big day tomorrow

Schubert gap to port Clinton

on trail at 7. passed by Ryan at 10 ish he isn't friendly. I passed him back at 1 . poured rain all day. I got lost with about 2 miles to town, he caught up and we struggled to find the trail. we got to town and went into hamburg. I are a good meal and got a hotel and dried out my stuff. had dinner with bear juice spruce Willis and go far. had some laughs and then retreated to my room for some rest. 

lick dale to Schubert gap

big climb to start day, lunch at William penn shelter pogono and Kickapoo again. Bacondog rolled in, as did patch. we all met up again at 501 shelter as

it was at a road crossing. I ate dinner, bacon dog and patch ordered a pizza and met the driver on the road. isn't black, bear juice ryan, bear bag, shortstop , pogono Kickapoo Az all filed in. bacon dog and I hiked up the trail about 5 miles after dinner. the trail was a tire drill, it took 3 hours to get there. tented on a slope and it poured on us, my tent got a 3 inch puddle in the bottom of the foot area. ugh. bacon dog rolled in about 9 pm. he looked spent. 

stony Mtn to lickdale .

hot 100. humid . hiked hard to union bridge. hung out and fell asleep. woke up sweaty. hitched into town drank fluids all night. tough day . 

Duncannon to stony mountain

great easy hike. head out of town at 8 and run into Kickapoo and pogono early for lunch. good weather but hot humid. passed Sasquatch at a road crossing he had Bells pAlsy. Lyme disease . camped at stony Mtn . porcupines destroyed my sleep early. massive lightening storm. didn't sleep good. 

Carlisle to Duncannon

banged up trail to Duncannon by 2. boredom heavy. Doyle was fun hung out with Bacondog worldly shakes Eastwood spruce . pat and Vicki were great. Duncannon 24 hat . mutzabaughs awesome. hiker play idea. strawberry shortcake. 

zero day Carlisle

boiling springs to Carlisle turnpike

I didn't get far. my back is hurting. it poured again. I couldn't hike anymore. I'm exhausted. I'm wet. 

tagg run campsite to boiling springs

wet . met weird guy from miami. poured all day. hole in tent . widow maker . pizza at aniles after dinner at caffe 101 with judy. mindy glen Caleb and grace. fell asleep at 7. 

high rocks to tagg run campsite

started out fast and stayed fast. all day impending rain. passed a guy mike early in the day then met for lunch at milesburn cabin. got to iron masters hostel at 5. grabbed a quick bite with snailman and a few other euros I met at the halfway point. they stayed I moved on. very alone on trail . passed two thru hikers camped along the trail on the way up after the campground. I hiked into the dark . the day was easy. I then set up my tent around 830 at. tagg run . a thunderstorm came a few minutes after setup. I noticed hole in roof of tent. crazy guy at shelter a few hundred yards from me. 

crampton gap to high rocks

wow. easy hike. 28 miles. flat as a board. shoes falling apart. ran into spruce and patch quite a bit. some guy ran by me going fast , trying to break a record. on pace for 51 days. one tough climb . 

harpers ferry to crampton gap

hung out in harpers ferry and then left town at 330pm. after a huge rain I walked kit was flat . stopped at camp 830. rained all night. 

front royal to harpers ferry

done as a shakedown hike in months preceding the thru hike beginning. done with my friend tinker and we stayed at 2 shelters dicks dome and Sam Moore shelter. the roller coaster not hard. where I began to use hard candies

zero day

pass Mtn to front royal va

up and out 730. left with bagger. met with az jj and chance for breakfast at wayside. we moved quick all day. diarrhea continued. chance had calf issues and chafing. jj needed to get package at terrapin station. never got it. me bagger chance got to Tom Floyd at 6.  bagger stayed we moved on. quality inn. bad dinner italian. push up guy. "dancing in the street" festival. dying town. hell town. 

big meadows to pass Mtn

well big meadows was terrible. I shared the room with Jesse James, I shivered the whole night. I woke up weak and tired. diarrhea subsided but not gone. hiked 11 miles to a lunch spot. after we ate (bagger az chance jj me) I laid on a rock in the sun and napped. the afternoon hike went well. ran Into a few bears on the trail. tented near shelter with the usual crew, lots of laughs, I feel better tonight. 

high top hut to big meadow

sick worst day on trail

black rock hut to high top hut

hiked with jj. he struggled. got to camp store and ressupplied. then proceeded to wayside burger fries and ice cream. hung out for a hour and a half. with jj and drew .  very humid again. not a bad hike into camp. AZ was there. rain as soon as we rolled in. stove less dinner. rain pounded into the night

mill creek to waynesboro

5 miles. quality inn. Chinese Buffett. bowling . pocket hollywood, crankster blacksmith, lotus lost boy tiptoe Kenny wrongway stargazer

harpers creek to mill creek

climbed three ridges last big climb in the trail till massachusetts. hiked with wrongway and stargazer. pretty rocky. ran into crankster and blacksmith. hiked fast into camp with lost boy , pocket, hollywood, tiptoe, Kenny, lotus, rafiki, .

3 springs to harpers creek

dropped off at hog camp with owl bear . hiked good some pain. easy hike 22 miles . had lunch with owl bear. went on to priest met up with wrongway and stargazer. hiked with them rest of day. . climb up priest was easy as was descent. harpers creek had 100 campers there . suck city. good day . 

buena vista to three pines

rode with jimmy to trail. hiked up6 miles. hog camp lunch with smiling bob cannon tiptoe aquahero and Bryan . hostel had kayaks. true story blueberry bear owl bear nice dinner BBQ. 

waynesboro to black rock hut

breakfast with Hollywood and pocket. hiked in at 11. met up with jj quickly, moved up quick. made it 21 miles . camped with Monty loo, alchemist, drew, Tom, jj. jj mattress popped. saw morning wood at lunch. lots of blooming mt laurel.