My youtube channel is messy and full of everything from Taekwondo to my silly pups to Appalachian Trail excitement so I’m narrowing it down for you here if you’re interested in short video clips of the ever-changing trail. 🙂 The blue titles are links that take you to a video clip. Following each link is the time duration of the video. Most are less than a minute. Please forgive the vertical orientation. Phone camera technical difficulties. (In other words, my fault.) Cheers!
My first day in Massachusetts provided me with one of the top 10 days of my entire life! Seventy-eight degrees, three big climbs leaving Connecticut and entering MA, abundantly sweet blueberries, and this view for over half a mile. This was the first day on my trek I even thought of whipping out the video camera. From then on, the rest was history. Entering into Massachusetts and greeted with THIS! 1 minute, 15 seconds
Mount Race, southern Massachusetts 1 minute, 35 seconds
Mount Greylock was incredible! Massachusettes’ highest peak! Stay at the Bascom Lodge right there on the summit for the best lodge views on trail…and only $37! 1 minute, 24 seconds
Hiking down a ski slop on Bromley Mountain in southern Vermont. You just never know what beauty lies ahead on our beloved trail! 29 seconds
Vermont green! One of the most peaceful states on trail. 48 seconds
Hiking Baker Peak in Vermont – Later I learned “Bad weather routes” were more for protection from lightning than due to difficulty of trail. 1 minute, 29 seconds
Baker Peak part 2 – From the top! As a flip-flopper who didn’t start my thru-hike until West Virginia, I’m fairly new to climbs and views at this point. Just wait till New Hampshire and Maine. 1 minute, 19 seconds
Look at the crazy fun you can have hiking the trail! Jumping off a 30 foot bridge? You haven’t lived ’til you’ve done it. Don’t worry, Randy at the A.T. pancake hostel across the street will demo it for you first. 🙂 8 seconds
From waterfall walks to mudbogs. Enjoy Vermont! 30 seconds (oops. Will fix this link as soon as my internet connectivity is better.)
Watch the views just disappear in front of your eyes on Franconia Ridge – Sometimes hiking thousands of feet towards the sky will lead you to nothing but views like this. It’s all part of the journey. 22 seconds
The arduous beauty of New Hampshire – Kinsman Mountain 53 seconds
Up, up, up! 14 seconds
The Presidentials of New Hampshire – Mount Lincoln 26 seconds
Webster Cliffs from the top – 20 seconds
Walking above treeline in New Hampshire – 32 seconds
Baldpate Mountain in Southern Maine – Gorgeous summit, but Maine is TOUGH – 37 seconds
Bad days happen on the A.T., but often they turn into this. 34 seconds
A few seconds of the most challenging (yet fun!) mile on the A.T., the Mashoosuc Notch in Maine – 20 seconds
Revitalize your soul with a sunrise – Little Swift River Pond, Maine – 1 minute, 8 seconds
Bemis Mountain, Maine – Gorgeous rock bald with endless distractions of blueberries!
1 minute, 11 seconds
Frustrating day of “this was supposed to be an ‘easy’ part of Maine. Not! 55 seconds
Saddleback Mountain Climb – Maine – 48 seconds
Saddleback Junior Mountain and the music in its silence – 39 seconds
Stream crossings are daily on the A.T. – 30 seconds
The last “big” climb in Maine heading north are the Bigelow Mountains – Kind of surreal
yet absolutely the most beautiful yet! 1 minute, 7 seconds
1000 mile spot and mini reflection – 51 seconds
Entering the Hundred Mile Wilderness in Maine – 55 seconds
Shelter life with friends waiting out a storm – 24 seconds
Hundred Mile Wilderness part 2 – 51 seconds
The crazy din of the wind on a Maine mountaintop in the Hundred Mile Wilderness – 56 seconds
Beginning the climb up Mount Katahdin greets you with a waterfall– 13 seconds
Oh my gosh, Katahdin! Adrenaline is a’pumpin! 30 seconds
Climbing Katahdin is SO MUCH FUN! 17 seconds
Party on the summit with the trail family! 28 seconds
While in Maine, I wanted to see its beautifully famous coast. Check, check! 27 seconds
In Harpers Ferry, West Virginia once more. Let part 2 of my flip-flop journey begin! 13 seconds
Part 1 of following a bear in the Shenandoah National Park – 1 minute, 3 seconds
Part 2 of following a bear in the Shenandoah National Park – 1 minute, 18 seconds
Numerous deer and two bucks. How close will they allow me to get as I walk along the trail? Incredible moment on a dreary, cold day. Ever grateful for the experiences I had on the A.T. 1 minute, 23 seconds
The Appalachian River – 18 miles of trail like I’ve never seen before post Hurricane Joaquin. 37 seconds
The Appalachian River part 2 – 18 miles of walking through rivers. 39 seconds
The Appalachian River part 3 – Not everyday on the trail will be sunshine and butterflies. 34 seconds
Walking through a rainbow! 34 seconds
Come along with me on an autumn walk. Beauty like you’ve never seen. 36 seconds
Check out the beauty of Virginia’s Tinker Cliffs – 55 seconds
From a forest to a cow field! The A.T.’s always changing! 38 seconds
Hump Mountain, Virginia with its 360 degree view – Stunning! 26 seconds
Climbing Roan Mountain in VA – 50 seconds
After many rainy, cold days, finally sunshine appears! Happy! 1 min, 4 seconds
Good morning world from the 360 views on Bald Mountain! 28 seconds
Rocky walk in Tennessee – The rocks never end on the A.T.! – 23 seconds
The most incredible sunset in over 2,100 miles of trail. Max Patch – 30 seconds
Part 2 of Sunrise on Max Patch in Tennessee was epic. Best on trail. You must camp here if the weather permits! – 43 seconds
Wind you can see from the Smoky Mountains! Get ready for weather like you’ve probably never seen! 17 seconds
2,000 mile mark thoughts! I’m almost home! 47 seconds
Overnight ice storm turned the trail into frigid winter wonderland – 38 seconds
Happy Thanksgiving from the Appalachian Trail! 50 seconds
One hundred miles to go from right here! 37 seconds
I’m back home in Georgia! Home sweet home! Reflection. 46 seconds
Quick visit home to wait out some bad weather before finishing my last few miles elicited a very memorable reunion with my two lovebug pups, 13 year old Scruffy, and 3 year old Maya. The most heartwarming 47 seconds of my life. 🙂
Hiking with my brother, Clint, and my pup, Maya who joined me my last thirty miles. 32 seconds
My awesome brother and sweet trail pup joined me for the last 30 miles. Blood Mountain, GA – 25 seconds
My perfect little quadruped hiking pal – 25 seconds
I’ll be stationed as a ridgerunner on the Appalachian Trail this spring and am happy to help you guys! My job is to protect our Trail and help YOU have the best experience possible out there. Emailing me is fine or find me on Facebook by looking up Appalachian Trail Clarity. Stay safe out there y’all and live it up!
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I love this! I don’t know if I’ll ever get to do a through-hike but this is the next best thing.
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Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 A virtual tour of the A.T.
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Hi there from sunny Florida!! Great job on your entire website and congrats on completing the AT. Thinking about doing a similar flip flop. Would you do anything differently as far as start time and start location? Love the following the bear in the SNP video’s. A great reason to camp away from trails!!!
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Awesome! The only other option I would consider myself would be to start 2-3 weeks earlier south of Shenandoah National Park and head north. But honestly, if I had to do it over, I’d start right where I was. 😉 Going north first provides the social experience I was after and heading south provides the quieter experience I also craved. If you hike south first, you miss out on meeting up with a trail family.
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Roger that. Have considered an earlier start further south or an earlier start from Harper’s Ferry. Loved the home coming video with your pups!!! You find a way to make a living following your passion yet? The two biggest regrets of Boomers? Working too much & not traveling enough. Guilty on both counts!
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Yep! Working as a ridgerunner with the ATC. And doing some writing. Life’s good!
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Good for you!!!! Haven’t finished looking at your site, did you post the resupply points and weather information?
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Awesome article ideas! I’ll work on the resupply one next. Regarding weather, download the free AT weather app on your phone. It gives you weather for specific mile markers on the AT. Cheers!
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Thanks, will do!!
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