This is a list of the top 6 day hikes on the southern end of Appalachian Trail. Pictures, special features, difficulty level, and GPS coordinates are included. Written by “Clarity”, a 2015 A.T. thru-hiker. … More 6 Awesome Appalachian Trail Day Hikes in the South {with pictures}
Follow ATClarity on facebook. Maildrops are hard to wrap your mind around as you plan an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Rest assured, you will figure out your system after a couple of maildrops, but allow me to help you get started and offer a list of drop spots. Click here for a pdf version of this list: Maildrops list I … More Stamp of Approval on Maildrops
Pictures or words? Which is your navigational tool of choice? In the land of Mapquest, I always go immediately for the words. No, don’t print the maps please. My discomfort with maps stems from a lack of education and exposure as a youngster and from being more comfortable with words than visual symbolic representations. Testing the … More Review of National Geographic’s Handy Dandy Appalachian Trail Guides
On trail, Clarity was known as the girl with the hats. On the A.T., even hats have a story. 🙂 After starting my hike with my all-time favorite hat (seen below), I walked it about 500 miles before losing it while walking down Mount Prospect on my way into Williamstown, Massachusetts. Discomfort from the heat of … More The Story of the Hat
The opportunity to take six months away from real life to attempt an Appalachian Trail thru-hike is a gift of which most people can only dream. Open your mind to gain a piece of wisdom or two from those who have successfully persevered through months on end of the good and the bad and trekked their … More Regret Nothing about your Appalachian Trail Thru-hike
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