Overmountain Shelter

A Lifetime In A Year

For over a year I have carried pieces of the Appalachian Trail in my heart and my mind. When I ...

AT Journals: Great Barrington, MA to Dalton, MA

Day 8: Zero in Great Barrington, Mass I woke up this morning and felt utterly exhausted. The past 7 days ...

AT Journals: Cornwall Bridge, CT to Great Barrington, MA

Day 4: Cornwall Bridge, CT to Rt 7 past Balter’s, 12.1 miles. The day started with a cup of coffee ...
Kent, CT

AT Journals: Mt. Algo Shelter to Cornwall Bridge, CT

Day 3...Mt. Algo Shelter to Cornwall Bridge 14.9 miles (2.6 miles in/out of Kent, .8 into Cornwall Bridge, .1 from ...
Albert Mountain

AT Journals: Pre Trail Jitters & All The Thoughts Keeping Me Up At Night

I've realized that I have anticipatory anxiety when it comes to traveling, and I reached a point where I was ...
appalachian trail

AT Journals: Muskrat Creek Shelter to Betty Creek Gap Camp

Total miles: 16.1 including water stops I have never smelled so bad in my life. So I was the second ...
appalachian trail

AT Journals: Deep Gap Shelter To Muskrat Creek Shelter

Total miles - 16.4 including water stops Well, today did beat all. Left the shelter and headed out into a ...
appalachian trail

AT Journals: Blue Mountain Shelter to Deep Gap Shelter

Total miles: 16.4 including water stops Good Lord, today was hard. Like, "beat the stuffing out of a person" hard ...
Blue Mountain Shelter

AT Journals: Hogpen Gap to Blue Mountain Shelter

Total miles = 12.4 including water stops I felt like Anne of Green Gables sitting in front of the general ...