Laura’s Journal: Arlington National Cemetery

A transcription of the journal page photos can be found below. This transcription has been lightly edited and is probably more comprehensible than trying to read the handwriting in the photos. Apparently writing after nearly dying of heat stroke does not make for the most coherent of narratives. A more traditional blogpost of this hike … More Laura’s Journal: Arlington National Cemetery

Laura’s Journal: AT 6 – less water, more mushrooms

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Trail Map Says: 11.4 miles Laura’s Watch Says: 11.95 miles Elevation Gain: 2,262 feet (2,274?) Elevation Loss: 2,070 Start Time: 8:39 am End Time: 4:05pm Active Hiking Time: 5:39 Average … More Laura’s Journal: AT 6 – less water, more mushrooms

Laura’s Journal: AT 5, I feed four people ‘shrooms (and no one dies or has “excess fun”)

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. So yesterday: turns out we’re on an unusually dry section of the trail. Hobz took a look at available water stops when we stopped at Watauga Dam. The few springs … More Laura’s Journal: AT 5, I feed four people ‘shrooms (and no one dies or has “excess fun”)

Laura’s Journal: AT 4, or, how I got into Hobz’s pants

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Trail Map Says: 9.2 miles Laura’s Watch Says: 10.59 miles Elevation Gain: 2,777 feet (2,864?) Elevation Loss: 1,286 feet Start Time: 8:15 am End Time: 3:57pm 3:37? Active Hiking Time: … More Laura’s Journal: AT 4, or, how I got into Hobz’s pants

Laura’s Journal: Hobz death-marches us “8 miles”

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Trail Map Says: 8.4 miles Laura’s Watch Says: 10.72 miles Elevation Gain (Cumulative): 2,042 ft Elevation Loss: 2,598 ft. Start Time: 9:42 am End Time: 5:36pm Active Hiking Time: 6:14 … More Laura’s Journal: Hobz death-marches us “8 miles”

Laura’s Journal: out of the Smokies, back to the AT

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Today was so tightly scheduled, we had to conduct the morning hike in a manner completely contradictory to my preferred mode of hiking: get to the end as fast as … More Laura’s Journal: out of the Smokies, back to the AT

Laura’s Journal: Great Soaky Mountains National Park, Day 2

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Great Smokies, you say? How about Great Soakies? (We got – and remain- a little damp today.) We peeled out of Elkmont as early as we could this morning, which … More Laura’s Journal: Great Soaky Mountains National Park, Day 2