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5/11/12

Here is what I wrote down in my journal for May 11,2012: What an awesome day! I’ve forgotten to mention that we have crossed the halfway point. Today we brought in the second half with The Eagles and Grateful Dead. Took some pics etc. By the way, the pics we take always turn out terrible. I look so goofy whether I’m trying to take a serious pic or photo bombing. O well. They are...

May 16th

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Food

So sort of along the same lines as the last post I thought it would be a good idea to share what I eat on a daily basis. I would definitely eat more, but I would have to carry it. This is a usual day, and there usually is some variety. The goal when picking out food is to try and get the most calories per ounce that you have to carry. Overall we’ve found that anything Little Debbie has an...

May 7th

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A Day in the Life

Thought a run down of what a normal day looks like would be a good post. 7-8 We get up. The number of miles we are doing that day determines when we get up. We wake up later than most hikers. Around 10 Mid morning break. This includes eating something and or having a wardrobe change depending on how much it has warmed up. Noon Lunch time. We try to make this stop at a notable...

Apr 20th

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Damascus, VA

We have made it to Virginia just in time for Easter. I just want to say again how thankful we are for everyone back home. I wish I could tie this in with some Holy Week reference but I can’t seem to do it maybe you guys will have better luck. And this could get really cheesy so don’t say I didn’t warn you. I just want to encourage you, the reader to always follow your...

Apr 6th

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3/15/12

Because I’m too lazy to come up with more original content I’m just going to post what I wrote in my journal the 15th: Wow, again just so much in one day. Everything happens but nothing happens all at the same time. Last out of the shelter as usual this morning. Then we headed to Fontana Dam to get here in time before the Post Office closed. On the way here there were some...

Mar 23rd

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Since the last time we posted...

Since I’ve last posted we have: - hiked 164.4 miles - thrown rocks at Black Bears - hiked across the second tallest dam in the east - hiked on a road with 318 turns in 11 miles, Tail of the Dragon - hiked through the Smokies - summited the highest point along the AT, Clingman’s Dome - met the family of this blog: http://switchinggears.us - met a more committed Springsteen fan...

Mar 23rd

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Franklin, NC

Hello friends! Greetings from North Carolina! We have taken our first zero day in an attempt to let our knees heal. So far so good though. No injuries per se just aches and pains from our bodies getting use to life on the trail. The Georgia part of the trail is known for being full of PUDs so it’s nice for that to be behind us. The pointless up and downs though did make for some...

Mar 11th

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Inspiration

Many things have inspired to hike through fourteen states. This post will just focus on two literary inspirations. I first heard about The Appalachian Trail from the book A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Bryson brought out the romantic parts of the trail. The parts of the trail that make one wonder if there is anything more beautiful on this planet. A Walk in the Woods is a great introductory...

Mar 1st

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Contact

Hey everyone! Again this is where we will try and keep you updated while we hike. Today we planned the first two weeks or so, and it looks like we will be able to update twice at the most in that time period. I think this will probably be the norm. A lot of people have been asking about how to send stuff to us. Thinking about it, the easiest would be to let us know that you want to send...

Mar 1st

The Trail

So I leave to hike The Appalachian Trail in about a week. The goal is for this to update you while I hike. Hopefully these posts will be useful/entertaining, and have some sort of variety. To get things going I thought I would just list the different gear that I will be helping me along the way. So here it is: REI Arete ASL 2 Tent Osprey Aether 85 Pack REI Radiant Down +20 Sleeping Bag ...

Feb 22nd

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