The mountains are dwindling in size, and it really feels like the end of our hike is getting near. With just 115 miles to go to the end of the trail on top of Mount Katahdin, everyone on trail is making plans for summiting and thinking about their return to … Read More

After all the scrambling about in northern New Hampshire, we were ready for some easier hiking miles in Maine. We were warned that the trail would continue to be hard going until half way through Maine, and sure enough, although we do occasionally get stretches of easy hiking, we have … Read More

The steepest mile on the AT. The most difficult mile on the AT. The boggiest bogs on the AT (I hope!) Our last four day section going through the Wildcat and Mahoosuc Mountains has included the most gruelling and most entertaining hiking conditions of the trail so far – in … Read More

We’ve only hiked for four days since our last rest day, and now we’re having another rest day. Those four days through the Presidential Range were probably the most intense, and certainly amongst the hardest, of our hike so far. The White Mountains of New Hampshire, of which the Presidentials … Read More

Gah, my stupid ankle! A moment of paying insufficient attention to the trail, coming down a particularly rough and steep section near the end of a long day, a big step down off a rock, and I didn’t notice the small shark’s fin of rock sticking up from the surrounding … Read More

The last ten days of hiking since Williamstown have taken us 150 miles through the state of Vermont. The weather has been crazy, the ascents have been steep and rough, but it’s been good fun (mostly). Although it’s been hard work, it’s good to get back to going over bigger … Read More

Rest days are good. Rest days can be far too good, to the point where it’s a real wrench to pick up your rucksack and start hiking again. So it was with Delaware Water Gap. We had a comfortable hostel room, there was a great bakery in town, a kind … Read More

For hundreds of miles we’ve been hearing horror stories about the rocks of Pennsylvania, or “Rocksylvania” as it’s known amongst hikers. We’re almost done with Pennsylvania now – just a mile or two to the New Jersey state line – and I’m pleased to say we survived the rocks! They weren’t … Read More

Harpers Ferry is the official “half way town” of the AT – not quite half way from the start of the trail in Georgia to the finish in Maine, but because it has a railway station, people hiking the AT in two halves usually split it here. So it seemed … Read More

Into each hike some rain must fall. That’s what’s happened to us on this section, both literally and figuratively. We had enjoyed our rest day in Luray, even though it wasn’t the most restful – at least I got the antibiotics I wanted for my nasty insect bite (in case … Read More