by Lindsey Rudibaugh. This is a post I wrote after completing the Appalachian Trail but never published. News of aspiring thru-hikers hitting the trail this month has me feeling anContinueContinue reading “Re-Entry Pains”
Category Archives: Appalachian Trail
Falling Down Is For Everyone
by Lindsey Rudibaugh When you fall down in the woods, you get dirt and twigs in unfortunate places. It makes you angry. It leaves you bruised, scraped up, embarrassed. FeelingContinueContinue reading “Falling Down Is For Everyone”
Excuse me, where’s your kitchen?
by Lindsey Rudibaugh It’s 4 am. I awoke at 3:00, painfully aware of some pressing biological needs. I tried ignoring all of them in favor of sleep, but after aContinueContinue reading “Excuse me, where’s your kitchen?”
The First Third
We’ve hiked 870 miles of the Appalachian Trail. That’s more than one third! (By 140 miles if you’re looking for specifics.) Bill Bryson, considered an authority on the AT basedContinueContinue reading “The First Third”
High Alert & High Adventure
Realistic expectations are a good defense against disappointment, so when planning our thru-hike, we read as much as we could about what we should expect. Several previous hikers said thatContinueContinue reading “High Alert & High Adventure”
New Realities: The First Two Trail Weeks
We’ve been nomadic forest-dwellers for more than two full weeks now, the longest either of us has ever spent camping or backpacking. Two weeks isn’t much out of a 6-monthContinueContinue reading “New Realities: The First Two Trail Weeks”