The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the AT, is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately 2,181 miles long. The path is maintained by 30 trail clubs and multiple partnerships,and managed by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The majority of the trail is in wilderness, although some portions do traverse towns and roads, and cross rivers. The Appalachian Trail is famous for its many hikers, some of whom, called thru-hikers, attempt to hike it in its entirety in a single season. Along the way, the trail passes through the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

ON TO THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL

As some of you may know and some may not, I have decided to do the Pacific Crest Trail this summer from Mexico to Canada with my AT hiking buddy Chimp.  I'll be setting up a new blog to record the trip and will post the address here ASAP.  I have more to say about the AT and promise to finish up some of what I started in the last post but right now I'm in Tucson training and trying to put some funds away.

Ryan