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Appalachian Trail Journals
If you enjoy reading Appalachian Trail Journals, I humbly submit mine for your perusal. I still hold onto the dream of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, but until enough time opens up for me, I plan on section-hiking the trail in big chunks. This first installment covers a month-long, 300-mile southbound hike from just south of Damascus, Virginia to Wesser, North Carolina which I completed in June of 2009. Much of the trail through this section straddles the North Carolina-Tennessee border and includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Table of Contents
Thank you for reading my Appalachian Trail journals. I look forward to hiking the Appalachian Trail next year and posting another installment. I have included some Appalachian Trail resources that I found helpful in planning my hike. Appalachian Trail Resources The A.T. Guide is the new and improved version of Appalachian Pages that I use to plan my hikes. There are Northbound and Southbound editions, available bound or unbound, so you can carry just the pages you need. The A.T. Guide has mileages, landmarks and elevation profiles for the entire trail, details about shelter locations, water sources, and services along the way, and maps of about fifty trail towns. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the preservation and management of the natural, scenic, historic, and cultural resources associated with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in order to provide primitive outdoor-recreation and educational opportunities for Trail visitors. I ordered my trail maps from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. They also offer the A.T. Data Book and other publications about hiking the Appalachian Trail.
White Blaze is a lively hiking forum where Appalachian Trail enthusiasts can ask questions and share their knowledge and experiences. TrailJournals.com - Appalachian Trail Journals One way to gain perspective on long-distance hiking is to read the Appalachian Trail journals of others. TrailJournals.com has hundreds of journals including other long trails such as the Pacific Crest Trail. |
