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 Appalachian Pages is the invaluable handbook for hiking the Appalachian Trail that I used to plan my hike. Authors David Miller and Rick Towle state, “The abundance of data presented in this book can tempt a hiker into over-planning. The authors would prefer to think that the book provides all the information that one needs to act with spontaneity.” I couldn’t agree more. I was guilty of planning overly-ambitious mileages per day, but was able to make adjustments as I went along. The pages are perforated, so you can carry just the pages you need. 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.
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