Loop’s Start
Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:45 pm
Location: David Lesser Memorial Shelter (9.3 miles)

Today was my first day back on a long-distance trail since my partner and I finished the Benton MacKaye trail last July. It’s been entirely too long since then. It’s great to be back on trail, even if it’s not what was planned.

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Tuscarora Trail Gear
Saturday, August 22, 2020 6:00 pm

No thru-hike is complete without a gear list! This is the list of equipment I’m taking with me on my hike of the Tuscarora Trail. This is an evolution of the gear from my Appalachian Trail, Long Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Benton MacKaye Trail thru-hikes.

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Friday, August 21, 2020 8:31 pm

The Tuscarora Trail has been on my bucket list for a few years, but I wasn’t expecting to hike it this year, and certainly not under these circumstances. But after I had to cancel my Continental Divide Trail thru-hike earlier this year, I knew I would need to find something else to do. And though it’s not the grand capstone to my triple crown that I expected, the Tuscarora Trail will be a third of sorts: my third Appalachian Trail-adjacent thru-hike.

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Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:27 pm

Every long-distance hike requires stopping for resupply. I thought it might be helpful for future hikers if I wrote-up the resupply logistics from my northbound Benton MacKaye Trail thru-hike in 2019. I stopped four times for resupply. Read on for all the details.

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Friday, April 3, 2020 5:14 pm

Sadly, it’s time to make official what I’ve known for the last few weeks: I won’t be hiking the Continental Divide Trail this year.

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