Day 16: 14 April, 15.6 miles today, 210.4 miles total, Fontana Lake North Shore, Great Smoky Mountain National Park Number of people seen on trail: 0 At 0900hrs, the agreed upon time, I flicked off… Read More »In Search of Redemption on the Benton MacKaye Trail, part four: the long silk tunnel
Day 10: 08 April, 15.3 miles today, 141.2 miles total, Moss Gap, Cherokee National Forest, NC Number of people seen on trail: 1 I was sitting in the TelliCafe of Tellico Plains, working my way… Read More »In Search of Redemption on the Benton MacKaye Trail, part three: this wild land
Day 05: 03 April, 15.9 miles today, 66.6 miles total, Double Hogpen Gap, somewhere in northern GA Number of people seen on trail: 8 I hadn’t been sleeping well. My master plan for fixing this… Read More »In Search of Redemption on the Benton MacKaye Trail, part two: this land was made for you and me
Day 0: 29 March, 8.4 miles today (none on the BMT), 0.0 miles total, Springer Mountain Shelter, Springer Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest, GA The AT approach trail is no fucking joke. After lallygagging for an… Read More »In Search of Redemption on the Benton MacKaye Trail, part one: a return to the scene
I started my hike of the Benton MacKaye Trail from Springer Mountain on beautifully warm and sunny morning in mid-November. The mile up the mountain on the AT to the Southern Terminus passed easily and… Read More »White Diamonds: failure on the Benton MacKaye Trail, part 2
We were halfway through the Antarctic winter when the news came down that Covid restrictions were easing in New Zealand, and that, if we wanted to, we would be able to stay there as long… Read More »White Diamonds: failure on the Benton Mackaye Trail, part 1