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