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Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – “Forager”
“Bad Idea” and his mild-mannered canine companion Willow were a couple of my closest neighbors in Tent City. Their Durston tent was already
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – Will
I met Will one evening at the One Way Ministries Coffee House across the street from Tent City. City. The Coffee House was one of my favorite places
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – “Double Stack”
Double Stack’s love affair with long distance might have started with his 2018 AT thru hike, but it did not end there
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – “Story”
“Story” quickly recalled the exact days she began and ended her hike. She had begun her thru-hike on March 25 and ended six months later on September 25, 2018.
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – Daniel
I met Daniel at the Thursday evening One Way Ministries Free Hiker Feast. He sat across from me and my friend Dave. We struck up a conversation as we
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories: Paul and Joyce
Standing and waiting in line to enter the free Thursday evening hiker feed offered by One Way Ministries at Trail Days 2024 was a great opportunity
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – “Bad Idea” and Willow
This is the second installment of my Trail Days 2024 Hiker's Stories. Here is a link to the first installment. It seemed like Tent City in
Trail Days 2024 Hiker’s Stories – John B.
Some might describe Trail Days in Damascus, VA as time when AT hikers, both current and former, gather to share stories and the camaraderie of the
Book Review: Tales from the Trail – Stories from the Oldest Hiker Hostel on the Appalachian Trail
Most AT thru-hikers and even some sectional hikers have probably spent a night or two sleeping and showering at the Hiker Hostel of The Presbyterian
Review of Earl Shaffer’s “Walking With Spring”
Shaffer’s book is memoir about his first AT thru-hike, not a detailed section-by-section description of the trail or a technical “how to” guide to thru-hiking the AT.