OmPi's Adventures

This week started off with an amazing hike to the most photographed place on the Appalachian Trail, McAfee Knob. What an exceptional day it was waking at 4am and hiking the 1.5 miles up to catch first light and sunrise. The

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I'm really am trying to get back on track and have notes and photos that I will post when I have a moment until then here is my dispatch to the Naples Daily News for weeks 7 & 8. My Virginia

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Still way behind. Keeping up with a blog, three social media sites, writing for the local paper all while hiking the Appalachian Trail from dawn until dusk has turned out to be more than I can handle and creates a greater

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The morning was a slow start as is to be expected after a night like that. We got up and the room looked like a delivery truck for an outfitter had crashed and spilled gear everywhere. Freefall still needed to shop

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There are certain days you just know are going to be great. When your day begins with Trail magic in the form of sausage and spanish rice burritos and a beer for Freefall from a guy named Chuck Wagon you know

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I really hate to do this but I'm way behind on my blog so to help catch up here is the Naples Daily News publishing covering Week 3 & 4 on the Appalachian Trail. Days and milage are getting longer providing

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The first 4 miles went by so quickly we were all shocked when we got bottle necked at the water source. If only the whole trail were so easy,  but without the hard work you never get the view from

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Sometimes you just need a day off to get you head back in the game. Today provided that for me. I woke up around 6 and hurriedly packed my camp so I could get down to the hostel when they opened.

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I left camp fairly early. As a whole my experience at muskrat was just average, so I didn't feel a lot of sentiment about leaving. I wasn't just a bit up the trail that it warmmed up and so I took

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The morning started with muffins and little cakes and coffee at the Top of GA Hostel. Oh and coffee of course. I learned a lesson from another hiker, Luigi, to add hot cocoa powder to the coffee cup in order to

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Hiking the AT is a microcosm of life. Day to day can be so different, one day you can enjoy every step and the next day you can struggle to find anything that interests you. Some days can feel like a

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