OmPi's Adventures

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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On the Appalachian Trail and in the hiking community there is a tradition to take a different name while on your adventure. The WSJ just published an article discussing this Trail Name Tradition that I highly recommend. As well on Appalachian

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No plans and no rush. The day started lazily as I spent a few hours relaxing in my hammock and catching up on blogs and postings, benefit of a campsite with 4G. I finally got going and 3/4 of the camp

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Today's hike started with the hiker breakfast of champions. A warmed honey bun and cinnamon raisin roll. I know not exactly healthful eating but the calories are hard to beat at about 900 total calories in those two items finish it

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Last night was such a good night, one of my favorite so far. Sitting around the fire getting to know Kyle and his Dad, Kris and Starfish, catching up with Cole, Sarah and her dog Isla. At the other camp was

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Great day to just relax. Check out mountain crossings again, better today with a more personable staff still a less than I anticipated. Anyway the day started by making breakfast for my cabin mates. I love cooking breakfast and I think

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I woke up and broke camp, in the last 3 days I've already shaved 30 minutes off my breaking camp routine getting it down from 75 minutes to about 45. As everyone began to rise and make breakfast I put the

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My hike today was a fairly short one. I was one of the first out of camp, but have been constantly reminding myself that this isn't a race and ME isn't going anywhere. What is the purpose of taking six month

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