summitting big momma k – Mount Katahdin

In the last shelter I read an entry in the trail register written by another Northbound thru-hiker that said “Momma K better put out after all these months I been chasin’ her!”. It was written in obvious sarcasm, but I thought it was funny. At over 5200 feet Katahdin is the highest mountain in Maine. [...]

the virginia vortex

Thats me ontop of Mcaffee’s Knob. They call it the Virginia Blues, the feeling of hopelessness that you’re never going to get out of Virginia. Its the biggest state on the trail, over 500 miles long. Virginia was supposed to be the promise land, it was going to be flat, easy hiking, switchbacks. I guess [...]