Starchild

Hi all. More of a quick shout out then a full update. Tomorrow marks one month on the trail for me.

It appears that I have been traveling though some large challenges and that is much of the purpose of this note. At first it was very cold and snow. That was alleviated through becoming part of a group. Added to that was the high altitude which really effected me and limited my ability to recover from each days hiking.

The cold and most of the high altitude behind me the ...

Just got through the Smokies. While the trial itself was moderate,
the continuous high altitude, especially when sleeping at 5000-6000 ft
has not given me much ability to recover. As such I have worn myself
out trying to get through and back to a lower elevation which is where
I am now. It has also not given me much time to send these updates,
nor much time for anything but moving and trying to sleep. To help
speed recovery I am taking a 'zero' (zero AT miles) ...

Hi from the AT

When I write these updates or think what to include sometimes I expect more hiking related stuff. But there is a saying that hiking the AT is life simplified. So I do find much more to write about then just the stats and the scenery. But I made a effort to talk a bit about the hike itself here.

Some of the hiking aspects are after 12 days on trail I covered about 139 miles making it from Springer Mountain GA to the NOC NC and 2 days away from the Smokies. ...