Squish’s 2004
Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
Squish’s 2004
Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
Pre-hike entry #1
Pre-hike entry #2
Pre-hike entry #3
Pre-hike entry #4
Pre-hike entry #5
Pre-hike entry #6
Pre-hike entry #7
Day 1: Springer Mountain, Georgia
Day 2: Stover Creek Shelter to Blackwell Shelter, Georgia
Day 3: Blackwell Shelter to Camping Along the Trail, Georgia
Day 4: Blood Mountain, Georgia
Day 5: Tendonitis, Georgia
Day 6: Night on Tray Mountain, Georgia
Day 7: Heading into Hiawassee, Georgia
Day 8: Tenting at the Bly Gap Oak, North Carolina
Day 9: Bly Gap Oak to Beech Gap tent site, North Carolina
Day 10: Out of the Cold and into Rainbow Springs Campground, North Carolina
Day 11: Rainbow Springs Campground to Wayah Bald, North Carolina
Day 12: Wayah Bald to Wesser Bald, North Carolina
Day 13: Wesser Bald to Cheoah Bald, North Carolina
Day 14: Cheoah Bald & Cable Gap Shelter, North Carolina
Day 15: Cable Gap Shelter to The Hike Inn, near Fontana Dam, North Carolina
Day 16: Hiking into the Smokies, Middle Ridge Shelter, North Carolina
Day 17: Siler’s Bald Shelter in the Smokies, North Carolina & Tennessee
Day 18: Hiking to Icewater Spring Shelter, NC & Tennessee
Day 19: Icewater Spring to Tri-Corner Knob Shelter in the Snow, NC & Tennessee
Day 20: Tri-Corner Knob Shelter to Davenport Gap Shelter, NC & Tennessee
Day 21: Davenport Gap Shelter to Groundhog Creek Shelter, NC & Tennessee
Day 22: 20 Miles to Campsite just past Garenflo Gap, NC & Tennessee
Day 23: Hiking into Hot Springs, NC
Day 24: Zero Day at Elmer’s Sunnybank Retreat in Hot Springs, NC
Day 25: Hot Springs to Allan Gap, NC
Day 26: Allan Gap to Flint Shelter, Tennessee
Day 27: Flint Shelter to Low Gap, NC & Tennessee
Day 28: Low Gap to No Business Shelter, Tennessee
Day 29: Hiking into Erwin, Tennessee
Day 30: Erwin to Deep Gap, Tennessee
Day 31: Deep Gap to Clyde Smith Shelter, NC & TN
Day 32: Over Roan Mountain to Overmountain Shelter, NC & TN
Day 33: Surprise Snow to Laurel Fork Hostel, NC & TN
Day 34: Slack Pack by Laurel Fork Hostel, TN
Day 35: Laurel Fork to Vandeventer Shelter, TN
Day 36: Vandeventer Shelter to Low Gap, TN
Day 37: Out of TN and into Damascus, VA
Day 38: Out of Damascus, VA
Day 39: Thomas Knob Shelter and the end of winter, VA
Day 40: The Grayson Highlands, VA
Day 41: Through Troutdale to Partnership Shelter, VA
Day 42: Tenting at Crawfish Valley/Reed Creek, VA
Day 43: Don’t Mess with the Sox @ Chestnut Knob Shelter, VA
Day 44: Chestnut Knob to Helvey’s Mill Shelter, VA
Day 45: A Wet and Cold Day in Hell, VA
Day 46: Green One Leaves the Trail in Pearisberg, VA
Day 47: Camping in Symm’s Gap, VA
Day 48: Riding the Sheep Rock to Warspur Shelter, VA
Day 49: Keffer Oak to Sarver Hollow Shelter, VA
Day 50: Keffer Oak to Sarver Hollow Shelter, VA
Day 51: So Full I Couldn’t Fasten my Pack in VA
Day 52: Tinkers Cliffs to Daleville, VA
Day 53: Daleville to Bobblet’s Gap Shelter, VA
Day 54: Bobblets Gap to Thunder Hill Shelter, VA
Day 55: Thunder Hill to John’s Hollow Shelter, VA
Day 56: From the Trail to my Brother’s House, VA
Day 57: Zero with Heather at Green One’s, VA
Day 58: Zero #2 at Green One’s, VA
Day 59: Hiker Feed to Seely-Woodworth Shelter, VA
Day 60: Seely-Woodworth to Maupin Field Shelter, VA
Day 61: Staying in Luxury in VA
Day 62: Walking into Shenandoah NP, VA
Day 63: Bear, Shenandoah and More Luxury, VA
Day 64: Past Big Meadows to Rock Spring Hut, VA
Day 65: A Bear Visits Ursus, VA
Day 66: My Mom & Dad in Front Royal, VA
Day 67: Front Royal to Dick’s Dome Shelter, VA
Day 68: Cicadas Everywhere to Sam Moore Shelter, VA
Day 69: Backpacking with Dad and Green One in VA
Day 70: Dad and Green One to Harpers Ferry, WV
Day 71: Harpers Ferry to Rocky Run Shelter, MD
Day 72: Rocky Run to Ensign Cowell Shelter, MD
Day 73: Ensign Cowell to Tumbling Run Shelter, PA
Day 74: Tumbling Run to Birch Run Shelter, PA
Day 75: The Half Gallon Challenge, PA
Day 76: Hike to Kennedy Shelter, PA
Day 77: Kennedy Shelter to Darlington Shelter, PA
Day 78: Walking into Duncannon, PA
Day 79: Zero Day with Heather in PA
Day 80: Leaving Duncannon with a Full Bladder, PA
Day 81: Peter’s Mt. to Rausch Gap Shelter, PA
Day 82: The 501 Shelter, PA
Day 83: To the Port Clinton Pavillion, PA
Day 84: Port Clinton to Windsor Furnace Shelter, PA
Day 85: Windsor Furnace to Eckville Shelter, PA
Day 86: I’m in Jail in Palmerton, PA
Day 87: Up Lehigh Gap to Leroy A. Smith Shelter, PA
Day 88: Leroy A. Smith to Ramada Inn, Delaware Water Gap, PA
Day 89: Delaware Water Gap to AMC’s Mohican Outdoor Center, PA
Day 90: That was a Big Bear to Brink Road Shelter, PA
Day 91: Past Sunrise Mountain Pavilion to Private Shelter
Day 92: St. Thomas Episcopal Church Hostel, NJ
Day 93: I’m in New York
Day 94: Surfing Down Wet Mountains in NY
Day 95: To the Greymoor Friary in NY
Day 96: Greymoor Friary to RPH Shelter, NY
Day 97: Getting Poured on at Telephone Pioneer’s Shelter, NY
Day 98: Disgusting Hell in NY to Reach CT
Day 99: Zero at Home
Day 100: Wandering Along the Housatonic in CT
Day 101: Easy Walking Through CT
Day 102: I’m in Massachusetts!
Day 103: Hemlocks Lean-to to Mt. Wilcox, North Lean-to
Day 104: Tenting at the Cookie Lady’s in MA
Day 105: Heading Home for a Couple Days Off
Days 106-108: Zeroes at Home in MA
Day 109: Dalton to Wilber Clearing Lean-To, MA
Day 110: Tenting at Melville Nauheim Shelter, VT
Day 111: At Stratton Pond Shelter, VT
Day 112: Walking into Manchester Center, VT
Day 113: Bromley Mtn to Peru Peak Shelter VT
Day 114: Peru Peak to Greenwall Shelter, VT
Day 115: Greenwall Shelter to Private Shelter, VT
Day 116: Private Shelter to Nancy & Bob’s home, VT
Day 117: Nancy & Bob’s to Karen’s house, VT
Day 118: Karen’s to Thistle Hill Shelter, VT
Day 119: Thistle Hill to Velvet Rocks Shelter, NH
Day 120: Velvet Rocks to Trapper John’s Shelter, NH
Day 121: Trapper John’s to Tenting Next to NH 25A
Day 122: Over Moosilauke to Beaver Brook Shelter, NH
Day 123: Beaver Brook Shelter to Franconia Notch, NH
Day 124: Zero with Heather in Jackson, NH
Day 125: Thanks to Rockhound, I’m Tenting at Garfield Pond, NH
Day 126: Garfield Pond to Ethan Pond, NH
Day 127: Up Webster Cliffs to Mizpah Hut with Paul, NH
Day 128: Past Mt. Washington to Madison Spring Hut, NH
Day 129: To Pinkham Notch and Paul & Peggy’s House, NH
Day 130: Past Carter Dome to Zeta Pass, NH
Day 131: Rattle River to The Barn in Gorham, NH
Day 132: Yes, Heather, Moose DO exist in NH
Day 133: The Way Life Should Be, in ME
Day 134: Over Baldpate to the Andover Guest House, ME
Day 135: Tenting beside South Arm Road, ME
Day 136: Tenting at Sabbath Day Pond Lean-To, ME
Day 137: With Heather at Gull Pond Lodge, Rangeley ME
Day 138: Poplar Ridge Lean-To, ME
Day 139: Poplar Ridge Lean-To to Sugarloaf Mountain, ME
Day 140: Sugarloaf Mountain to Horns Pond, ME
Day 141: Over Bigelow Mountain to West Carry Pond Lean-to, ME
Day 142: Caratunk House, Caratunk, ME
Day 144: Moxie Bald to Shaw’s Lodging, Monson, ME
Day 145: Shaw’s into the 100 Mile Wilderness, ME
Day 146: Long Pond Stream to Carl Newhall Lean-to, ME
Day 147: Carl Newhall to Cooper Brook Falls Lean-to, ME
Day 148: Cooper Brook Falls to Nahmakanta Lake, ME
Day 149: Nahmakanta Lake to Hurd Brook Lean-to, ME
Day 150: Hurd Brook Lean-to to The Birches!
Day 151: On Katahdin!!!
Post-hike entry #1
Post-hike entry #2
Post-hike entry #3
Post-hike entry #4
Post-hike entry #5
GA, NC & TN
March
TN & VA
April
VA, WV, MD & PA
May
PA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, VT
June
VT, NH & ME
July
ME
August
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