So what is it?

So what is it?...

For those of you who have stumbled across this, or are just having a quick browse through curiosity; what is the Appalachian Trail? Well, it's a footpath. In North America. Going from Springer Mountain in Georgia, north to Mount Katahdin in Maine, covering a distance of somewhere between 2000 and 2180 miles depending on which source you read. The 30% of aspirational thru-hikers that complete it take 4-6 months, cross 14 states, take 5 million steps, and I've heard somewhere that they climb the equivalent of 16 Everest's. Ok, enough about the manliness of the feat at hand; its basically going to be a cracking walk through some beautiful environments and (I hope) one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences in my life.

For those of you who're interested I'm going to keep this page updated as I plan, prepare, and eventually hike the trail. Enjoy, and thanks for reading!

Sunday 13 October 2013

Night on the beach

We managed to get another over-nighter in this week: We stayed on a beach near Dodman Point on the south Cornwall coast. I used the hammock, this time set up as a sort of bivi/ tarp shelter, which is what I'll be doing on the trail should there be no suitable trees to pitch between and no room in the shelters. It was a perfectly clear night so I ended up rolling most of the tarp off of me so I could see the stars through the mosi net. I awoke to this view...


and even managed to get a sea swim in! Good old South West Coast Path! One day I'll get round to walking the whole thing in one go...

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