The rain wakes me up. I’m already nervous for the day that’s about to start and the weather doesn’t help lowering my stress levels. I sit quietly in the corner of the shelter, it’s still dark all around me and the only noise comes from the boiling water on the stove. I’m not thinking about…
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Mile 1550.2: Challenges
The alarm goes off at 4am. Luckily, I’m the only one sleeping in the shelter, as everyone else around me decided to pitch their tents. It’s the first time I set an alarm on the trail, but I remembered how annoying used to be hearing loud buzzers in the morning in the middle of the…
Mile 31.1: Trail Faces
The faces of the trail is what struck me the most in these first few days on the Appalachian Trail. Nobody looks the same, we all have a different story to tell and we’re here for many different reasons. This trail is Kevin, the first guy I met on this journey. From Florida, 27 years-old…
Mile 0: Wild Thoughts
It wasn’t an overnight dream that made me decide to hike the appalachian trail, but a “bored” idea from a few years ago. I had just finished watching Into the Wild for the third time. All those beautiful landscapes pictured in the movie made me curious, so after a few hours browsing the web I…