Category: Trail Stories
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Podcast Interview with Mighty Blue
One of the highlights of the 2025 Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA) Gathering was witnessing an onstage recording of the Mighty Blue Podcast with Steve (Mighty Blue) Adams as the Keynote Speaker. He interviewed Mills Kelly, Vegas, Pinkie, and Dennis Newton. Later, I had a chance to chat with Steve and introduced myself as…
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Sometimes You Eat the Bear!
Don’t Leave Valuables in Your Vehicle. In late summer 2024, I travelled to Roanoke for some consulting work and took a couple of extra days to hike the Virginia Triple Crown area again. It’s an incredible stretch of the AT, home to three iconic landmarks: Dragon’s Tooth, McAfee Knob, and Tinker Cliffs. It was Labor…
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Writing a Book? Whose Idea Was This?
Mocking the Adversity. The question, “Whose idea was this?” is a theme I explore in the thru-hiking memoir, One Mountain After Another. It originated in the early days of adventuring with my oldest friend, Jimmy. It was a joke, a mocking mantra meant to relieve the tension from whatever miserable moment confronted us: a deeper…