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Giving Out Trail Magic on the Appalachian Trail – Waterville Road in Smoky Mountain National Park

April 15, 2016 by Mark Kelley 2 Comments

In 2006, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, 2,176 miles from Maine to Georgia over about five and a half months. On the journey, I had a lot of ups and downs, and I met a lot of great people in up times and down. When I met great people in down times, they always seemed […]

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Who thru-hikes the Appalachian Trail?

February 18, 2016 by Mark Kelley 5 Comments

In 2016, Adventure Possible had a record number of applicants for it’s annual Appalachian Trail thru-hiker sponsorship. We’re happy to announce that Dawn Webster has received our financial support for her 2016 attempt at a northbound (NOBO) thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. While reading through the 197 applications that we received, it occurred to us […]

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Budgeting Tool for Planning Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike

October 4, 2015 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Aspiring thru-hikers often wonder about the costs to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, and one of the top reasons that thru-hikers fail to finish the AT is running out of money. We have covered costs to hike the Appalachian Trail in another article, and here we’re publishing a new tool that will help hikers understand costs […]

Filed Under: Appalachian Trail Hiking Tips, Budgeting Money, Step 5: Create an Adventure Travel Budget

How Much Does it Cost to Hike the Appalachian Trail?

March 22, 2015 by Mark Kelley 2 Comments

Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a 2,100-plus mile adventure of epic proportions and those that finish will have accomplished something amazing. Speaking from my experience successfully thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, a successful thru-hike will require mental, physical, and financial dedication to complete the trek. Wait, financial? That’s right. Hiking across 14 states for six months […]

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10 Tips for Preparing for Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike

December 28, 2014 by Mark Kelley 2 Comments

Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is an enormous undertaking that requires ample preparation. The last thing you want to do is hit the trail without your mind, body, and gear being ready! Here are our top ten tips to help you prepare for a successful Appalachian Trail thru-hike: HIKER HACK: Before getting to the list, here’s […]

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What is an Appalachian Trail Trail Name? How do I get one?

December 26, 2014 by Mark Kelley 5 Comments

You’ve surely come across trail journals from people with names like Stomper and Funky Butt and wondered who in their right mind would give their children those monikers. And the answer is: no one. These aren’t the names that parents gave their squealing babies at birth. These are the names that they adopted on the […]

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10 Energy Foods that help hiking the Appalachian Trail

December 26, 2014 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

thru-hiker preparing dinner on appalachian trail

Planning out your food for the AT is a complicated process. Replenishing the 3,000-6,000 calories you’ll burn each day requires an awful lot of food! To make things even harder, your food needs to be to be lightweight, nutrient dense, and resistant to spoiling. And you want it to taste really good, too! While backpacking […]

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How do I get to Springer Mountain to start an Appalachian Trail hike?

December 24, 2014 by Mark Kelley 29 Comments

There are so many important logistics to consider when planning a big thru-hike that it can be easy to forget some of the smaller ones – like just how you’re going to get there! If you’re planning a northbound thru-hike on the AT, you will be starting at Springer Mountain, Georgia. So how are you […]

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Should You Carry a Gun on the Appalachian Trail?

August 2, 2014 by Mark Kelley 43 Comments

For Americans, gun rights and gun control debates are often at the center of our most intense political debates. As well, there is always some hiker asking the question or whether or not they should carry a gun while hiking the Appalachian Trail. Let me first tell you my stand on guns. I own several […]

Filed Under: Adventure, Adventure Trip, Appalachian Trail Hiking Tips, Backpacking, Guns on the Appalachian Trail

White, Blue, and other Blazes of the Appalachian Trail

August 2, 2014 by Mark Kelley 15 Comments

The members of the Appalachian Trail community, including hikers, townspeople, and trail maintainers, share some unique vocabulary specific to the features and nature of the Appalachian Trail. They even have weird but often meaningful names for one other, called trail names. Up and down the roughly 2,170 miles of Appalachian Trail, you will see White […]

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