Tag: national park
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White Mountain National Forest: Appalachian Trail edition
The White Mountain National Forest (or the Whites as we hikers refer to them) may very well have won the spot of “most terrifying to NOBO hikers.” Much like ‘Rocksylvania,’ we’ve been hearing about this section of the trail since we’ve begun. Reportedly, it’s the hardest section of the trail. New Hampshire and the Whites…
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Updates from the exhausted and vibrant: Reaching Harper’s Ferry
It’s been hard to update this past week, as we’ve hiked through the Shenandoahs (aka, the Shennies, as us hikers have been calling them). We’ve had back-to-back 20-24 mile days in a bit of a heatwave that’ve left us worn and battered by the time we’ve made it to the shelter each night. The past…