Troll's 2010 AT Journal

05 August 2010, Appalachian Trail Railroad Station
One thing that depresses me and has not helped in the slump that I am in is all the hikers that are ahead of me. I am not taking about the thru hikers. I am referring to the hikers that started at Springer but have not done every mile of the AT. Some have jumped ahead 100 miles here and 100 miles there and even skipped whole states. There are some that are not even hiking full days. I will not name names here because I am just saying how ...

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04 August 2010, NY 52
Today was a depressing day for me. I cannot pinpoint why, I was just not in a good mood and really did not want to be on the trail today. I really don't want to go back on the trail tomorrow either. I hope this passes.

Not really much to write about hiking wise today. It was humid but not really bothersome until you started climbing. But the slightest little climb made me sweat profusely.

Slightly Inappropriate walked up on me just ...

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03 August 2010, NY 301
Cross Bear Mountain Bridge. It was not as long as it looked to be. It was very humid this morning. I expected to run into other hikers crossing the bridge but I had it all to myself.

I made the side trip to Graymoor and ran into Slightly Inappropriate. Hopper met me at Graymoor for lunch. He was just getting back on the trail today after getting off to go to Long Island to visit family. He was having some stomach issues and Hopper was able to give ...

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02 August 2010, Bear Mountain Bridge
Today was a great day for walking in the woods. It felt like fall weather. I took my time and took in all the scenery. I loved hiking the section from Arden Road north. The tops of the mountains were not littered with trees or rock. There were out croppings of rocks and there were also trees. The thing that I liked about this area was that the rocks and trees were not fighting for their space but there was plenty of space around them for grass to grow. ...

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01 August 2010, Arden Rd
I think I am caught up to the pod/group area where I was before I had to go back and make up the section of the AT and Hoppers family funeral. The reason I say this is because today I caught up to four people that were in the same vicinity that I was on the trail when I left. Today I caught up to Pepper, Chili, Dancing Wind, and Indiana. I was tickled pink to run into Pepper and Chili at Mountain Lakes Road. We chatted for over a 1/2 hour before we got ready and ...

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