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#235 Pierce Pond Lean-to to US201/ Caratunk ME - Day 153: ATMM 2037.8 to ATMM 2041.8
Our ferryman Rob, a.k.a. The King of the North, rows us to the other side, then draws in the sand a couple different ways to get to the road.......
Sep 20
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#234 Little Bigelow Lean-to to Pierce Pond Lean-to - Day 152: ATMM 2020.1 to ATMM 2037.8
The autumn colors are prominent in the nearby trees, while all else is gray. A moose cries out from across the lake, enhancing an already beautiful…
Sep 13
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#233 Horn's Pond Lean-to Little Bigalow Lean-to - Day 151: ATMM 2009.9 TO ATMM 2020.1 9
Clouds sometimes seem to cut right through me. Snow and ice pellets sting as they strike my exposed face and hands. Dang, it's cold up here! Dang, I…
Sep 6
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August 2025
#232 South Branch Carrabassett River to Horn's Pond Lean-to - Day 150: ATMM 1996.1 to ATMM 2009.9
A peace falls over me as I begin this new phase, the final push towards finishing what was started so long ago.....I am melting back into the wilderness…
Aug 30
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#231 Poplar Ridge Lean-to to South Branch Carrabassett River - Day 149: ATMM 1983.3 to ATMM 1996.1
2000-mile-marker day. I think of the history that I’ve walked through on this trek from Georgia to Maine.....
Aug 23
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#230 ME 4 to Poplar Ridge Lean-to - Day 148: ATMM 1972.6 to ATMM 1983.3
Today is the first full day of Autumn. The ground is covered with leaves. Autumn camping is my favorite followed by winter. I’m beginning to find the…
Aug 16
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#229 Height of Land to ME 4 - Day 147: ATMM1959.4 to ATMM1972.6
The threat of an attack never arises. It seemed to be a peaceful creature, but it’s better to be prepared for battle than to be caught off-guard.
Aug 9
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#228 South Arm Rd. to Height of Land - Day 146: ATMM1946.2 to ATMM1959.4
YAAAA!!! BAAAM!!! “What happened?!?!”
Aug 2
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July 2025
#227 East B Hall Rd to South Arm Rd - Day 145: ATMM1936.1 to ATMM1946.2
The super steep fifteen-hundred-foot climb up Moody Mountain is very slow going. Very, slow. I’m glad all my heavy gear is in the truck and not on my…
Jul 26
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#226 ME 26/Grafton Notch to East B Hall Rd - Day 144: ATMM1925.8 to ATMM1936.1
I must say - I’m diggin’ on this self-slackpack bid’nez. Light packs by day, heavy food by night.
Jul 19
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#225 Mahoosuc Notch/Bull Branch Campsite to ME26/Grafton Notch - Day 143: ATMM 1918.8 to ATMM1925.8
To affect the quality of the day is no small achievement.
Jul 12
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#224 Carlo Col Shelter to Mahoosuc Notch/Bull Branch Campsite - Day 142: ATMM 1911.7 to ATMM 1918.8
The Mahoosuc Mile, dubbed the “killer mile,” is known as the slowest mile of the Appalachian Trail. Some call it the hardest mile on the trail, others…
Jul 5
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