Ever since my Ohio days I was always fascinated by the Appalachian Trail. I remember in the 90’s I had ordered a full length official Appalachian Trail map and even had it professionally framed and still today have it hanging in a hallway that I pass through multiple times daily. The thought of taking off a few months off work, for most hikes I’ve heard it’s about 165 days or 5.5 months.
Official AT trail maps: https://rhodesmill.org/thefox/maps.html
Doing a thru hike has always been something that interest me but I haven’t been fortunate enough to be able to afford that kind of time off of work.
Living in Ohio the AT was a little more accessible than the PCT. Any stories that were published in magazines and eventually online always piqued my interest. The AT crosses 14 states and is approx.. 2,200 miles long.
I know there have been several occasions my travels took me to sections of the AT.
For example:
I’ve been to Mount Washington in New Hampshire three times and of course the AT runs across the peak. The first of these visits was in 2000 and then back again for marathons in 2015 and 2019.
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| Mount Washington - New Hampshire (July 25, 2000) |
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| Mount Washington - New Hampshire (October 2, 2005) |
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| Mount Washington - New Hampshire (October 2, 2015) |
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| Mount Washington - New Hampshire (August 3, 2019) |
In 2000 I hiked Mt. Rogers, the high point of Virginia and also part of the AT.
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| Trail to Mt. Rogers - Virginia (November 11, 2000) |
In 2014 I visited Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts while visiting the area for another marathon and this peak the AT also intersect.
Mt. Greylock - Massachusetts (October 10, 2014) 
Mt. Greylock - Massachusetts (October 10, 2014) 
Mt. Greylock - Massachusetts (October 10, 2014)
My most epic section of the AT was climbing Mt. Katahdin in 2019.
Mt. Katahdin - Maine (August 8, 2019) 
Mt. Katahdin - Maine (August 8, 2019)
As much of my love for the AT, after moving to the West Coast and starting a family in 2005 the thought of the AT started to become a distance memory. I was also pretty focused on my 50 state marathon quest so there wasn’t really any time for many other distractions.
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