GET - AT Hike

An update on progress in getting the Great Eastern Trail defined and built!

 Read short update here

Our hat’s off to everyone working hard to make this trail a reality!

best,

susan

Our friends from the Great Eastern Trail wrote an article about our hike!

Click to read the article

It’s got a photo from day one and day 173 (the last) right next to each other.  We look so different!!

enjoy!

susan

Hello all!

Last night NBC had an interview with the two men that were shot on the Appalachian Trail this past summer by Randall Lee Smith.  This happened near Pearisburg, Virginia.  We happened to be camping less than 10 miles from where this incident happened - many of our trail friends woke up that night hearing the sounds of the sirens and the life-flight helicopter.  We hiked down to the road the next morning to find the trail blocked by yellow caution tape and a big DOT sign saying “Trail closed to Pearisburg”.   Needless to say, this event caused a huge stir among trail lovers & hikers and scared the daylights out of me.

If you want to read more about what happened go to the article on NBC’s website here 

There is also a book about the 1981 murders on the AT that happened almost in the same spot, by the same man called “Murder on the Appalachian Trail” by Jesse Carr.  You can get it on Amazon here.

Happy Trails!

susan