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Just saw this trailer for a movie based on the 90’s book Blind Courage…
October 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Dirty, Wet, Dog!!
May 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Bill Bryson’s Walk In The Woods Begins Filming
April 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Passionate about the Appalachain Trail? Live in the Southeast (particularly in Atlanta or North Georgia)? Then this is your big chance to hang with Rob and Nick – they just started filming a Walk In The Woods based on Bill Bryson’s A.T. memoir. The movie is due for release in November 2015, and filming at […]
Hiking With My Dog On The Benton MacKaye …
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
After an unseasonably cool winter, the weather finally broke and we decided to take the kids out for an overnight hike. We did this one on a Friday night to avoid conflicts with spring sports and with spring break. Here we are at the parking area at Three Forks on the Appalachian Trail. The dog is […]
Bill Irwin, First Blind Hiker To Hike The Appalachian Trail, Is No Longer With Us
March 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I read Bill Irwin's book during my 1994 thru-hike – very inspiring. He was the first blind hiker to hike the entire Appalachian Trail and did it with the assistance of his dog Orient. Sad to hear that he has passed over the weekend: “Bill Irwin, who in 1990 became the first and only blind […]
Tough Week For Hikers In Maine
July 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Maine is a tough place to hike – and many expereienced backcountry explorers know that, but this week was exceptionally merciless. On Tuesday, two women and their dog were rescued at dusk on a backcountry trail at Roque Bluffs State Park, then as they headed home the true tragedy struck. The Kennebec Journal reports… “Two women hikers who had […]
Even Hollywood Stars “Rock” Each Other's Backpacks
July 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It seems that even Hollywood movie stars get their backpacks “rocked” by mischevious friends. During the filming of Monuments Men which also stars John Goodman and Bill Murray, Actor George Clooney tricked his 'Monuments Men' co-star Matt Damon in to carrying a backpack that was filled with rocks during a gruelling hiking scene. Realbollywood.com reports that […]
Tragedy at Trail Days!
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The annual Appalachian Trail Days festival was disrupted this past weekened when a vehicle plowed in to a crowd watching the hiker parade as it passed down the main street of town. Some people were trapped under the car and seriously injured and flown to nearby hospitals. Here's a recap from USA Today: “DAMASCUS, Va. […]
ANNUAL PACIFIC CREST TRAIL KICK-OFF EVENT: APRIL 26 – 28
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
pcttrailsidereader: It is ADZPCTKO time again. April 26 – 28, hundreds of PCT hikers, trail angels, and friends of the trail will gather at Lake Morena. Here are a photo from the 2012 Kick-Off. On both Friday and Saturday evenings this year, stories from The Pacific Crest Trailside Readers will be read (Liz Bergeron will read Walkin’ […]
Boone Dawg! First Snow Hike
April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The snow continues in to the night and following morning. By daybreak we have 8 1/2 inches of snow on the ground – and it is still falling. And Boone Dawg really enjoyed his first snow hike..