Tag: appalachian trail
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May 28, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
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July 14, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Bill Bryson wrote this book almost a decade ago to document his walk along the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz in 1996. Before reading this book I knew the Appalachian Trail was long, but . . .
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August 28, 2009 11:28 AM EDT --
In Blacksburg, Virginia, you will find a large state University. It's called Virginia Tech. Tech has a pretty good football team, is well known for its engineering program, and was the unfortunate site . . .
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June 12, 2009 06:30 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about life goals lately. Do you have any goals you'd like to accomplish before you die? Anyone who knows me well would find it hard to believe that I would like to hike . . .
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October 01, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
I'm a transplant - plain and simple. I came to West Virginia from South Jersey in 1969. I have lived in West Virginia for most of my adult life and the state never ceases . . .
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July 26, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
Has anyone hiked the Appalachian Trail? Any tidbits of advice you can give someone considering it in the next couple of years?
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November 28, 2007 11:48 PM EST --
In my medium/small town of Morgantown, WV a poet died last night. Joey Gatski, a well-known traveller of our hills and woodlands was found dead in his apartment. Joey, . . .
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May 11, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
AN APPALACHIAN TALE
©2009 Robert C Burnham.
In dedication of my brother's Thru-Hike from Georgia to Maine March 1999 - July 1999 . . .
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May 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
This past weekend we took our first family vacation. We drove six hours across Virginia to take a four mile hike up to Cascade Falls. I made "reservations" at a place called the Rendezvous Motel. I simply . . .
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November 30, 2006 12:46 PM EST --
I have always held a deep respect for Americans who lived through the Great Depression. Although their generation is slowly fading into history, their ethics and determination remain a valuable symbol . . .
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July 19, 2007 05:04 PM EDT --
We were hiking through a forest of old-growth evergreens when we heard the thunder and it began to rain lightly. It felt to me like a passing storm, so I decided not to pull out my poncho to cover my pack. . . .
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November 25, 2006 10:32 AM EST --
I jolt awake to the feeling of something small scampering over my sleeping bag. At least it is something small. The other members of the opening crew . . .
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April 11, 2006 05:34 PM EDT --
My palms began to sweat and I sunk deeper into the seat. She threatened an electric rotating brush near the corner of my eyesight while she prodded, "And so how long…?" The wheezing sound . . .
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November 22, 2006 12:14 PM EST --
A hand laid stone staircase rises up in front of me, marking a steep incline in the trail ahead. Everyday . . .
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