I'm planning on starting my hike on September 17 - only a month away! In the meanwhile, I'll be posting about a variety of topics - how I plan for a hike, the gear, clothing, and food I take with me, and some of what's involved when you actually hit the trail. And it should be fun to finish in Harper's Ferry, the traditional "psychological" half-way point of the trail, and home of the headquarters for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the organization that coordinates the clubs that maintain the trail. CNN story on Jordan Trail This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 4 years, 7 months ago by Rex Sanders. Pennsylvania doesn't usually show up on hiker's "must do" sections of the AT, but the hike is close, and I can drive to it, so there's less of an issue for travel time and expense. So this year I'm blocking out 7-8 days to hike south from Duncannon, PA, to Harper's Ferry, WV, a total of about 125 miles. 60 miles later I arrived at Reed's Gap - exhausted, blistered, and sun-burned - and I couldn't wait to get back out on the trail.
I fondly remember my first multi-day trip - 4 days and 3 nights hiking north from the James River to Reed's Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I'm currently training for the Richmond Marathon in November, so I didn't want to take too much time out of marathon prep for a hike. It's Hiking Time I've been backpacking on the Appalachian Trail (the 'AT') since the late 1990s. Each year I try to add on a new section, and this year I've decided to write about my preparation and the hike itself. In the years since, I've knocked off 721 miles of the AT, traveling in sections from Erwin, TN, to the MD/PA border. I've been backpacking on the Appalachian Trail (the "AT") since the late 1990s. I'll be going north to south, finishing in Harper's Ferry. If you take a look at PA, you will see how we would like every state to look. We are still collecting data for the other states but could really use some AT pictures to spruce up our pages. My AT journeys to date - 1/3 of the way done! We have recently expanded from just providing information on PA to all of the AT states.