Salutations! My name is Lily, and I hiked the AT from July 1st to December 19th of 2017. I'm currently back in my home state of New York, freezing to death and plotting future expeditions!
Posts
The Cold, Hard Facts of Finishing. And Now What?
I left Marion, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and arrived at Springer Mountain on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Thats 34 days, two of which were zeroes in Hampton,
Confronting House Of Mirrors In Post-Hike Reflection
Are we really here? Here as in an apartment an hour outside of New York City, in which I have been residing for four weeks and not holed up in a
Day 131! Yes, I’m Still Here.
I've started this new thing called "stress hiking." You pick a number of miles you want to hike on a given day, estimate the number of hours it will
Me and the AT: We’re Getting Serious
3 Month Anniv: Kind of a Big Deal For my three-month anniversary of hiking the AT, I decided to splurge on an evening of indoor plumbing. Okay,
An Inquiry Into Odor
Why do I smell so bad? This is not a rhetorical question, pondering my spiritual stench as I hike by my lonesome. I literally wake up in my celibacy
AT Brief: On My Own (Finally!)
Let's Chat I love chatting. Any money I've ever earned has been a direct result of chatting, be it about food, wine, English or Global History.
Started at Katahdin, Now I’m Here (Hanover)
So Sorry! My Phone was on Airplane Mode For six weeks? No fucking way. I mean, it wasn't, but it sort of was. In any case, I personally have been
Food Choices, Job Departures, and Arrival in Maine
Now, where were we? At last we spoke, I was busy pillaging my closets, raiding REI, and ordering on Amazon in an attempt to assemble a
Gear Accumulation: Digging Through the Closet
Departure Month is Here! Despite starting this blog, putting in my notice at work, and telling everyone I've ever met my thru-hiking plans in hopes
On Gear: A Thru-Hike Prep Existential Dilemma
To Find Out: Can We Hack It? In Walden, Thoreau writes: "Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his