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  • Appalachian Trail 2017
    • AT Blog Posts
      • Prelude – by Sarah
      • Blessings
      • Staging
      • Fond Farewell – from Helen
      • Moments versus Miles
      • Our First Storm, by Jay
      • Firebuilding
      • Choose Life
      • Romantic Breakfast?
      • Why?
      • Enjoying Residents
      • Waiting out the Storm, by Jay
      • Orange Blazing?
      • Through (After) the Storm
      • It’s hard to leave a trail town…
      • Monday Morning Routine
      • Can’t see the forest for the trees…
      • Cracked Clavicle
      • How to Heal a Cracked Clavicle?
      • On the Trail Again!
      • Spring!
      • Persistent or Pig-headed?
      • Cloud Kissed
      • How to Hike with a Cracked Clavicle
      • A Bit of Silly
      • Gambling with Water!
      • “Shortcut”
      • Blackberry Winter
      • Housekeeping
      • Come Walk with Me
      • Hiker Chat
      • Measuring the Days
      • It can happen in an instant…
      • Eavesdropping
      • Protecting Food
      • A Series of Moments
      • The Half-gallon Challenge
      • Shaking the Mile Monkey
      • Katahdin!
      • Southbound …
      • The Real Heroes
      • Each Day is Something New
      • I May Only Walk This Way Once …
      • Timing is Everything
      • Time Stands Still in the Mahoosuc Notch
      • Now is All the Time There Is
      • Misery on Mt. Madison
      • Whimsy in the White Mountains
      • Fashion versus Function
      • SOBO Meets NOBO
      • You’re not really backpacking!
      • Southbound Moments
      • Lost!
      • The Sting!
      • The Heat Is On
      • Day Hikers – by Jay
      • New York City
      • Trying Terrain
      • Stairway to Heaven
      • Yes, it does rain…
      • Grey Beard
      • Delaware Water Gap
      • Day Hikers – by Jay
      • Poison Ivy, Poison Oak
      • Lehigh Gap
      • Hiker Fun
      • Peters Mountain
      • Still Southbound …
      • Duncannon
      • A Change of Plans
      • Cumberland Valley
      • Halloween on the A.T.
      • The End of Our Epic Trek
      • Afterword
    • What we are doing differently this time?
      • Photos
        • Springer Mt., GA to Newfound Gap, TN/NC
        • Newfound Gap, TN/NC to Erwin, TN
        • Erwin, TN to Marion, VA
        • Marion, VA to Pearisburg, VA
        • Pearisburg, VA to Daleville, VA
        • Waynesboro, VA to Front Royal, VA
        • Front Royal, VA to Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA
        • Katahdin, ME to Monson, ME
        • Daleville, VA to Waynesboro, VA.
        • Monson, ME to Manchester Center, MA
        • Manchester Center, MA to Fort Montgomery, NY
    • Mileages
    • Equipment
      • Equipment – Sarah
      • Equipment – Jay
    • Trail Angels
    • Lodgings
      • Top of Georgia Hostel and Hiking Center
      • Hostel at Laughing Heart Lodge
      • Cantarroso Farm and Apiary
      • Doe River Rest and Hostel
      • Black Bear Resort
  • Appalachian Trail 2011
    • Rants, Exaggerations, and Lies from 2011
      • Water in Georgia
      • Sarah (aka CatTails) joins me during spring break
      • Setting a Pace
      • Thunder and Lightning
      • Snow White Syndrome
      • Resupplying
      • All I Want is a Room Somewhere
      • The Generation Gap
      • Trail Names
      • Meeting Sobos
      • Psychological Nuisances
      • Psychosomatic Time Warps
      • Your Winged Constituency
      • The Whites
      • Trail Magic
      • Rain Rain Go Away
      • State Impressions
      • What’s it Like?
      • Near Misses
    • Thru-hiker Survey 2011
  • PCT 2018
    • Purge
    • Pilgrimage
    • Priorities
    • This Is No Desert!
    • Betwixt and Between
    • Now THIS Is Desert!
    • Eagle Rocks
    • Easter Morning and Beyond
    • Many Ways to Scale the San Jacintos
    • Encounter on Whitewater River
    • Deep Creek
    • Wind Shy
    • Only 28 Miles…
    • Agua Dulce and Vasquez Rocks
    • Westward with the Silver Moccasin
    • They’re fast, and they’re deadly!
    • The Hike Continues
    • Unplanned
    • Contentment
    • Walking on Water
    • In Which I Meet Two Followers
    • Hiking Through a Rainbow
    • Lizards and Birdies and Wind, Oh My!
    • On to Walker Pass
    • Taking Time to Smell the Roses
    • Opulence to Austerity, or, A Tumble Down Maslow’s Hierarchy
    • A Tactile Smorgasbord
    • It’s a fine line between discomfort and danger…
    • From Snow and Skeeters to Ticks and Toxins
    • A Touch of Whimsy
    • Slow Motion Ramble
    • Slackpack!
    • Ashland! (aka, a week with Kitty)
    • Mosquitoes!
    • Crater Lake
    • From Mountains to Anthills
    • More Mosquito Mayhem!
    • A Dramatic Point of Re-entry
    • Swinging on the Gate
    • Berry Buffet
    • Forest Primeval
    • The Magic Table
    • Of Pipsissewa, Pinedrops, and Pink Polkadot Pussypaws
    • Tenacity
    • Creeks and Berries
    • Things That Go Whump in the Night!
    • Seattle Sojourn – Part 1
    • Seattle Sojourn – Part 2
    • Living in Limbo
    • Seattle Wildlife
  • Camino de Santiago
    • A New Adventure Dawns
    • Into the Pyrenees!
    • Over the Pyrenees!
    • Vocabulary Lesson and Decisions
    • The Rain in Spain…
    • Sunshine!
    • Bridges
    • Reality or Movie Set?
    • Pilgrim Perspective
    • Finding Our Way
    • Bells and Voices!
    • Invitation!
    • Dawn to (way past) Dusk
    • Burgos
    • Madrid
    • León, Begin Again
    • Conversations from the Edge
    • Blustery Days
    • El Bierzo
    • The Route Less Traveled
    • Castillo de Sarracín
    • Pilgrim Philosophy
    • Unexpected Encounters

Rants, Exaggerations, and Lies from 2011

These are essays Jay wrote during and after his 2011 A.T. thru-hike.

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