Day 2: our longest day yet

March 30, 2022AT mile 2.8 to 17.0Hiked today: 14.2 miles / 22.9 kmAT miles hiked to date: 17.0 We were pleased with our progress today. At 23km it is our longest day yet, which is not hard if you are on day 2! The morning was overcast and quite cool…

Day 1 –

Day 1 – March 29, 2022AT mile 0 to 2.8AT miles hiked to date: 2.8 We are finally on the AT! But first an update on the lead up. We had a good flight over – in fact so good we were 30 minutes ahead of schedule. But then we…

All systems go!

I am uploading this post as we sit on the tarmac at Sydney airport on our flight to LAX. Yes, we are finally on our way having satisfied all the Covid and immigration hurdles. Yesterday afternoon we went to Brisbane airport and had a PCR test. The queue was short…

The plan!

Welcome to our blog for our upcoming hike of the Appalachian Trail in the USA. For context, this is a long- distance trail, somewhat similar to the Pacific Crest Trail that we hiked in 2019, excepting that it is on the east side of the US rather than the west.…