A Summer on the Appalachian Trail [2023] 

Wow! Thank you everyone for 100,000+ views! I have never achieved this milestone on a video before! Blown away by all the love and support! And to all those who asked why I was wearing the fruit dress, see below: As I mentioned briefly in the credits, my friend Matt traded for the fruit dress on the PCT in 2019 and walked a few hundred miles in it. My friend Noé hiked the 200 mile Sierra High Route in the fruit dress in 2021. I planned to hike the first few hundred miles of the AT in it and pass it off to someone else or send it home. But, it was too fun to hike in! I felt stylish, it was a good conversation starter, and looking down at the fruit helped break up the monotony of the trail sometimes. On rainy days I couldn't wear it because it is cotton, but on hot and humid days, wearing just the fruit dress and pants provided excellent ventilation. I met someone who was hiking the trail barefoot, and heard of someone who hiked the trail with a leafblower. Since they pulled off those much more difficult feats, I decided I could carry a few extra ounces and hike the whole trail in a fruit dress. I have gotten a lot of hateful comments about it on here, but received nothing but compliments on trail. I guess that's the difference between the AT and the internet.... Keep the AT weird! -Mugwort

Hands down one of my favorite AT thru-hike documentary. Crazy how a two second clip from a obscure corner of the trail can bring back memories from years ago. You made me relive a bit of my own thru-hike and I am grateful for it.

Curious about your smock. It's over a polo and shorts.. Sonim curious if it serves a purpose.. like pockets perhaps? Or is just something you enjoy wearing? Awesome job on the hike and the Video! Amazing work!

Is that a apron? And why? Lol.. awesome regardless.. loved the video! I live near the North Eastern part and think of just getting on and walking south to Georgia regularly. Good work my friend 👊

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us.

I’m originally from Ocean City, MD and live in OK now. My dad used to hike the AT when I was younger. I’d go on practice hikes but he’d never let me go on the real hike ‘cause I’m a girl. That was back in the early 80’s. My brother has been several times, hiking parts here and there over the years. My husband and I have hiked recently in Arkansas, TX, OK, MO, CO, and after watching your video, I’m moved to tears. I vow that we will go back “home” and hike the AT one day. Thank you for capturing your trip on video for the rest of us.

Congratulations to you for an incredible achievement! I dont know you but I am very proud of you! I am 75 years old and I cant hike anymore because of my back. It was wonderful to see the scenery and go along with you!

This was incredible! So inspiring. I feel like you’ve captured the AT in a way I’ve never seen before in other videos. Thank you so much for sharing.

I’m Bird’s Uncle. Thank you SO much for sharing this, and giving us a glimpse into what they went through. Congratulations!!

Wonderful video. Wonderful story. And what a great accomplishment. Congrats.

Great vid, maybe the best trail vid I've ever seen. Thanx.

Well done - what an epic adventure. We’ve hiked the smokies and jumped onto the AT for a very short portion near Clingmans Dome…would love to have the ability to thru hike the entire AT. Your cinematography is stunning, beautiful, and inspirational. Great music throughout as well. Thank you for sharing.

What a journey! You are such a champ for pushing through despite the double lime. The bit where you mentioned that the trail was broken into thirds - 1/3 physical, 1/3 mental, and 1/3 spiritual was beautiful. Congrats on your hike!

thank you for this!

Loved watching it! If a picture is worth a thousand words this videos is worth millions :)

I am planning a AT thru hike with a buddy of mine. Thanks for posting this.

Mugwort, you have done an amazing job. Beautiful footage, great narration and the perfect soundtrack. Congratulations!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Wonderful to have met you towards the end.

Superb 👏, I’ve been sectioning for past 12 years….. finishing at Katahdin next year 😊

Wow Dude Super Congrats !!!! You made me cry like a baby when you got to the summit of Katahdin. You (and everyone else who has ever completed the entire AT hike) has my ultimate respect

Incredible, YOU are such a breath of fresh air!

Good for you, young man! I know you're a better person in many ways for having walked the AT. Thank you for sharing your journey of the AT and life on it with all of us.

This is a fantastic video. I summited on 9/22 and it brings back many memories; some wonderful and some bittersweet. Crazy, though, to see a two-second clip and immediately recognize where you were standing when you filmed it. Thanks for sharing! Hope to see you out there someday. Edit: and as a fellow juggler, maybe we'll be able to do a few passes.

Thanks for filming and sharing. I live in the CA Sierra and was so bummed about 2023 snow, (tho glad it prevented more fire devastation) that I went out to Virginia in May. I went to Trail Days and backpacked a mere 20 or so miles of the AT. The rest was on the Creeper Trails to make a loop to get back. Well, I fell in love. The trail, the people,everything. I’ll be back!

118 days is really fast ! well done Anthony!

Let's go big man! Hell of a hike! I'm excited to see what the fruit dress does next.

Beautiful and so inspiring, thanks for sharing it. P.S I LOVE that fruit apron thing you are wearing. =) It makes you look so original and cool.

One of the very best trail videos I have seen! What an awesome journey.

Awesome journey, congrats on making it through! And thanks for putting this together, it's inspiring for us (hopeful) future hikers.

Mugwort, thank you so much for creating this. I relived it all through your lens, and it was so beautiful. You are a beloved presence on trail. Thank you thank you thank you - Bob

Awesome journey! So good to see it all again ( I sobo’d in 2019 ) . Thank you for taking the extraordinary effort to document your journey so beautifully, for commenting on climate change, and leaving no trace. I appreciate you. I’m sure the journey continues and all the best.👊🏽

Incredible video of an incredible journey. Glad you made it thru Vermont safely during the floods this summer.

It was a pleasure meeting you this year Mugwort

Awesome, awesome, awesome video! The filming, editing, and soundtrack were all fantastic. This gave me a good sense of what it's like to be on the AT and excellent motivation for my AT thru-hike (tentatively planned for 2026!). Congrats and thank you for sharing your adventure with us!

Cant wait to watch! Thank you

Such an excellent video, quite inspiring, thank you ! 🙏

Thank you for making this compilation video. Well done!

Awesome!!!

Loved this!

This was so awesome thank you for sharing

Thank you , I forgot how much I missed the trail, my tramily and the community. GA 2 ME , hard times , great times and the best 169 days of my life. You captured the beauty better than anyone I have watched in this hour long documentary and I thank you for it. You were able to make me feel the trail again and I am grateful for that. Thank you for the trail magic you gave this class of 22 thru hiker.

Great video! You captured some really spectacular scenery and vistas. You must have been going at a pretty fair pace to complete the trip in only 4 months while getting Lyme Disease twice and having to stop. Not many hikers complete in four months even without those kind of setbacks.

This is such a moving video, thank you.

Excellent! Loved this so much.

Truly inspirational, thank you for sharing!

Very grateful for this video.

enjoyed the video and your travels. Beautiful

Definitely one of the best videos I've seen!!!!

Great video, thanks for sharing. Congrats 🎉

Wonderful scenery, thank you!

Thank you for the inspiring video! Great job!!

Thank you for sharing this beautiful treasure with us. You captured the magic of the trail perfectly

Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations! I enjoyed this

I met you the night before Unicoi. We all knew youd make it. Congratulations! Loved this video.

Whatup Mugwort? What I luv about your video is how your personality shined thru along with the trials and tribulations of a long & hard but lifelong rewarding journey all your hikes are. Kudos to you my friend and hope you have many more rewarding journeys ahead🙏. Leave no trace...

This is an absolutely fantastic video. It combines so much natural beauty, vistas and scenery, with really engaging, interesting commentary of your hike and experience, and people you met along the way. It was a real joy and enjoyment to watch - uplifting, visually sumptuous, mentally and spiritually positive. Thanks for sharing it.

Congrats! Well done vid; thanks for taking us along!

Great inspiring video. Well done young man. Thankyou 👍😊

A warrior for pushing through to the end. 🌻👣

Amazing video!!!!

I just found you Anthony! ;) You definitely are a gifted photographer and entertainer. ❤ Congratulations to you and all your new friends on finishing the APPALACHIAN TRAIL! I really enjoyed your music 🎶 selections and video. Absolutely beautiful views and excellent filming ❤ Best wishes to you all on whatever you choose to do in life. 🙏 ❤🎉 ✌ ;) Happy hiking

Well done . Inspirational.

Thank you for the video and letting me live vicariously thru your journey!

Well done and thank you for sharing your journey.

I watched this because I felt like hiking with you on the trail. Thank you for allowing me to tag along.

Just finished watching your video!! Loved it!!! Great adventure you had!! Im hoping one day I will do it!! Thank you for sharing your adventure!!

Great video!! Awesome to see all the people. Didn’t get supersoakers contact information and so great seeing his smile captured in your video. Great people ❤

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful adventure! I completed a section hike of the AT about a half dozen years ago and I could still recognize many locations in your video. Many sincere thanks!

Thoroughly enjoyed.this beautiful video of your amazing journey!! Great videography Great narration Great music Thank you for sharing your adventure with us!

Simply beautiful mate ..... Well done on overcoming and getting to the finish

This documentary was the truest to my own thru hike...Watching it brings back all the emotions and amazing memories. Thanks so much for putting this out into the world. Happy Trails! - Shelter Dog '18

Thank you for sharing your incredible adventure

Helluva journey brother thanks for sharing

This was great entertainment.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I believe you showed the true essence of what a thru hike is like.

Well done, Congratulations!! Thanks for the cool videography!!

One of the very best AT vlogs I've seen. You're a thru hiker! Congratulations.

Pretty nice movie, really mouth watering to me 😅

I truly felt the heart and passion that you put into this video. So inspiring and beautiful. God bless you for sharing your journey of the AT with us, thank you. ❤

Great film! And it was fun to see Jackrabbit and Squalo again.

Congratulations! I love your video, the music etc makes exciting to see your video

Excellent photography, music and narration !!!

Excellent!

Congratulations on your amazing journey! I section hike for now full Trail in the works ! Thanks for the excellent video One of the best i have viewed

Amazing video. Congratulations on such an accomplishment.

Great video. Thank you for sharing. Congrats! Hope to meet you one day on Trail! Rock N Roll

Wonderful! Very nicely-prepared Video of this journey. Thank You for sharing this with the World! Wishing you many safe travels and awesome adventures ahead!

Loved walking with this video. Thanks for creating and posting.

Great video, man! Made me tear up at the end. Hope all is well with you.

A great trail docu, but dude what´s up with the yellow dress?

Talking with you on the Amtrak train back to southern California was a treat. Not sure if you remember me but I just finished the PCT. So cool that I was able to find this video. 😄 -Hero

Beautiful everything!

Beautiful video !!!

Well done! Congratulations! I grew up hiking the Long Trail and have hiked many portions of the AT over the years, having lived in VA, MD, PA, MA, CT and my native VT. Many times I have dreamed of doing a through hike and it was fun joining you and your trail-friends on yours.

This is an awesome movie! I am planning to hike the AT next year, and watching this gave me so much inspiration!

Very Healing video. 🍁 Thank you...☀️🌴

You captured NH in all its glory..... spectacular footage...❤

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your journey. Your windswept hat and colorful garb remind me of the medieval pilgrims. I hope you're really well from the lime.

Hermoso video.❤