Thank you for this gift. I am a 57 year-old man that can’t wait to be on the trail. I’m just a few years away and I’ll be making my way up to Springer Mountain. Peace.
So cool this vid found me. I started at Springer 4/22/05. I remember hearing about some of the characters hiking ahead via grapevine and shelter registers. Def the best thing I’ve ever done. Finished on 10/6/05, and found it really hard to readjust to normal life… Thanks for documenting your hike.
Thanks for taking the time to film and putting it on RU-vid where we can all enjoy it. Doesn’t look like much is changed other than the tech. Gramps AT21.
I did a week of backcountry hiking on the AT, but only inside of the Smoky Mountains National Park, and did that two years in a row 2002 and 2003. I need to get back out on the trail.
The stuff in NC/TN north of the Smokies is pretty sweet. If that’s close to home, i recommend the stretch from Erwin to Watauga Lake… Beauty Spot, Unaka, Roan Mtn, Carvers Gap, a bunch of balds, Laurel Gorge.
