It honestly may be the greatest party in the world. I remember it vividly. Its purpose is to support the annual crop of thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It is always the last weekend in April. This year that will be April 27-29. The Kickoff is famous for two things. The first is FOOD. The ex-thru-hikers feed the current year’s class like stuffed pigs. Better yet, nobody has to feel guilty because they will be quickly working...

PCTNews Scott Williamson sets a new PCT speed record today of 64 days 11 hours and 19 minutes. Wall Photos . LikeUnlike · · Share · 9 hours ago · Shared with: Public.28 people like this.. View all 13 shares.Warren Doyle Congrats from the AT. I’m intrigued about the motivation behind an individual shortening a record that was co-held two different times with two different people. Would love to see all three on a panel discussion. 24...

Hurricane Irene Closing Down Parts of the Appalachian Trailblissfulhiking.blogspot.com – 8/26/11 14:00 Just saw on White Blaze that Hurricane Irene is closing down the trail. The White Mountain Natonal Forest is closing the entire trail system and so is the AMC huts and other shelter a…

Even though it was not a holy year, The Camino had another great year. Pilgrims from around the world traversed the European continent on the way to Santiago de Compostela. The Camino, of course, is one of the three great Christian pilgrimages (the other two to Jerusalem and Rome). The Germans were probably best represented of all the nationalities. This is because of the popular book on the Camino by famous comedian, Hape Kerkeling. The French...

The 25th annual Trail Days Festival in Damascus was another huge success. Honestly, the Great Recession doesn’t seem to have even touched the Appalachian Trail. The Pacific Crest Trail reports the same thing. Hey, we Americans have our priorities in order after all. There were some incredible innovations amongst vendors, from candle-making to disappearing tattoes, to finely-carved hiking poles. Better yet, most vendors appeared to do...

Surely, many of you are wondering how the Appalachian Trail hikers fared in last night's epic storm. Hopefully, everybody is intact and can tell us at Trail Days about it.