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Tag: appalachian trail

Posted on September 3, 2022October 8, 2022

Katahdin and the Knife Edge via the Cathedral Trail

August 6, 2022

An early start

I set off from my campsite around 4:30 am. The beam of my headlamp produced a glowing cone of refracted light as it passed through the thick, foggy air. I signed the trail register at the ranger station. And then I began my trek towards Katahdin.

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Posted on August 19, 2022August 23, 2022

High Point, New Jersey

August 1, 2022

A short journey on the Appalachian Trail

I arrived near High Point, New Jersey, on a rainy Monday in August. This hike would mark the first of seven northeast high points on my summer road trip. I parked alongside a quiet county road just a quarter mile south of the New York border.

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