morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2005-06-01
From: lamberts meadow shelter

To: daleville
Miles today: 9.4
Weather: scattered clouds

got up 6:00 and started hiking with vapors. vapors has no common sense when he wakes up in the morning. he just starts talking normal voice and fires up his stove which woke people up 100 yards away. soon I was out front and then crazylegs passed me so I got into town second. first I went to the outfitter and bought new boots and a cple other things started walking towards the pizza hut and phoenix and crazy legs were already in there. so I went in and split a pizza with hot crotch (another trail angel that is like following us up the trail) he quit the trail in damascus which is where I started. staying at the howard johnson across the street from where the trail crosses the road went to the country kitchen ayce ( all you can eat).   was pretty good I just wasnt really that hungry some of the guys tommorrow are slackpacking   ( hiking backwards without your pack). so they can cover more miles faster. phoenix is going to drop them off called my parents , jason, and rachel,   went to bed about 11.
Date: 2005-06-03
From: daleville

To: daleville
Miles today: 21.6
Weather: overcast clouds

hiked from bearwallow gap to daleville today. had packs on but didnt have stove or sleeping bags or my hammock. so we hiked about 22 miles in about 8 hrs had my new boots on. me proffesor and low bridge hiked together for about 6 hrs. would have seen a lot of nice views but there was a lot of fog thigh hurt pretty bad by the end of the day. so I slowed down a little bit. got back to the hotel and cooked brats and had potato salad and chicken salad.   got all my stuff togther so we could leave in the morning..... yeah I know i have been staying in hotels a lot but I would like to see some of you out here doing this with me., and see how your body and feet hurt.
Date: 2005-06-04
From: bearwallow gap

To: cornelius shelter
Miles today: 15.2
Weather: overcast clouds

woke up at 7 got all stuff packed up. went to the country kitchen buffet for breakfast. it was very good. got dropped off at bear wallow gap and started hiking with proffessor. got to cove mtn shelter and dandylion and a few others were there. pushed on to the va 614 crossing where the jenninngs creek crosses. there is a swimming hole there so that was nice. I chose not to get all wet but I soaked my feet and washed my hair. hiked up to bryant ridge shelter. It is the biggest shelter on the whole AT It has 3 floors, plus a covered porch. It is a very nice shelter. after bryant ridge there was a 4 mile uphill of 2200 ft. did it between 4 and 7 at night so it was not real hot but still sweated about a liter of water prolly. got to cornelius shelter and snowman was there he is from whales and his two sons and wife have been hiking with him for 2 weeks then dandylion showed up which he is also from england so it was funny hearing all the england accents all night. slept deccent in my hammock. had a fire going too, so the bugs wasnt too bad.
Date: 2005-06-05
From: cornelius shelter

To: rocky row run bridge
Miles today: 20.1

woke up 6 was talking with stewey who started from springer mtn GA on may 1 so he has walked 750 miles in like 34 days. that is insane miles to be doing every day. avg about 23 miles a day he is.   left the shelter feeling good didnt hurt too awful bad,   popped some blisters before I left. caught up to tiny dancer talked with him for a little while. went under this big rock that was suspended in the air by some other rocks its called the guillotine, reminded me of Aaron Ralston who got his arm stuck between a rock like that when it fell on him, I read the book and so should you.   saw some tourists at a overlook place off the blue ridge pkway. who had never heard of the AT or people hiking pretty much for that matter. got to thunder hill shelter and was going to have lunch but the flys and bees were horrible so I kept going, stopped at a spring to get water and had lucnh there some slackpackers passed me almost running down the trail. got to matts creek shelter after a big up then down so I was drenched with sweat and out of water. so I filled up and washed my shirt and hair. then saw a rattlesnake behind the shelter. went across the james riber which has the longest pedestrian only bridge that we cross on the AT. got to the road and a cple older people offered to take us into town. so we had a quick shower and ate then got more food for the trail. I picked up a 12 pk of beer cause we were going back to the trtail and was camping with some friends so got to the campsite at 9:30 and woke the other guys up and made them come out and drink with us. set up my hammock up and went to sleep. sweating in my sleep last night it was so hot!!
Date: 2005-06-06
From: rocky row run bridge

To: little irish creek
Miles today: 14.7

day 23 on the trail.woke up at 7 didnt leave the campsite till 8:30 played around with my blister a little bit more. headed out to the next shelter 1 1/2 miles up the trail. sat there for a bout 2 hours updating my journal gettting water talking with tapper about his infections he was in the hospital for.   saw professor, crazy legs and bridge. they decided to slack pack today. hiked alone most of the day. sweating buckets going uphill drank 2 liters of water in about 1 hr. got to the top passed cricket and litmass on the way up. sat with wilderness bob and steppenwolf on this view and dried out our clothes and just relaxed. headed out and passed a section hiker who wanted to take my picture. got up to bluff mtn and went down and took my supper break at punchbowl shelter.   almost rained but it didnt. decided to hike a little more so I pushed for little irish creek. got there did 4 miles in about 70 mins set up my hammock in the dark. talked with the guys a little bit. 7 liters of water drank today, very tough day horrible pain coming up those hills
Date: 2005-06-07
From: little irish creek

To: seeley woodworth shelter
Miles today: 20.5
Weather: overcast clouds

wow 8 liters of water drank today.   very hard 20.5 miles today. hiked with dandylion all day. stopped at brown mtn shelter for water and to sign the register. hiked up to the road crossing and took a break with dandylion. took several breaks before reaching balk knob. 3000 ft up really sucks in 2 1/2 mile puring buckets of sweat again. got to the top and was upset there was no views from there so we went onto cold mtn and had lunch, had wheat tortillas with cheddar cheese and pepporonis. had 3 of em it was really good . got to a forest service road where there was a spose to be a spring but it was like .4 miles off the trail so that walk sucked. I gave some extra water to dandylion so he didnt have to walk all the way down there.   actually had service on my cell phone in this gap so I called my mom and rachel then cheeked my 16 voice mails, all from rachel, Can't tell were in love can you??   I really do appreciate her calling and leaving me messages though. hiked another 7 mile to the shelter took 2 breaks in between, to eat and one to get more water had box mac + cheese for supper without the milk and butter it wasnt too bad. debated whether or not to have 2 boxes or just one. 4 thru hikers and 1 section hiker here tonight gonna try 25 miles tommorrow. went to bed last.   dont really feel too tired but man o man do my feet hurt. hopefully I will find a cheap watch in waynesboror so I dont have to ask everyone what time it is. goodnight my journal readers
Date: 2005-06-08
From: seeley woodworth shelter

To: rustys hard time hollow
Miles today: 20.5
Weather: few clouds

woke up at 6 and left by 7. walked with wilderness bob and dandylion. got to the priest shelter and took a break with them. then took off over the priest mtn which wasnt too hard. the 4 mile downhill off the priest which sucks going downhill that much. got to the bottom and there was trail magic so we got a lemonade and then freedom came and had watermelon and chips for us. I cooked mac and cheese again for lunch.   and soaked my feet in the tye river while I ate. pushed on to the 4 mile uphill whichs was really hard at the top. got half way up and there was a shelter. stopped to take a break and got more water. got to the top of three ridges mtn, some parts of this climb were almost vertical climbin. got to maupin shelter and decided to wlak another 3 miles to a hostel down the road. walked there with papa razzi, gypsie lu lu, tougue, apple pie. got there and this place kinda gave us the creeps. its like a rednexk place with sings everwhere. pics , old boots hanging around, old antiques everywhere. this guy owns 19 acres and is currently trying to sell it for $495,000 and pretty much none of the buildings are liveable.   but the land is on the blue ridge pkwy. we ate hot dogs candy and had some po p. we had ice cream about 10:30 and rusty took our pictures. I went to bed then cause actually I had a 23 mile day but 20.5 only counts.
Date: 2005-06-09
From: rustys hard time hollow

To: waynesboro
Miles today: 21.1
Weather: light rain

woke up 5:30 after about 5 1/2 hrs of sleep.   rusty has about 50 roosters ,   so we didnt really have a choice. me and wilderness bob got going before 6:30. got back up to the trail and I hike faster then bob so I wost him., crossed the blue ridge pkwy 2 times hiked with indy for awhile. came up on two kindergarden teachers who were brining their class up where we was on the trail. about 1/2 mile further we had to climb these rocks and actually pull ourselves up , so on one of them I pulled myself up and when I stood up there was a rock ledge with a 2 1/2 ft rattle snake on it and my head was like 10 inches away from his head. so again I got scared by a snake. then it started raining all is well in virginia. came up on indy and he was talking to this guy that looked like albert einstein and he wasnt in too good of shape. he gave me and indy a orange so we was happy. went along climbed over humpback mtn shich was very easy. then descended 2000 ft to the shelter. serenity, gozar, loose goose, dandylion, and indy were there. talked with them for a few mins then started the last 5 miles to town got to town same time serenity did. she went into the information center right there and they have a list of trail angels that will give you a ride into town. so I got a ride to the quality inn and met up with crazy legs phoenix and hot crotch. went out to eat with them. went back to the room took a shower and passed out I was sooooo tired
Date: 2005-06-10
From: waynesboro

To: waynesboro
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: light rain

woke up 7:30 went ate. updated my journals. went to laundry mat, library, post office, skipped lunch, went to this mexican place for supper just like fiesta mexicana in lancaster, for a little while I thought I was back home, me and jason love to go there cause its one of our favorite places to go and just hang out, but then I remembered that I was in virginia. not much happens on a zero day.
Date: 2005-06-11
From: waynesboro

To: calf mtn shelter
Miles today: 7.0
Weather: overcast clouds

woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. went to the post office again, the letter my mom sent me didnt come in, I had them forward it to front royal. went back to the hotel and packed up my stuff. Hot Crotch offered to take some of us to the trail head at noon. It really sucks leaving town cause I know I can afford another day off. got to the trail and had to sign into the shenandoah national park with a register ticket thing. only a 7 mile day today so was not tired at all. passed 3 section hikers who each was carrying way too much gear. they all 3 had like 60 lb packs. got to the shelter about 4, met cuppa joe and clearwater was there too. Lot of people in the shelter tonight about 10 of us and a lot of people camping in their tents too. cuppa joe had the idea of reading a book aloud through the shenandoah's. They were reading the Hobbit. I participated in reading like 8 pages. I have read the first two books of the lord of the rings but never read the hobbit. went to bed about 11.
Date: 2005-06-12
From: calf mtn shelter

To: blackrock Hut
Miles today: 13.0
Weather: broken clouds

We cross Skyline Drive about 33 times throughout the shannie's . woke up about 6:30 and started hiking by 7:30. was hiking with cuppa joe and clearwater for awhile. took a lot of breaks throughout the day with everyone that was at the shelter last night. cuppa joe, clearwater, gypsie lu lu, took, sketch, the garland 5 were all the people we was taking breaks with. got to the shelter, pretty uneventfull day. the little boy of the garland 5, zing came running into the shelter saying he had just seen a bear 100 yrds before the shelter. slept in my hammock tonight cause my shoulders hurt from sleeping in the shelter last night, read the hobbit then went to bed. Low bridge came in late from doing a 20 mile day from waynesboro. went to bed about 10.
Date: 2005-06-13
From: blackrock Hut

To: pinefield hut
Miles today: 13.2
Weather: overcast clouds

woke up about 7 and started hiking to the loft mtn campground, got to the campground and took a shower for $1. got some milk and ice cream from the store. me and sketch walked a mile down to the restaurant and got some food for lunch. prices are like disney land here. cost me $7.50 for a cheeseburger fries and a coke. got a ride back up to the campground and sat around and talked to everyone that was there. played hackie sack with walrus, low bridge, dirty, and elf, then crazy legs came up and joined us. walked the last 6 miles to the shelter, professor caught up to us too so I got to see him, which I hadnt seen for a couple days. vapors and turbo joe showed up too. about 16 people at the shelter. when we got there phoenix and peanut was there and we walked .2 out to skyline drive to her car and I bought some fuel off of her for my stove and she gave us a pop and some chips to take back to the shelter. listened to the hobbit while I cooked my supper and then slept in my hammock again. there was a nice size buck deer head in the firepit that someone had found I guess in the woods. today is day 30 out on the trail, I had mac and cheese for supper.
Date: 2005-06-14
From: pinefield hut

To: bearfence hut
Miles today: 20.6

walked alone all day listening to my mp3 player. left the shelter about 8, slept very well in my hammock last night. started hiking with these two section hikers mouse and chip, they are 17 and 16 yrs old. nice kids, they wanna do the whole trail some time. came up on took and vapors taking a break out on a overlook, so I stopped for a few mins. pushed on to the next shelter, stopped in there for water and a snack, saw dirty, elf and clearwater there. then mouse and chip came in. stayed there for 20 mins then pushed on up the trail. came up on took and vapors again on a different overlook so I stopped again and took my boots off and let my feet air out and put a different pair of socks on. that was on hightop mtn and the view was really nice. hiked alone the rest of the way to the next shelter. but first there was another campground like .7 before the shelter so I stopped in there and bought some ice cream and some drinks and sat on the front porch and called my mom and rachel from a pay phone. got to the shelter and cooked dinner and set up my hammock beside crazy legs and walrus. listenend to the hobbit again but we didnt read very much cause we were all pretty tired from the long day. went to bed about 9:30 that night. had some mexican rice and some chicken in it in tortillas that night, was really good after a long day
Date: 2005-06-15
From: bearfence hut

To: rock spring hut
Miles today: 11.5
Weather: scattered clouds

day 32 on the trail. woke up at about 6 and started packing stuff up. me and walrus was headed down to get water when there was a bear right in trail we was headed down. so we both got our cameras and followed the bear down towards the shelter. I got a couple nice pics of the bear and there was like 10 of us watching it walk around. Sketch had left a beer in the spring to stay cool, the bear went to the spring grabbed the beer and took a bite into it and drank all the beer. was really funny cause the bear had the beer in his mouth and raised his head back like he had done it a thousand times. which im sure he has done it a lot. then the bear climbed up this tree that was leaning over and I got a nice pic of him coming down it. packed up my stuff and headed out towards the next shelter. I hiked with walrus and crazy legs all morning untill we got to big meadows campground and lodge. we went up to the restaurant and got some food and got a free blackberry milkshake cause the waittress didnt put it on the bill. then we stayed there for like 4 hours playing hackie sack and just sitting around talking to everyone. Dirty's parents had come in there to spend a couple nights with her so they took us back to the trail head and me sketch, low bridge, and vapors hiked towards the rock spring hut. cooked supper and played hackie sack with low bridge, sketch, and vapors for like 3 hours, didnt listen to the hobbit reading tonight just didnt feel like it. I found out what happened what I missed. went to bed in my hammock and slept pretty good, was spose to rain but it didnt.
Date: 2005-06-16
From: rock spring hut

To: elkwallow gap
Miles today: 22.7

I think this is my biggest day so far. day 33 on the trail. I was still like 43 miles outside of front royal and I had to be there tommorrow night cause my parents were coming down to see me. so I started hiking alone and listened to my mp3 player some. passed a lot of tourists out hiking. hiked about 4 miles and come up on another restaurant and had breakfast with clearwater. I got coffee and pancakes with blackberry syrup. It was sooooooooo good. left there and kept hiking alone, passed cuppa joe finally at this tourist place that was closed for remoldeling, so I kept going onto the shelter and cooked supper by myself and got more water and headed on to do some more miles. knew I was gonna miss the hobbit reading tonight and tomorrow so I asked cuppa joe if I could borrow the book next week and he said sure. so I hiked an extra 7 miles to elkwallow gap and went up to the tourist place and called the motel in front royal to make reservations for the weekend then called my parents to tell them where we were staying. went back out into the woods and set up my hammock and went to sleep about 8:30 so I could wake up early and get going.
Date: 2005-06-17
From: elkwallow gap

To: front royal
Miles today: 19.1
Weather: scattered clouds

ohh ahh eww ouch was my reaction when I started hiking friday morning, wow did my feet hurt. my feet usually always hurt actually but I dont think I have ever said that in my journals. the rest of my body feels fine cause I am finally getting used to it but my feet are just taking a lot of abuse. started hiking fast even though my feet hurt and after I had gone about 5 miles I came to this nice level section so I was walking about 3 miles an hour and then whammmmmm two bear cubs shot up a tree beside the trail and the bigg bigg mamma bear stood on her hind legs growling at me like she wanted to make me lunch. so I backed away slowly cause I was real close to her like 15 feet when I saw her. luckily I wasnt listening to my mp3 player and I could hear her. so I waited 15 mins to see if the bears would leave but they didnt so I had to walk back to the last road crossing and walk the road for 1 mile and then walk back the trail so I could hike what I missed. there was a shelter right there so I stopped in there and saw two section hikers who said my eyes were as big as apples so I explained what had happened and then got more water and headed for front royal. got up to the parking area and those two section hikers offered me food so I took a apple and then saw jackaroo and japanese guy who was hiking south so I told him about the bears and warned him to be careful. passed a lot of section hikers coming down a mtn and told me it was really steep and told me to be careful, so I headed up and when I got to the top I said that was it? so I stopped and took a break and then headed on down the trail, hoping someone would catch up to me so I wouldnt have to hike alone but no one did. finally got out of the shannnies and then got to the tom floyd shelter. hikerx05 was there who is just doing a section hike and I can remember him from some of his journal entries that I have read in the shelters. he made a fake entrie into the journal at that shelter about some 18 yr old girl who just turned 18 and how she is lonely and she is hiking north a cple weeks and wants some guys to catch her, I wont tell you what name he gave her but I thought it was funny and read it to him then he told me that he did it and I told him I didnt believe it anyways. LOL so I left that shelter and had only 3 miles to get to front royal, trail was not maintained very well and was walking through 4 ft high fields, got to the road and there was two section hikers there from ohio so I talked with them then the one kids dad pulls up and they ask me if I need a ride into town so I said sure. got to the super 8 motel and checked in called my parents and they said they were 3 hours away so I took a shower, and just laid around for 3 hours.   they got here and I saw them both after not seeing them for 33 days I think thats the longest I have ever went without seeing them. Uhgg is in the same hotel and he joined us for supper at the chinesse place down the road. went back to the hotel and I went to sleep at like 9:30 cause I was sooo tired. its great to be in a hotel again
Date: 2005-06-18
From: front royal

To: front royal
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: overcast clouds

took another zero today cause my parents were down to see me. had lunch at this pizza place it was good. then went to the visitor center and saw sketch there so we talked to him for 30 mins. we went and drove down skyline drive for about 25 miles and me and dad walked down to one of the shelters about 1/2 miles away. it was the spot where I had seen those bear. I talked with some people back in town and they said those bears were there like 12 hours later so everyone had to yellow blaze around them. ate supper at a steakhouse close to the hotel then went to bed by 11
Date: 2005-06-19
From: front royal

To: dicks dome shelter
Miles today: 15.1
Weather: broken clouds

woke up about 8, planned to go to church at 8:30 but we didnt make it. had breakfast at the hotel. got my stuff packed up and left hotel. went to a flea market for an hour saw some nice albums (records) that jason might like but didnt really know which ones he already had. mcdonalds for lunch, then headed to the trail head. hugged mom and dad goodbye then took off into the woods. for about 2 miles we followed this fence of a zoo type thing where they have rare and endangered animals and a lot of exotic birds. I didnt see anything exotic, rare, or endangered, I was at least hoping to see a couple elephants, giraffees (sp) or even maybe a polar bear, LOL. ohh well. hike was very easy today, or maybe Im just finally getting in really good shape. came upon hikerx05 and there was a picnic table with a mulberry tree right over it. I ate a couple but I guess I just dont like them. x05 was eating them by the handfull. filled water at the creek then headed on. did 2 1/2 miles in 45 mins and even gained 800 ft of elevation. got to manasses gap shelter and there was a rattlesnake in it so I didnt stay too long. got to dicks dome shelter and it really is a round shelter Just like a round horse barn at the fairgrounds but it only sleeps 4 so its pretty small. did 15 miles today in about 5 1/2 hrs. the terrain here is so easy. cooked chicken and croccoli liptons and then set up my hammock. soaked my feet for 10 mns in the creek then went to bed by 9. 8 of us at the shelter free, cournal mustard, josh, adam, and 3 other people I didnt catch there names. easy day, hit my 500 mark today in 36 days with taken like 5 zeros so I think thatts pretty darn good.