morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2012-09-06
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Story Spring Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: broken clouds

Song Bird woke up at 5:30 while the guys slept in. Spook, myself and Big Foot were getting ready to leave when a section hiker and his son threw 2 gallon bags of food into the fire. (made us very angry) We hiked down the mountain to Route 9 to Bennington. We got some trail magic. (2 liter of Pepsi) We stopped and had a snack break at the river, got water and waited for Luke to catch up. We skipped rocks and waited for an hour and a half. We stopped at the Goddard Shelter and met a trail crew, had a snack and shared some laughs. We stopped at Kid Gore shelter and all met back up with the entire gang. Shelter had a great water source. There was a great view. We ended up stopping for the night at Story Spring Shelter. We started cooking dinner and a big rain storm hit, we just beat the rain. We met Moon walker and Last Hoorah. They were just section hiking, we shared a lot of laughs with them.
Date: 2012-09-07
From: Story Spring Shelter

To: Red Sled Hotel
Miles today: 0.0

Luke and Song Bird left first, I left second, Big Foot and Spook left last. The trail was real slippery and wet from the rain storm. We stopped at Stratton Pond Shelter for lunch and to get more water. We decided to hike to Manchester Center. It was a long day. We passed up going to William Douglas Shelter but did average 3 miles per hour. We hiked fast to get to Route 11. We just beat the dark and Song Bird got us a ride in less than 30 secs. Man dropped us off at the Sirloin Saloon. (Big Foot and I had 2 dinners) We got a free round of beer. Luke and I got ride into town, picked up some snacks. (ice cream and some beer) Everyone else walked to the Red Sled Hotel. We all laughed, joked around and watched TV, had some drinks and fell asleep. I slept on the floor, Big Foot and Luke shared a bed while Spook and Song Bird shared the other bed.
Date: 2012-09-08
From: Red Sled Hotel

To: Red Sled Hotel
Miles today: 0.0

We all woke up and showered. We packed up everything and checked out of the Hotel. We walked towards town to resupplyand stopped at a place for lunch. Then we got a ride into town. We gave the man a beer that we had left over and he offered us drugs. Resupplied at the Price Chopper and stopped at EMS for miscellaneous supplies. We did all our laundry. A storm hit us pretty hard and we were convinced to take a zero day. Bought beer and ice cream and snacks for the day. Got a ride back to the Red Sled Hotel and watched football all day and spend time hanging out and laughing. Went to dinner at the Sirloin Saloon again. Finished up all the beer we bought and watched TV before bed. (30 rock ¢ Watching his mouth haha) We all went to bed but Luke slept of the floor this time.
Date: 2012-09-09
From: Red Sled Hotel

To: Little Rock Pond Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

We all woke up and showered and then checked out of our Hotel. Spook, Song Bird and Luke hitched a ride back to the trail. Big foot and I rechecked the room to make sure we didn¢t forget anything. Big foot and I also hitched a ride with an Asian women. (every stereotype was true) The women gave us crackers and cucumbers. We hiked fast to try and catch everyone. We stopped at the Bromley Sky Lodge and had a snack and took pictures. We hiked up and down several mountains today, passed 4 shelters and stopped at the Little Rock Pond Shelter. I slipped and fell and cut my leg open. It was a very cold night, we all cooked dinner and went to bed. We lucked out and didn¢t have to pay.
Date: 2012-09-10
From: Little Rock Pond Shelter

To: Cooper Lodge
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: broken clouds

We all got up really early to ensure that we wouldn¢t have to pay the care taker. It was really cold out. We filled up our water from the pond. We ate lunch and got water at the Greenwall Shelter. It was freezing. This is the first time we noticed it was super cold. Luke got lost and took a side trail by accident. There was a detour but big Foot and I took the closed trail anyway. We stopped at the Governor Clement Shelter where there were people who already had a fire going. Big foot and I decided to continue on. Spook, Song bird and Luke stayed at that shelter. We climbed up Killington Peak and stayed at the Cooper Lodge. We saw two skunks while we were night hiking. We could see our breath it was so cold. We met four people that were already in Cooper Lodge. It was super cold and the stone lodge felt more like an ice shack. We cooked dinner and went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-11
From: Cooper Lodge

To: Gifford Woods State Park
Miles today: 0.0

Since we hiked further than Spook, Song Bird, and Luke, we slept in a little bit. I got up at the agreed upon time while Big Foot took forever to wake up and get ready. We ate breakfast, got ready, got water from an amazing spring. While we were leaving the rest of the gang rolled up and we all hiked down the mountain together. We all stopped at Churchill Scott Shelter for a quick snack while Big Foot continued on without us to meet his dad. We all hiked to the Sherburne Pass Trail where Luke went off by himself to get a drink and go to a hiker hotel while the rest of us hiked to Route 100 to meet Big Foot. We hitched a ride into Killington and got dropped off at the post office. The post office didn¢t have my package. We went to the deli next to the post office and waited for Big Foot's dad to get there. Big Foot's dad drove us all to Rutland for lunch and to stop at the EMS to get some cold gear. He also hit the curb which lead to some laughs. We all got two meals a piece and an appetizer. We stopped back at the deli in Killington and resupplied (Good Resupply) We all got lots of food. We stayed at the Gifford Woods State park and rented a shelter because our lunch break took longer than we had anticipated, which was fine. Then we bought fire wood. We said our goodbyes to Mr. Reed. We had a small bond fire and ate all the snack foods we had bought and also cooked up dinner. We hung out and told stories. We went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-12
From: Gifford Woods State Park

To: Stony Brook Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: clear sky

We all woke up early and packed up while Song Bird went to take a shower. We all went to the bathroom and filled up on water. Spook killed the toilet. (haha) It was a beautiful day and we were throwing rocks and waiting for Song Bird. We met an older couple who asked tons of questions about our trip. I called Osprey to try and fix his broken pack and Big Foot called Leki and got them to send a new piece for his broken trekking pole. We hiked to Kent Pond and took pictures. Then Big Foot, Spook and Song Bird hiked on the detour route of AT. I was behind and hiked the old AT that was being redone, met group of people and got free food. We all met back up at the top of Quimby Mountain. It was a tough climb straight up. We had lunch at the top of the mountain and not everyone was feeling well so we pushed on to Stony Brook Shelter and decided to stop for the day and use this as a recovery day. Big Foot and I made an epic bond fire that burned for 7 hours. Luke caught us at the shelter and he decided to stop with us and have fun with the group. We cooked up dinner and drank some of the alcohol that we brought from town. Then we all went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-13
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Thistle Hill Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

Song Bird wanted to get up at 5:3am0 and no else did so I got up and hiked with her. So Song Bird and I get water and leave first while everyone else sleeps in. Song Bird and I stop at Lakota Lake look out and have a snack and take pictures. Big Foot and Spook stopped at a grocery store for snack. We hiked up several mountains today, a lot of up and down. The second deli was closed but we got to see some horses and cows. Song Bird and I get to the Thistle Hill Shelter first. (we thought everyone was in front of us) Spook, Big foot and Luke night hiked to shelter. I went and got water for everyone. Luke slept in his tent while the rest of us slept in the shelter. Big Foot and Luke were going to continue to night hike but decided to stay with everyone else. We all cook up some dinner and went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-14
From: Thistle Hill Shelter

To: Dartmouth (Warren's)
Miles today: 0.0

I woke up first and got packed up and then wait for everyone else. Spook and Song Bird leave first. Big Foot and I leave together and Luke leaves last by himself. Big Foot almost punches me for scaring him. We all get to West Hartford about the same time, there was a road walk. We stopped at a deli that was on the way down the AT. We all ordered breakfast and ate like kings. Most of us had 2 things for breakfast. We drank energy drinks, then continued onward. Hiked up and down more hills, some tough climbs and Flash, Big Foot and Luke pulled away from Spook and Song Bird. The 3 of us stopped at Happy Hill Shelter and met 5 SOBO's, then we pushed onward to Norwich. We got free hot dogs, a gallon of apple cider and some pastries from the grocery store. Lady offered us money to go get breakfast, we turned her down. (we didn¢t want to be put in the homeless category) We walked into Hanover and met up with Spook and Song Bird. (met one of Song Bird's friends) Took pictures by the VT/NH state line on bridge. Went to the DOC (Dartmouth Outdoor Club) and got a list of trail angels. Went to post office, I got new shoes and new trekking poles, Spook got some cold weather gear. We went to a pizza place and got a free slice of pizza for being hikers. The Dartmouth girls soccer team was giving us some looks. I liked it, some were really cute. Called a trail angel named Warren and he picked us and took us to his house. We all showered and did our laundry and used his sauna. Big Foots friend Jenna drove up to meet us and took us to dinner. We went back to the pizza place where we got our free pizza. Then she took us to the Price Chopper and we resupplied and got some snacks for that night along with some beer. Song Bird stayed with her friend and the rest of us went back to Warrens and hung out and had a good night. Then we all went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-15
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Dartmouth (Warren's)
Miles today: 0.0

Spook left and went with his mom's friend to get a package. Big Foot, myself, Luke and Jenna went to breakfast at a place called Lou¢s, it was amazing. When we got back Song Bird had left on her own. Big Foot, Spook and myself tried to mail stuff home but the post office was closed, so Spook just left with Jenna to start hiking. The 3 guys took a nap after breakfast. When we woke up we decided to officially take a zero day. Luke and I ran 2.5 miles into Hanover to go to the outfitter. Then we got snack at the gas station before running back to Warren's. Big Foot slept all day. We ordered Chinese food for dinner and watched Back to the Future 2 and the Matrix. Then we all passed out.
Date: 2012-09-16
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Fire Warden's Cabin
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: clear sky

We woke up, all took showers and packed up. We cleaned the entire basement. We left it nicer than when we got there. We added a bunch of stuff to the hiker box that we didn¢t want or didn¢t need. We walked back to Hanover and got some breakfast from Dunkin Donuts (Lou¢s was packed and the pi1zza place was closed) Big Foot, Luke and I all called our families and caught up. We hiked up 3 mountains on this day, Moose, Smarts and Holts Ledge. We stopped at Trapper John Shelter and cooked dinner and got some more water. We passed about 7 college students on our night hike, they had beer and were heading for a shelter I think. We night hiked for several hours and we did some star gazing. We got to the Fire Wardens Cabin around 11:45. The three of us took up less space than the two other people that were already in there. We just passed out after we got there.
Date: 2012-09-17
From: Fire Warden's Cabin

To: Hikers Welcome Inn
Miles today: 0.0

We ended up sleeping till 10am. Then we got packed up and left. Luke left first, Big Foot and I went to the lookout tower and took some pictures/videos. We caught Luke at the one bridge and we all got water and took a little break to have a snack while sharing some laughs. We stopped at the Hexacuba. This is the first shelter we saw that was like this. We met a section hiker who gave us some info about the trail going forward. We passed 25a and had a water break and threw rocks for a while. We night hiked to 25c and then got a ride from Homebrew. He took us to a gas station to get dinner. We all got cheeseburger sub's, they were really good. We also got ice cream. Then we went to a hostel in Glencliff called the Hikers Welcome Inn and stayed the night there, we met 3 SOBO's. We pigged out on snack foods and then went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-18
From: Hiker's Welcome Inn

To: Beaver Brook Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: moderate rain

Woke up at Hikers Welcome Inn at 6am. Luke, Big Foot and I got packed up and ate breakfast. Big Foot and I went to the post office. I went to get my new shoes and big foot went to get a new piece to his trekking poles. We got picked up by Homebrew and he took us back to 25a where we got picked up the night before. We all hiked 5 miles to Glencliff. I got there first, saw Spook left one of his trekking poles so I decided to carry it with me. Big Foot and Luke got stung by bees, luckily I did not. We stopped at Jeffer's Brook Shelter where we ate lunch and filled up on water. It started to rain. We met an older guy going north who decided to stop hiking because of the weather. He laughed at us for choosing to hike up mountain Moosilauke in such a storm. It rained heavily on us going up the mountain, myself and Luke hiked with shirts off the entire way. When we got above the tree line there was no visibility. There were about 70 to 80 mph winds and it was very cold. We were getting hit hard by the rain it kind of hurt and we kept getting blown off the trail. We hiked down to Beaver Brook Shelter which seemed to take forever because it was so cold. We met back up with Spook and Songbird. We all changed clothes and climbed into our sleeping bags to warm up and settle in. Met a guy going south named Dig. He was a flip flopper. We waited out the storm as it got worse for the rest of the day and night. The wind and rain were intense, it was a pretty bad storm and the wind kept spraying us with rain. We all cooked dinner and then went to bed.
Date: 2012-09-19
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Chet's
Miles today: 0.0

We woke up really early but the weather was still very cloudy so we couldn¢t see the good views of Franconia Ridge. It was super cold and a lot of our stuff was wet still. We all joke around for a long time until it was def. time to leave. We finally got packed up and left. Luke and Songbird left first. Myself, Spook and Big Foot left shortly after. Big Foot hiked in his underwear, while Luke hiked with zip lock bags on his feet. We hiked down Mtn. Moosilauke to the Kingsman Notch parking lot. We saw a lot of waterfalls all the way down and I took a lot of pictures and videos. The decent was very tricky and very wet we had to take our time. We got some trail magic from a couple from out West who were day hiking. They gave us grapes and bananas. We called Chet, he quizzed us to see if we were thru hikers. Got a hold of a shuttle service to give us a ride to Chet¢s.   We met 6 NOBO¢s at Chet¢s, some of them were leaving when we got there. The 6 of us went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch and had a couple drinks. Then Luke and I left. Luke went back to Chet¢s and I went and ordered a pizza. Big Foot, Spook and Songbird went to liquor store and the Price Chopper. Luke was taking a nap while I talked to Chet for 45 mins. Some of us took showers and then we just hung out the rest of the day at Chet¢s. We decided to slack pack the next day over the Kinsman Mountains. Big Foot and I went to the Price Chopper to get some snacks and to get Luke some medicine, soup and orange juice. We all talked to Chet that night and went to bed. We all wanted MoMo to stop talking. She was kind of annoying and she was arguing with Chet. Luke, Big Foot slept in the Bunks, while I slept in a bed and Spook and Songbird shared a bed.
Date: 2012-09-20
From: Chet's

To: Chet's
Miles today: 0.0

Luke was still not feeling well, he threw up so he decided not to hike with the rest of us.   We called a shuttle to pick us up, some of us took showers and got our day packs ready. We got dropped off at Kinsman Notch. We slack packed all day to the Liberty Springs parking Lot. We stopped on the top of Mtn. Wolf for a snack break. We then hiked to the Eliza Brook Shelter where we stopped for lunch. I got there first and waited 45 mins for everyone else to catch up. We then hiked up South Kinsman Mtn. elevation 4,358 feet. I got to the top first followed by Big Foot. We both took our pictures and videos and waited 30 mins for Spook and Songbird to catch up. Then we hiked to the North Kinsman Mtn. elevation 4,293 feet. Then we went downhill the rest of the day. I stopped at the Kinsman Pond Shelter and took some pics while Big Foot continued. Spook and Songbird took the wrong trail for a while. Big Foot and I got to the first hut, where we saw 4 moose (a bull, a cow, and two calves). We had to wait for them to get off the trail because they were blocking the way. When the trail was finally cleared enough we ran by the family of moose. We got so close we could have slapped the one calf on the ass. We all had to cross 2 rivers where the bridges were out, we did a lot of rock hopping. We hiked to the highway and then continued on the pemi trail to the Liberty Springs parking lot. We didn¢t night hike but we got to the parking lot just as it was getting dark. We waited for Spook and Songbird who had to night hike for a while. When Spook and Songbird finally got there we called the shuttle service and waited to get picked up. The shuttle dropped us off at a pizza shop in Lincoln, where we all ate dinner. Then we went to the Price Chopper and resupplied. Then we went back to Chet¢s and hung out and chilled with Chet and tried to make Luke feel better. We met a guy who need to be rescued off of Mtn. Lincoln on the same day that we went over Moosilauke.
Date: 2012-09-21
From: Chet's

To: Garfield Ridge Shelter
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: clear sky

The guy who got rescued asked me to make sure he was up at 6am. So I got up at 6am and tied the guys shoes because he couldn¢t bend over. We all woke up, packed up and filled our water bottles and called the shuttle to pick us up and bring us back to the Liberty Springs Parking Lot. We all said our goodbyes to Luke because he was going to take one more day off to rest up and see a doctor. We hiked back down the pemi trail to the AT and then hiked up a killer hill to the Liberty Springs campsite. It was a really tough climb. We waited at the first tent platform and had a snack and hid Lukes trekking poles which were brought by accident. We waited for Spook and Songbird and then once everyone got there Big Foot and I continued up the mountain. We met a new Englander who talked to us about the hiking trails for 10 minutes but also gave us a couple crackers. We then hiked up mountain Little Haystack. We met a really nice women who was on the rescue squad for the man on top of Lincoln. We waited on top of Little Haystack for an hour and a half for Spook and Songbird. We had our snacks and waited behind several big rocks to block the wind, it was really windy. We decided to split up with Spook and Songbird. Once they caught up we said our goodbyes and took a lot of group pictures. Big Foot and I then hiked over Mtn. Lincoln, Lafeyette, and Garfield. We stopped at the Garfield Shelter and paid 8 dollars to stay there. We got free spaghetti and meat sauce from the care taker. It was pretty cold and windy but we ate dinner and went to bed. We planned out when we would try to finish.
Date: 2012-09-22
From: Garfield Ridge Shelter

To: Bartlet, NH (tent camp)
Miles today: 0.0

We set our alarms for 5am but since it was so cold Big Foot wanted to sleep in a little longer. We ended up getting up at 6:30am. We packed up and said our goodbyes to Amanda the care taker, she was really cool. We got water from a great source where the AT meets the trail to the shelter. We started hiking up the Guyot Mountain and stopped at the Galehead Hut. We got all you can eat eggs which were not that much. We filled up our water but waited for soup that never came and then we left. It was raining out and very windy. We climbed up the Twin Mountains, it was really windy and we took videos at the top. We hiked up Mtn. Guyot and skipped stopping at the shelter because it was .8 miles off. We stopped at the Zealand Falls Hut and Big Foot had some more soup and we filled up our water again. We hiked on flat terrain for 3 miles and made great time. We passed the Ethan Pond Shelter. I stopped and waited for Big Foot every once in a while. He seemed to always be about 4 to 5 minutes behind me which is not too bad. We made it to Crawford Notch and waited for 3 hikers that we passed to see if we could get a ride to a hostel. We called and the hostel was full. We decided to stealth camp because a storm was coming and we didn¢t want to hike up the Webster Cliffs and get caught in a storm on top of a ridge line. We cooked dinner, hung our food, set up my tent and went to bed. It was a tight fit but we made it work. It rained all night.
Date: 2012-09-23
From: Katahdin, Maine

To: Osgood Campsite
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: fog

We packed up our stuff and got our food bags down. I packed up my tent while Big Foot got ready and then we hiked up the Webster Cliffs. It was a tough steep climb. Once we got to the top, it was very cold and windy. What else is new. (haha) We took some pics and videos and then hiked up Mtn. Jackson elevation 4,052 feet. We stopped at the Mizpah Hut and got some hot chocolate and soup and dried out some of our stuff. Then we climbed up Mtn. Pierce. It was a bald and very windy, elevation 4,312 feet. Then we climbed up Mtn. Franklin. It was a bald and very windy, elevation 5,004 feet.   We started our assent on Mtn. Washington. We stopped at the Lake of the Clouds Hut but it was closed, so we just had a snack out front blocked from the wind. Then we finished climbing up Mtn. Washington, elevation 6,288 feet. (second highest point on the AT) It was super windy and we took pictures and videos at the top. We tried to eat at the cafeteria but it closed at 5:30pm. We got to the top at 5:45 we were very disappointed. We took pictures by the sign that said the highest wind speed, which was 231 mph. We had several snacks to give us enough energy to night hike. We then climbed up Mtn. Jefferson. We got past Jefferson before it got dark and we took a lot of pictures of the sun setting. We past the Madison Hut, it was closed also. We night hiked over Mtn. Adams, elevation 5,500 feet, and Mtn. Madison, elevation 5,366 feet. It was very cold and very windy on top of the White Mountains. We climbed down the rocks in the dark and made it to the Osgood Campsite around 12:00am We set up the tent on a tent platform and put our food in the bear box and then went to bed. The hike from the top of Mtn. Madison down to Osgood seemed to be the longest 2 miles on the trail.