morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2012-05-17
From: Hunter's Run Gap

To: Darlington Shelter
Miles today: 23.7
Weather: clear sky

Hiked with The Brothers today into Boiling Springs to the 2nd ATC. Got a large pizza w/bacon (AMAZING). After a suggestion and some discussion we've decide we're gonna hike the Cumberland Valley at night. It's a field walk over 13.5 miles of flat goodness. Clear day too so the stars should be excellent. So we layer around by a lake in Boilin Springs the whole day till 8:30 pm then got to hiking. For some reason we've decided to hike by red light only. Red light on our headlamps that is. Stars were pretty good. Not great. Terrain was super flat thank goodness but I was so beat by end of day. Tarped amd immediately fell asleep. Theme for day is night hike.
Date: 2012-05-18
From: Darlington Shelter

To: Doyle Hotel
Miles today: 11.3

Nice Nero into Duncannon to stay at The Famous Doyle. It's actually a dump but only $7.50 a night. Stayin in a room with the brothers. We all headed over to a BBQ joint around their closing time so they had food they were throwing out but they gave it all to us! Mac n cheese, pickles, amd beans galore! It was basically a buffet. Went back to room and crashed. Theme for the day is, "You gotta go to Doyle's!"
Date: 2012-05-19
From: Doyle Hotel

To: Rattling Run Mt. 
Miles today: 20.5

So we all slept in late and weren't in a hurry bc check out was 11. Took a shower and ate left over BBQ for breakfast. Hung around town for 3 hours before we hit the trail. The Brothers are only doing 10 today so we won't see them or a while probably. Got some free peanut butter and easy hiking. No rocks in PA as of yet but I'm sure they'll come. Saw a king snake today finally. Not poisoness, just gross. Met Les, Bobber, and Hawk at their camp but we pushed another mile. Tapered, cooked, amd crashed. Watched Joe Rogan's stand up on the iPhone. Theme for day is 2nd world problems. I'll explain later.
Date: 2012-05-20
From: Rattling Run Mt. 

To: Pine Grove, PA
Miles today: 24.3
Weather: clear sky

Fancy woke me up too early... 6:15 am. Disgusting. It's been hot though, nice to not have to hike in hot part of day. We got 9.5 miles by 10 am so that's good. Passed Les, Bobber, and Hawk. Also finally met Plus 3. Kinda met him in HF. Lotta fast hikers all round us now and everyone's leap frogging. Got a ride into Pine Grove from a taxi driver ironically. Oh yeah, found rocks today. Yeah they suck. Heat+Rocks = Tired. Mc D's then off to find a place to tarp in town. Them for day is, "Don't worry, be happy!"
Date: 2012-05-21
From: Pine Grove, PA

To: Phillip's Canyon
Miles today: 20.7

Woke up and packed. Fancy got poison oak last night finding a camp spot. Headed back Mc D's to fill water and use privy when a guy named Cowboy who thru'd in 1997 asked us if we were hiking the trail and I he could buy us breakfast. Of course so we both got the big breakfast with hot cakes and OJ. Thanked him tons and left. Got a ride from a lady, it's hilarious hearing the change in accents as we go north! Feel great physically. Met some thru's in camp tonight named Antsy (girl) and Cliffhanger (boyfriend of course) who are really cool and had some hilarious stories. Theme for the day is trail magic.
Date: 2012-05-22
From: Phillip's Canyon

To: Eckville Shelter
Miles today: 20.0
Weather: light rain

Today's entry will be a little different. Earlier I mentioned 2nd world problems. This is similar to the 1st world problems craze if you're familiar. Me and Fancy have what we call "2nd World Problems" bc we don't live a 1st world lifestyle anymore. But we do have some luxuries that 3rd world countries don't have. For example:1. "Only water source is a creek instead of a spring.          -2nd world bc we have to drink out of a creek, but not 3rd bc we actually have some water. 2. "Having to get up to pee in the middle of the night.          -2nd bc no flush toilet and it's cold. Not quite 3rd world bc we do have warm bags to go back   to. More to come later...P.S. Ran back into Daypack at shelter!
Date: 2012-05-23
From: Eckville Shelter

To: View Entry
Miles today: 20.9

Daypack started day with us but fell back after a mile or two. Very uneventful day, mostly hiked alone. Weather was super weird today though bc it kept being really nice then storm for 5 minutes at a time. I ran about 5 out of the last 7 miles to the shelter bc a really bad storm rolled in. Got wet but found a spot in the shelter. Caught back up to Flip btw! He hurt his feet and couldn't keep up with his partner Beeman.Theme for day is Bipolar weather.
Date: 2012-05-24
To: View Entry
Miles today: 26.0

SO FREAKING ROCKY! Finally found those PA rocks I guess... Fancy's shoes are falling apart so he's going slower over the slippery rocks. Nice views today, but hiking alone again. Hiked such a cool section called, The Knife's Edge. All scramble and sharp. Ran into 2 huge rat snakes on it which was disgusting haha. Also had a GIANTclimb with literally some bouldering thrown in. We could see back on what we had hiked for the last couple days which was cool. Theme for the day is scramble!
Date: 2012-05-25
To: View Entry
Miles today: 20.2

Went into Wind Gap, PA today. Great town, Fancy got his first mail drop from Haley (which he loved Haley!) and we resupplied. I finally got my tub of sherbert ice cream (check!) and some sesame chicken at a chinese place. We then proceeded to hike to Delaware Water Gap right on the NJ border and stayed in a free presbyterian hostel. It's really nice witha guitar, books (I may or may not have taken an amazing book called Born to Run), a shower, and bunks! Great sleep. Theme for the day is fulfilling cravings.
Date: 2012-05-26
To: View Entry
Miles today: 0.0

Spontaneous zero! we woke up late and lolligagged till noon. Then we went to do some laundry at a hotel. While doing that a huge storm was a brewin and it started to hail marble sized chunks like crazy! Obviouosly we didn't hike so it's a zero lol. Antsy, Cliffhanger, and Plus 3 caught up. Theme for the day is, "What the hail?"
Date: 2012-05-27
To: View Entry
Miles today: 24.8

Long, hot, hot day. Energy is so low for some reason, probably due to the fact that's in the 90's and I didn't eat near enough. So many day hikers out bc of memorial weekend I guess. Met this old crazy but hilarious section hiker named Lazy and his wife Detour at the shelter. Also another older annoying (very very talkative know it all) named Lazerlegs was there too. A bunch of NY hikers came in late making a racket.Finally a nice spring at a shelter! drank so much water here but needed it badly. Theme for day is old crazy people.
Date: 2012-05-28
To: View Entry
Miles today: 19.6

First day of hiking under 20 miles in a while and it felt super easy. Never thought I say 19 miles felt easy. Still stupid hot and it's draining me. But we did however get some free Pepsi today at a park visitor center! Haven't had trail magic in a while. I think we're too early for most of it. Passed the highest point in NJ today that had a 220 ft tall fire tower at it's peak. 1/2 gallon of ice cream tomorrow for sure. Theme for day is giant frying pan.
Date: 2012-05-29
To: Wawayanda Shelter
Miles today: 24.0
Weather: few clouds

So hot again! Went shirtless after I literally rung sweat out of my shirt. Yeah. Terrain is definitely gettig harder, we had a climb today that kicked my butt. Actually had to take multiple breaks while climbing it. Possibly due to heat too though. Luckily there wasw a spring half way up so I could cool off. Water's been so hard to find in NJ. It's all disgusting black stuff running in the streams and springs are feew and far between! I did get to swim a little today though! After the decent of that massive hill, there was a stream deep enough to wade in and I jumped in without hesitation. So good. Saw a bear today! I guess they do exist... He was only .8 from the shelter and ran away pretty fast once he saw me. He was pretty fat by now too. Theme for day is, "You're bearanoid, man!"
Date: 2012-05-30
From: Wawayanda Shelter

To: Fingerboard Shelter
Miles today: 26.3
Weather: overcast clouds

Should be last day of ungodly heat. Water was SO hard to find so that gave us an excuse to go into this town to find water and maybe a little food =] We headed into a Subway half delirious and both ordered a ft long spicy Italian with everything basically and I killed mine in about 4 minutes. We then proceeded to order another ft long to split and ate that. We got some water and headed back to trail, a past thru named Funky gave us a ride. She was cool and was gonna buy us a famous NJ sandwich but the restaurant was closed =[ Anyways the theme for the day is, "Subway, Eat Kinda Fresh!"
Date: 2012-05-31
From: Fingerboard Shelter

To: Bear Moutain Rec. Area
Miles today: 14.7

Heat finally broke!!!!! Felt amazing today, I am low on food but it's ok because I'm not melting anymore! Fairly tough terrain today, but it's last full hiking day till my friend here in NY should pick us up then it's off to Bonnaroo (I got hired as a volunteer last minute)! We're getting a ride to Roo from a girl who lives close to here we read about on a carpooling website named zimride.com (great site!) for $100 roudtrip. so not a bad deal. Me and Fancy got seperated today, I waited for him on Bear Mt for like 3 hours and decided to keep going down to the Hudson river. Camping in a field by a pond right now and gonna wait for him in the morning. Theme for day is Fancy MIA.
Date: 2012-06-01
From: Bear Moutain Rec. Area

To: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center
Miles today: 6.6
Weather: light rain

Second nero and the beginning of a BUNCH of zeros so we can go into NYC and then to Bonnaroo. Me and Fancy reunited this morning. I forgot his headlamp didn't have batteries so he had to throw up his tarp when it got dark. But it's whatever. We met back up with Day Pack today. He told us about a deli on trail right before where we were going for the day so we all literally ran to go get some treats. Once there I bought a baquette and 1/2 lb of ham and a 99 cent Arnold Palmer Sweet Tea/Lemonade (ahhh yeaaahhhhh0 and went to town. After our gorge we convinced Day Pack to go into Peekskill, NY with us to resupply. After a bit of walking, we got a ride and he dropped us off at a Mexi Mart. Kinda strange selection but it worked. We proceeded to head over to library to load some of my journals but I only was allowed 30 minutes. The farther north, to harder it is to find computers to use... We hitched back to place we're staying, which is called the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center. It's a rehab center but they have pavillions on the ground they let hikers stay at. It's nice, it has water, a roof, and electricity to charge phones! Socrates, Whistler, and Plus 3 showed up a little later. Theme for the day is eventful.
Date: 2012-06-02
From: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center

To: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center
Miles today: 0.5
Weather: scattered clouds

Basically a zero today haha. There was a .5 section between the deli and the spiritual center we skipped yesterday on accident, so we had to run up that real quick. Not a problem though because we have way too much energy just sitting here all day. We're gonna have to sit here till our ride can pick us up.Anyways, we went back to deli later in the day and ran into Antsy & Cliffhanger, The ATL Bro's, and Les. Finished Born to Run last night. I highly recommend anyone to read that book! It's got me pumped to do a little trail running when I finish this thing. We had a bon fire and some music from the iPhone to celebrate the last time we'd see eachother for a while because we have to stay behind while they continue to the north. Theme for the day is family reunion. Glad I got to see all those guys before we left...
Date: 2012-06-03
From: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center

To: Brooklyn, NYC
Miles today: 0.0

Happy Birthday Carrie!!!!!!!! Let the zeros begin. We're going into NYC today though! My friend Ashley pulled through and she's giving us a tour of the city. We had to take a train from Peekskill into Grand Central Station and she picked us up from there. The city was crazy. SOOOO many people and noises, it was extremely over stimulating from coming from the woods. IT was kinda funny to notice how everyone actually walked at our pace. Usually we walk twice as fast as most people, but everyone in the city seemed to be in such a rush they were keeping up with us haha. We first went to a donut shop that had the freshest, biggest, and softest donuts I've ever had in my life. After, we headed to her friend's place that was the epitomy of a NY apartment. Pretty gross. But their landlord was on his way and they didn't want it to look like there were 3 extra people staying with them, so we were shoo'd upstairs. While waiting we took showers. Then it was off the beach to meet me and Ashley's friend Aaron. She's working at a bar on the beach. While there we just kinda hung out by the ocean and listened to a DJ. There were hipsters EVERYWHERE dancing like it was the 90's. So funny/weird to watch. If you think you've seen hipsters, go to Brooklyn. Ended up sleeping in Ashley's old tent on top of Aaron's building looking at the NY Skyline. Not a bad day... Theme for the day is, "New York, New York!"
Date: 2012-06-04
From: Brooklyn, NYC

To: Bonnaroo 2012!
Miles today: 0.0

Woke up just in time this morning to pack up before the rain hit. We went and got the best bagels I've ever had. Everyone should get a NY bagel at least once in their life! Anyways we went to Ashley's parents' house for the day/night because our Bonnaroo ride is picking us up there. Basically we were jsut lazy ALL day. We watched movies, ate, movies, had a small bon fire, movies, ate, and slept. Her parents ordered pizza (excellent) and HBO'd Red Tails (not excellent) but I was very appreciative haha. So our ride, Colleen, wanted to start to the ride at 2 am for some reason. Me and Fancy slept before she picked us up but she hadn't all day... The ride is gonna be terrible. Theme for the day is a lot a lot a lot of driving.
Date: 2012-06-05
From: Bonnaroo 2012!

To: Bonnaroo
Miles today: 0.0

What a terible drive... picked up a couple people named Nate and Emily who were cool. The driver Colleen was not cool however. Very moody and would not anyone drive even after she was past the point of exhaustion. She definitely had some control/trust issues. But that's besides the point. We are now at Bonnaroo 2012 and couldn't be more stoked. Met up with Carrie and immediately went to sleep pretty much. Theme is Bonnaroo or Bust!
Date: 2012-06-06
From: Bonnaroo

To: Which, What, This, and That
Miles today: 0.0

1st day of Roo! It's busy but really fun. A lot of really funny, eccentric, and nice people. Great music, wish I had my lineup schedule with me so I could tell you the shows I saw but it's ok, they were all awesome. Big Gigantic was a party to the max! So good!!!! Theme is Peace, Love, and Music!
Date: 2012-06-07
From: Which, What, This, and That

To: Who Knows?
Miles today: 0.0

Roo. Met up with my good friend Dalton Davenport. It was kinda hot today, got a little sunburned but lovin' it still. Unfortunately I have to "volunteer" from 6 pm - 6 am as one of two shifts I have. Umphrey's Mcghee played from 2 am to 6 am though so at least there was some great music to be heard all night while sitting in one spot directing people where their tent was. By the way I know where EVERYTHING pretty much is in the entirety of Bonnaroo now. Theme for the day/night is "It's gonna be an all nighter..."
Date: 2012-06-08
From: Who Knows?

To: This, That, and The Other
Miles today: 0.0

All day free of work! Great shows today, saw Alabama Shakes which was excellent. And then Skrillex played the last show of the night. It was incredible. There were sooo many people and they had set out boxes of glow sticks ev everywhere so whenever there was a pause in the music, and then to bass would hit, everyone would throw a handful of glow sticks in the air. IT was the coolest thing I've ever seen. Like a sea of light pretty much. Theme for the day is Skrillex!
Date: 2012-06-09
From: This, That, and The Other

To: The Road
Miles today: 0.0

30 hours of traveling starting at 6 am. Yeah. One 18 hour car ride, 4 trains, 1 missed stop, and 1 great hitch. Lady named Gypsy Mama took us to grocery store and back to Graymoor Monastery. Slept all day and hiking tomorrow. Theme is planes, trains, and automobiles.
Date: 2012-06-15
To: View Entry
Miles today: 22.7

Pretty flat day. Really pumped we can jump back into 20 mile days. We're gonna try to catch our group of the ATL Brothers, Antsy & Cliffhanger, Les, and Daypack. They're 10 days ahead, so we might be able to catch them. Passed into CT today!!! Theme is bye bye NY (finally).
Date: 2012-06-17
To: Great Barrington, MA
Miles today: 23.1
Weather: overcast clouds

I think this is day 100 including all our zeros! We entered Massachusetts today and already feeling great vibes from this state. We pulled a longer day than planned to go into town and good thing we did too. Out hitch gave us his leftovers of fries, salad, corn bread, and steak!!! SO GOOD!!! Such a cool guy, reminded me of my buddy Kyle Fann. Sleeping under a bridge right now and going to see a movie tomorrow. Theme is Mass Magic.
Date: 2012-06-18
From: Great Barrington, MA

To: Tom Leonard Shelter
Miles today: 6.5
Weather: overcast clouds

Nero. Went to see the movie Prometheus which was really crazy lol. Nice to do normal things though. Didn't leave the amazing town of Great Barrington till 6:30 pm haha so we only did about 6 miles. Met more thru's named Steve-O (Used to be Tarzan in Disney World ironically), Philly Ben, Red Man, and Motown (a female!) had good conversation with everyone and crashed. Theme is movie night!
Date: 2012-06-19
From: Tom Leonard Shelter

To: Upper Goose Pond Cabin
Miles today: 21.1
Weather: scattered clouds

Headed to an awesome place called Upper Goose Pond Cabin today. This cabin is donation only and it's on a lake, has swimming, caretaker cooks pancakes, and there's bunks! Fancy was a little hesitant to do "only" 21 miles but needless to say I changed his mind. Once we got there I went to check out the lake and met a cool cat named Jack Rabbit. Eventually the gang from the shelter last night showed up and it was a party. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Stinger last night. He's kinda doing the ECT from Key West to Newfoundland. He skipped some miles but still walking a long freaking way. Later I went for a swim to wash off (freezing!) and read some of Angels & Demons that was in the cabin library. Can't wait to sleep on a matress tonight. Theme is Upper Goose is the best. Period.
Date: 2012-06-20
From: Upper Goose Pond Cabin

To: Tom Levardi's in Dalton, Mass.
Miles today: 20.5
Weather: clear sky

Holy cow, Mass is possibly my favortite state yet. This fact is solidified by a man named Tom Levardi. Tom is not just any trail angel, he's the most generous person I've met on the Trail, which is saying a lot. Me and Fancy saw this house right off trail with packs on it and decided to go check it out. While reading a register, Tom comes out and asks, "Do you guys want some ice cream." "Ugh, absolutely.""I'll be right back.""We should stay here...""Here's your ice cream!""Whoa..."Needless to say, we stayed. Tom doesn't accept donations, he has showers, dinner, breakfast, movies, laundry, beds, and he drove us to the mall. For free... After he cooked all of us dinner (Dundee, Rayo from Ohio, Fancy, and me) he pops in a DVD about the Trail and gets us all pumped to go hiking tomorrow. Wish we could stay another day... Theme is Tom's the Man.
Date: 2012-06-21
From: Tom Levardi's in Dalton, Mass.

To: Vermont Border
Miles today: 27.8

Long, long, day... So, so sad to leave Tom but we were excited to enter Vermont! Had to climb Mt. Greylock which is the biggest climb since VA. It wasn't too bad but the mileage wiped me out. The view on top was really nice though bc it's the higest point in Mass. On top of Greylock there's a snack bar and the cook there felt sorry for us bc we don't have money for luxuries. So she cooked us up some grilled cheese with tomato and chips! So the point of the big day was to get to the MA/VT border, had to night hike to do it but we made it. Once there we found the closest camp site and I threw up my hammock. Theme for the day is, "Massachusetts, I'll miss you..."
Date: 2012-06-22
From: Vermont Border

To: Goddard Shelter
Miles today: 24.3
Weather: scattered clouds

Vermont has not dissapointed my expectations. Beautiful scenery all day and good climbs. Well graded ascent up to Goddard Shelter for the last 1/2 of the day. Once I got to shelter got to meet some new people. There's a thru here named Orange Lightning who I've seen his name for so long and never met. He knows Bat and Yappy really well but he just got back from Lyme's treatment so he's behind. Really funny/interesting guy though. Also got to meet a Brit named Claude who's accent was super fun to listen to all night lol. He was a really funny guy who gave me some tips for my Europe vacation. Theme for the night is, "Paris is great, except it's full of French people."
Date: 2012-06-23
From: Goddard Shelter

To: Stratton Pond Shelter
Miles today: 19.3
Weather: light rain

What a great day... Easy terrain then a fun climb up Stratton Mt. On the top of Stratton a storm rolled in and we saw the Caretaker's hut just in time. Hugh and Jeanne invited us in from the nickel sized hail that started to fall. Hugh and Jeanne have lived up on this every hiker season since 1968. They used to man the fire tower and live here in compltee isolation. Their friends were up the mountain today too to visit them and bring them food, it just so happened we got to get some of that food too =] We're talking watermelon (check), cookies, sandwiches, and potato salad. Oh yeah... Staying at a shelter tonight with a newly engaged couple hiking some of The Long Trail. Jenny and Mark, they were amused by me and fancy I think. Theme is lonely trail angels.
Date: 2012-06-24
From: Stratton Pond Shelter

To: Griffith Lake
Miles today: 21.2
Weather: scattered clouds

Day started easy and flat. We had to go into a really nice town named Manchester Center, VT. A quick hitch to Bob's Diner to get a burger and fries but then a long road walk into the actual town to go to the grocery store =[ Went to an outfitter and got some new shorties with zippers on the pockets. (so hard to find!) and resupplied. Back on the trail, had to ford this completely flooded section of trail bc beavers and recently dammed up this pond. The bog logs were literally floating, it looked really funny. Unfortunately this meant my shoes and socks got completely soaked in the last 1/2 mile of trail. Hammocking tonight in a drizzle. Theme for the night is, "Dam, beaver's dam."
Date: 2012-06-25
From: Griffith Lake

To: Clarendon Shelter
Miles today: 22.9

Another fairly easy day, but having tendonitis issues on my right ankle again. Haven't felt that since NC. Shoes are really falling apart now. Soles is flopping around and holes everywhere. Didn't expect a $30 pair to last 700 miles though. Orange Lightning's at the shelter along with another Long Trail'er. Rainy day and dirty legs. Theme for day is, "Vermud."