morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2015-06-30
From: Bemis Strean

To: Hall Mountain Lean-To
Miles today: 16.6

We were up and hiking at 6:30 and this day turned out to be our most sluggish and difficult day on the trail. We started by climbing up to Bemis Mountain Lean-To for water and a snack before continuing up to Bemis Mtn. West Peak at 3580ft from 1450 where we camped last night. The weather was great but we were not feeling it we averaged one mile and hr, we just felt like we were going in slow motion. We then hiked to Old Blue where we had cell service to call honey and bear to secure a room for tomorrow due to the rain coming in tonight. We past about 7 NOBO hikers who had started at Springer between Feb and March with one starting March 28th. We then hiked off of Old Blue with some tough places with wet rocks and roots. We had to use trees and roots to hold to in places to get down. We made to the road and had another snack and then had to ford a stream to begin another big climb up Moody Mtn. After reaching the top we met a guy from Kentucky who was NOBO who stated he had a friend who lived in Middlesboro Ky. This is just 30 minutes from where we live. This trail still amazes us how it makes the world so small. We then had a steep and at times dangerous down especially with wet rocks and wet roots. When we reached the bottom it started raining and also we had another ford. Our friend big Tex caught up and we hiked 1.4 up to the shelter from 1095ft to 2635ft. We were so tired when we made it at 7:30 we just wanted to go to bed. Tumbler and Tex set up tents while I went and got water. We ate dinner and went to bed. The rain set in for the night. God Bless.
Date: 2015-07-01
From: Hall Mountain Lean-To

To: Andover
Miles today: 6.0
Weather: light rain

This morning up at 4:30 hiking by 5:15 because we had 6 miles to reach the road by 9 for our shuttle to get out of the rain. The first 3 miles was muddy and overgrown, so after 3 miles we were drowned. We made it to Surplus Pond and seen we were ahead of schedule and was avg 30 minute miles, its funny what town does for ur speed. We called and let them know we would be there by 8:30. After calling we ran into about 7 NOBO hikers heading out into the rain and the trail turned to a mud obstacle course. We made it the road at 8:30 and and our shuttle stopped so we could get some hot coffee to warmup. We then made it to the hostel where we showered then went to Wal-Mart to re-supply. Our friend Troll is coming to take us to dinner this evening. We have 24 miles until New Hampshire but we still have Mahoosuc Arm and the notch which is the hardest mile the trail has to offer before we say bye to Maine. God Bless and wishing everyone a Happy 4th.
Date: 2015-07-02
From: Andover

To: camp at brook going up Speck mtn.
Miles today: 11.4
Weather: few clouds

We were up at 7 having a bf of biscuit and gravy,blueberry pancakes,fried taters,grits and sausage made by Bear and Honey. Then Honey gave us a shuttle ride back to the trail. We started hiking around 9 and in first 45 minutes made it to Dutch Notch and Falls where we forded the creek above the falls. We then made our way to Frye Notch Lean-To for a snack before hiking up Baldpate Mtn. While we were eating 4 more SOBO hikers stopped for a break. We then headed up Baldpate at 3810ft when we made it to the peak we had stunning views all around and clear blue skies. We met 5 ladies and their 3 dogs at the peak so we started exchanging cameras for photo shoots. We then had to hike down to Grafton Notch at Maine 26 for lunch at 1495ft. We made it around 3:00 and sat around until 4 in the parking lot. It paid off because those ladies made it off and gave us cold gatorades. We then started hiking up Old Speck and tired out about a mile up so we threw up two tents and ate before going to bed.God Bless
Date: 2015-07-03
From: camp at brook going up Speck mtn.

To: Full Goose Shelter
Miles today: 8.6
Weather: overcast clouds

Today we planned to hike all the way to the New Hampshire boarder and get out of Maine,but the trail had other plans. We started by climbing Old Speck and getting some great pics at the top. We had great weather again with sunny but breezy at the top. We then made our way down to Speck Pond Shelter this is where I caught some nice trout in 2012,but no fishing today. We then had to hike down Mahoosuc Arm which is tough with roots,slick rocks and water all the way down. The arm goes from 3770ft to 2150ft in 1.6 miles then you have to hike the hardest mile on the trail the dreaded but fun Mahoosuc Notch. The Notch is a boulder,tree and ice caves down in the notch that u have to find a way thru for 1.0 mile. The first time it took us 3:00hrs the second 1:45 and this time 1:20 which we were proud of. We met a NOBO who was still in the notch and he said he had been there already 2hrs. We then made our way out of the notch and to Full Goose Shelter. When we arrived 3 people came in from the NOBO side and said they knew us. They had met us in 2012 at Watauga Lake on our thru-hike. They said u guys our the Newlyweds who love to hike,we said no honeymoon hikers who love to hike. Then this guy came out of the privy and stated he had just watched a movie we were in that was filmed in 2012. We felt like AT celebrities at this time. I told tumbler I hope they weren't showing that movie in the privy lol. We decided to stay and let New Hampshire wait until morning for us since we had 4.9 miles to go. Besides we had tent platforms to set our tent on tonight. God Bless.
Date: 2015-07-04
From: Full Goose Shelter

To: camp 4 miles from Gorham
Miles today: 17.4
Weather: fog

First of all Happy 4th. We started hiking at 6:30 in overcast skies but no chance of rain. We hiked that 4.9 to the New Hampshire boarder by 9:30 and were excited to say by to Maine. We then started our first steps in the new state and boy were they hard. In 1.9 we had to hike up to Mt. Success at 3565ft before dropping down to the shelter at 2100ft for lunch. We then hiked around Moss Pond and Dream Lake before stopping for a much needed break. We had planned on a 15 mile day and finding a good spot to watch the fireworks from but couldn't find any water and had to hike 2 more miles before finding water. We then stopped at the next flat spot and put up our tent. We were exhausted and just ate and our right now listening to the fireworks but to tired to get out and see if we can see them. We have a short hike to town for bf and re-supply before heading into the White mountains. We hope everyone had a safe 4th and a happy one. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-05
From: camp 4 miles from Gorham

To: Rattle River Shelter
Miles today: 5.9
Weather: overcast clouds

We woke up early and started hiking to town with McDonalds on our mind. We hiked 4 miles in early fog and dew because it rained just a bit last night. We made it to the road at 8:30 and were at Mcdees at 9:00 after the 5 mile hitch. We had the bf platter of 1350 calories not including the drink. While we were in there a guy we met a week ago on the trail who was just hitting a few 4000ft mtns was there and offered us a ride to Wal-Mart to re-supply after we ate, what luck. We beard the towns folk say that Hillary Clinton was there yesterday marching in the parade and just think we were 4 miles away. We went to Wal-Mart and after getting what we needed we went Dunkin Donuts for our second bf. We then had him drop us off in the park so we could pack our food and organize our pacjs before hitching back to the trail. While sitting there they had a old car parade with some nice mustangs in the parade. We then went to the outfitters to find some pants for the Whites. While sitting out front a couple pulled over and asked if we needed a ride and we recognized them as a couple we met on the trail as well from Boston. See how the trail provides they told us they left their car in Gorham and hitched back 40 or 50 miles to hike the trail back to Gorham. They said a lady gave them a ride all the way there for free and they were just returning the favor. We then hiked 2 miles out of town and at 2 didn't want to hike after hanging out in town so we stopped. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-06
From: Rattle River Shelter

To: Wildcat mtn Peak D at the gondola
Miles today: 16.2

We left camp at 5:30 this morning bc we needed to hike big miles today after a lazy day yesterday. We first climbed from 1260ft to 4000ft in 4 miles with two fords and many many rock climbs. We then made it to Imp campsite for water and a snack before starting more climbing up to North Carter at 4539ft then to Mt Lethe at 4584 then middle Carter at 4610ft then South Carter at 4458ft. U get the point climb climb climb. We then went down to Zeta Pass and thank God there was water we had hiked 3 miles with no water. We then u guessed it climbed up to Mt Hight at 4675 then Carter Dome at 4832ft before hiking down to the first hut in the whites at Carter Notch at 3350ft. We had some dessert at the hut and net a lady who is a writer who is going to do a story on us in her paper about us hiking AT for 3rd time and this time raising money for our kids we teach at church. Where we are rasking .1 cent per mile and every 1000 miles u send a check to ur church for 10 dollars that goes directly to helping these kids with their needs. I will go more into detail when we near 1000 miles. We then hiked 2.9 over to Wildcat Mtn peak D under the Gondola tonight. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-07
From: Wildcat mtn Peak D at the gondola

To: Pinkham Notch
Miles today: 3.0

We were up and hiking at 5 so we could make the AYCE bf in Pinkham Notch. We had a very difficult down from 4200ft to 2220ft with alot of the terrain straight down. We made it to bf at 7:30 so it took 2:30 minutes to do 3hrs. We ate until we could bust then we were going to hike 4.5 more miles but Ratman wasn't feeling well so we got a ride with a family from Florida who just dropped their son and his friends off to hike NOBO. He has 320 miles to go to complete the trail. We are in Gorham at a motel resting going to do laundry because our clothes smell bad along with everything else. We were able to take off today because we are meeting our friend Troll on Friday at Crawford Notch on Friday which is only about 25 more miles. We should be able to hike that in three days. We have to hike over Mt. Washington day after tomorrow then hike down Webster Cliffs on Friday. We ask that u pray for us and this hike. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-08
From: Pinkham Notch

To: osgood campsite
Miles today: 4.8
Weather: broken clouds

After a day of rest we waited out a rain shower this morning before hitching back to Pinkham Notch to continue South. We started hitching at 10 and after two rides we finally made it to the trail. We started hiking around noon and were slowed down by visitors hiking some of the trail. We would stop and talk and answer any questions they had about the trail. We hiked over to Osgood on easy trail on a sunny day after the morning rain. We stopped here because in 1.3 more miles u would be above treeline for the next 12.7 miles. We set our tent up on a tent platform, its always nice to tent off the ground. After getting set up we had dinner and watched the black flies swarming inside the rain cover over our tent. There was so many that it sounded like it was raining on our tent. About 7 a big big group of kids with one leader showed up at tented a few tent platforms away. They were quite as mouses all night lol. About 8 a NOBO called Macgiver set up camp and we talked for an hr or so, he was a very nice guy from Atlanta Ga. We then retired for the night with a big day ahead of us with a climb up Mt. Washington. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-09
From: osgood campsite

To: Mizpah Hut.
Miles today: 14.8

We were up at 4:30 and hiking by 5:30. We first had a climb up Mt. Madison from 2540ft up to 5366ft. After the first mile we were above treeline with little wind and the sun was coming up with clear skies. We had to make our way over boulder and rocks to the summit of Madison but reached the top at 7:30. Then we made our way down to Madison Hut at 8:00 for water refill and a snack. The huts have great cold water that u don't have to filter and have indoor toilets which is comfy. We then headed out bc we had 6 miles of rock walking to reach Mt. Washington. On the way we talked with some people who were hiking hut to hut. They asked about thru hiking along with the usual questions we get along the way. We past Mt. Jefferson and Mt Clay. We stayed around 5000ft until we started our climb up to 6288ft. The views are breathtaking with 360 degree views at all times but the hiking can be painful from the rocks. We made it to Mt. Washington at 12:15 and ordered pizza,hot dogs and nachos with cheese, yes we were hungry. We then went out and took pictures of the surrounding views. Plus this makes our 20th state high point bc Mt Washington is the highest pt in New Hampshire and 3rd highest Mtn in the eastern states being Clingsman Dome and Mt. Mitchell. We then had to get going to reach Mizpah Hut and get work for stay. The 6 miles were still rocky and tough but we made it at 5:15 and got work for stay with a father and son who started May 24 SOBO. After the guests ate we finished off everything that was leftover. Ratman had to scrape a freezer for 10 min and Tumbler cleaned a stove. Not much work for free food and an indoor sleeping room. We met some great people at the hut with one man who leads groups on hikes or anything having to do with the outdoors. These people have lost love ones in the military. We went to bed at 10 with thoughts of our friend picking us up at Crawford Notch after hiking 6 miles in the am. We had a lady come up to us and tell us she loved our hiking shirts at Mt. Washington. Our shirts read this walk is for Jesus bc he made The Walk for me. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-10
From: Mizpah Hut.

To: Crawfir Notch
Miles today: 6.4
Weather: light rain

We were up at 6 and had a cup of coffee at the hut before starting our hike to meet Troll. We first climbed up to Mt. Jackson before walking the cliff edges down to Mt. Webster. We walked the cliff edges until we made it to Webster Cliffs. The wind finally blew the cloud cover away and we had great views of the Notch and surrounding mts. We then hiked 2 miles down off the mountain. We made it by 11:30 and hitched to the visitors center where we are at this moment waiting on our ride. Everything is going good,we are taking tomorrow off before hiking 13 a day to Hanover then we will enter Vermont where we will have to hike 19 a day to finish Oct. 20th. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-11
From: Crawfir Notch

To: denmark maine
Miles today: 0.0

We are taking a zero today to spend the day with Margaret and Rick. We only have 97 miles until Hanover and then cross the bridge into Vermont. The trail will become easier with better terrain so we will be doing 20 mile days the rest of the way as long as the weather is good and no injuries. Here are some neat stats so far. We have past 40 Lean-To's or huts so far, we have climbed 62 named mtns with 1 over 6000, 7 over 5000ft and 21 over 4000ft. We have met and past 43 SOBO hikers who started with us and some have said many have already got off the trail. We hiked 260 miles on the BMT before coming out here bc we knew how hard Maine and New Hampshire can be to someone who starts without trail legs. We have seen 3 deer,2 bear,6 grouse,1 moose and 17 snakes so far. We have had 14 trail magics so far. We have hiked 594 miles so far counting the BMT. This is the total and where the hikers are from we have met so far. 7 from Va,4 Ga,5 NC,2 Missouri,4 TX,7Penn,2NY,6Mass,2 Michigan,1 Arkansas, 1 Louisiana,2Tenn,1 Conn,1 Cal,1 NJ, 2 Fla,2Kansas,1 Maine,4 Canada,2 Germany,1 Kentucky,1 Wisconsin 1 RI,2 Maryland,1 Washington 2 Vermont and 1Mississippi. That's all we have for now please pray for our youth who are travelling home today from a missions trip to New Mexico. God Bless.
Date: 2015-07-12
From: denmark maine

To: Galehead Hut 
Miles today: 14.7

This morning Margaret made pancakes,bacon,sausage and coffee before we headed back to the trail. We stopped at Starbucks on the way back, it was the first one since hitting the trail 1 month ago today. We then arrived at the trail at 9:30 to continue are journey SOBO. We first climbed up to around 2800ft from 1275ft before we hit a magical 5 mile stretch of flat trail. If u hit flat trail on the AT ur feet r so happy. We made it to Zealand Falls around 1 and met a NOBO from Ohio which is where Ratman was born in Cleveland. We sat and talked to him about the trail and also about God for 1 hr. We then headed back out because we still had some hiking to do and we had seen no hikers going northbound. We first climbed up to Zeacliff at 3700ft and had some spectacular views of the mtns and valley below. The weather was great again with sunny skies and a slight breeze. We then reached Zealand Mtn at 4250ft and took a short break. We then continued climbing up to South Twin Mtn at 4905ft and when we reached the top it was very windy but we met a very nice couple and we talked to them about the AT and how the trail has been treating us so far. We then started a steep 1200ft descent in .8 down to Galehead Hut. It was very rocky and slow going. We both said we felt fine all day with all the climbs but that down kicked our behinds. We finally made it to the hut where we filled up with water and both of us didn't want to do work for stay so we hiked .1 back and found a stealth campsite for the night. We want to thank Troll and Margaret for the great weekend we had and for being great friends. We hope to see u guys next Sunday in Hanover thanks again for everything we had a blast. God Bless.
Date: 2015-07-13
From: Galehead Hut 

To: Whitehouse Brook
Miles today: 13.4

We were up and hiking by 6:30 because we were excited about our hike over Lincoln. We first stopped by the hut and filled up with water then the climbing began. We hiked up to Mt. Garfield at 4500 for a perfect 360 degree view of the mtns we have been hiking up and down then we hiked down to the Pond for a break. We then started our hike up Mt. LafAyette at 5260ft where we ran into sit a bit who we met in 2012 and who signed our journal about the snow melt this year. His nephew gave us two snickers and hiked with us over Lincoln and and Little Haystack. We then hiked down to the Liberty Spring Campsite for water then said goodbye to our trail friends. We hiked 3 miles down to the campsite and retired around 6. God Bless
Date: 2015-07-14
From: Whitehouse Brook

To: mt Wolf
Miles today: 11.3

We woke up around 5 and looked out to see if it looked like rain but we saw blue skies so we packed up and started hiking. We had just over 2.5 miles to hike to reach the last hut in the White Mtn. We had a easy hike of some rocks,board walking and actually some dirt paths until we reached the hut nestled in between two mtns and sitting on a lake. We used the bathroom and filled up with water,the huts have good cold water that we take advantage of when we stop by. We sat out on the porch and talked with some nice folkes who had stayed there last night. We then purchased a brownie,two pumpkin chocolate cakes and a blueberry muffin that we gladly took off their hands. We then started our dreaded climb of North and South Kinsman at 4200 and 4300ft. We met some NOBO hikers and some day hikers while climbing to the top with a weather forecast of rain later in the day. We made it to the top of North Kinsman at 10 and had a great chat with a father and son out for the day. We then made it over to South Peak and talked with a nice couple out for the day. We all were hoping for great views but the mtns were socked in with fog. We then had to descend 2000ft down to the Eliza Brook Shelter where we thought we might stay due to the weather but after eating and having a great talk with 46 too who was staying at the shelter we decided to keep hiking. Her husband had hiked the Finger Lakes Trail and had met Nokie and Sprinkles while out on that trail. We are friends with them,we met them in 2012 on the AT. We started hiking again at 2 and 1 hr later the wind picked up and it started raining. We found a nice campsite beside the trail on Mt Wolf. we set up camp and dried off. We are now sitting here thinking only 4 miles to the road and then hitch in to Mcdees for bf then come back out and hike 8 miles. The rain has stopped but the wind is still blowing. God Bless and 57 miles until Hanover.
Date: 2015-07-15
From: mt Wolf

To: nh 112 Woodstock new hostel
Miles today: 4.6
Weather: light rain

We got up to rain and wind so we hurried and packed up before starting our hike to the road. Our plan was to hike to the road hitch in for bf and re-supply but we our soaked so we are staying at a new hostel. We hiked in mud and rain with the trees making us get wetter with every step. On our way down we met 46 who is the husband of the lady we met yesterday. He was hiking in to meet her and hike back to the road. We made it to the road at 8:15 and found trail magic with water and chips. We tried hitching for 30 min but no luck. A truck pulls in and lets a hiker out and turns around to offer us a ride to town. Turns out it is the young lady who just opened this brand new place, and I can tell u she stopped and showed us this place and we decided we didn't need to go any further. We got our showers and are now eating free pancakes and drinking coffee. She said she would run us to town later. God is so good to us he brought her to us when we needed a ride badly bc we were both cold,wet and hungry. But, we are good now and recommend this place to anyone near here. We will climb our last Mtn above treeline in the am and then on towards Vermont. God Bless to everyone. When we get to Hanover I will go into detail about our penny a mile youth fundraiser that we are doing for our youth at our church.
Date: 2015-07-16
From: nh 112 Woodstock new hostel

To: nh25
Miles today: 19.2
Weather: light rain

We started hiking at 8 with a climb of 3000ft to the top of Mt moose for short. We had a great hike up with the waterfalls to our right all the way up to the shelter. We made it to the top at 1000 to a perfect morning of sun and blue skies but the wind was blowing about 40 miles an hr and we had to put our jackets on. We took a few pictures before heading down the other side. We hike 3500ft down to Jefferson Brook Shelter for a break. On the way down we realized we were walking on good trail and in the woods. We could hear the leaves blowing in the wind,smell the flowers,see dirt with no rocks and found wild strawberries and raspberries to eat. We realized no more above treeline. We were so happy now we could hike big miles. We crossed NH25 and climbed up Mt Mist before reaching NH25c for another short break. We have been seeing many NOBO hikers. We then hiked pasted Ore Hill Shelter before reaching NH25a. We had just hiked 19 and were very happy to make it by 6. About 7 at a beach down the road they started playing music until 9 and then right after getting to sleep a bunch of college kids came into the woods and set up a table with cups for doing alchol shots. This was all going on less than a .1 from us. They were loud and rude. We packed up at 11:30 and hiked .3 on up the trail and set up camp again at 12:00. Finally went tobed with some peace and quite. God Bless.