morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2007-07-04
From: Salisbury, CT

To: Sage's Ravine
Miles today: 10.1
Weather: overcast clouds

No fireworks tonight! Woke up early in the Inn, had a divine breakfast of pancakes and walked along the road until we hit a side trail called Undermountain Trail leading up to the AT again. Met Taylor in Salsbury and he left us a note in the morning, HI TAYLOR! Went straight up 4.7 hard miles into the woods again and when we reached the top met a lone hiker singing "he got the whooooollleee world, in his hands" way off into the distance. we laughed hard.Climbed Bear mountain which was tough and got to the summit where there were a lot of piled rocks like a platform. Sat up there for awhile and had conversation with Mark the photographer carrying 87 pounds of equipment on his back. He was the Nikon guy and was taking promo shots. He ran after us and caught up with us in the woods again on the way down, took our picture and told us we were gonna be stars, modeling for EMS or something.So coming down the mountain we ran into the most beautiful campsite ever. It's called Sage's Ravine, and there are cascading waterfalls and built in stone steps everywhere. Scary signs for bear alerts everywhere too. It started pouring so we set up tent and sat in it for a million hours while it rained like crazy all night on us. Lots and lots of boring conversations in camp. No one else showed up. My feet hurt and I have blisters... Emily thinks she's sick.
Date: 2007-07-05
To: Hemlocks Lean-To
Miles today: 5.5

So maybe you are thinking we didn't do a lot of miles today... and technically we didnt... but we climbed two mountains, basically rock climbing with 30 extra pounds on our backs. It took a long time.Ran into no one on the trail today all day. Started early out of Sage's Ravine, because it was still rainy and I was scared of bears. The ravine looked like a jungle walking through it in the AM. We washed our faces at the stream and refilled water bottles. Then started CLIMBING Race mountain. The thing never ended, and when it finally did we were inching along cliff faces moving across the summit of the mountain. Emily's fear of hights made it an interesting part of the day. Coming down was frightning, because of the rain the rocks were really slippery and very steep. Lots of butt sliding.Then we moved back up to Mt. Everett... and yes the name lives us to it's close relative. 90 degree rock faces present puzzles to the average hiker with packs. Lots of grunting and pulling up. At the top we had GORP and peanut butter and tortilla sandwiches. Ended up at Hemlocks Lean-To, which was AMAZING. Its a new shelter sleeps up to 12. Our first night without a tent, was just perfect. The place filled up fast too, which was fun. We met Marked, Spenc, Lily, Breadless Horseman, Aqua Man,Lean on me, Partner, Ol' Graceful and Ninja. The place smelled of hiker that night and we all cooked together and talked of olf trail stories. Most of these people were thru-hikers. Just amazing, they've been walking since April or March.
Date: 2007-07-06
To: Great Barrington
Miles today: 7.5
Weather: broken clouds

We FLEW into town today!!! Got up early with the rest of the crew in the lean-to, and set off with Lily, who's doing a Flip-flop, which means she'll hike from Deleware to Maine, then take a bus back down to Deleware and walk to Georgia. So, Sister Act and Lily walked, well basically slipped and tried to keep our feet, down Jug Head gorge. This was scary... really steep falls and every new rock is a puzzle as to how your feet are going to get there!!We got to the bottom and Aqua Man (who just walked into the library as I'm typing his name) passed us. Headed through fields and crossed railroad tracks. Went into the swamp and had to walk over logs that have been placed there over the swamp. The woods were cool today.. there was this one section that was fillllleeed with fern growth and green light shining through the leaves.. it looked like unicorn and fairy land... then you'd walk over a bridge and be in a dead pine forest with just needles on the ground and no leaves. It was like good vs. evil.Good luck Lily, hope we meet up with you soon. And goodbye Just Me, we saw your last register at the Hemlocks Lean-to!! Nice hikin with you! 3:05, yessss my dried fruit DOES have apricots and I thought of you as I ate them yesterday!!!PS SIGN OUR GUEST LIST SO WE KNOW WHO"S READIN!!!!
Date: 2007-07-07
To: hiatus
Miles today: 0.0

ok.... so this is a rough one to write.Last night our parents came up to Great Barrington to take us out to eat and spoil us with hotel beds. Emily, however, has not recovered from feeling under the weather and has actually gotten much worse. She decided to come home for a couple of days, seeing as she couldn't even stand.Initially I decided to stay out and go it alone for a couple of days hoping she'll recover and rejoin me at the Upper Goose Pond shelter. I repacked my bag with everything I needed from her pack, rationed out food for myself and even paid for another hotel night.Then as everyone was in the car ready to leave, I realized I couldn't do this without her. This sounds cheesy, but we are Sister Act So... I cried, I made my mom cry, and Emily cried in the car without telling anyone...until now as I'm writing.So, we wait it out. But the good news is, Stevie might join us and then we can be "sibling act", or at least "Sister Act with special guest, Tony Danza"Please stay tuned, we are NOT done... we love the woods.
Date: 2007-07-08
From: hiatus update

To: hiatus update
Miles today: 0.0

been hanging at home recovering. Emily is feeling much better and the plan is to be back out on the trail by thursday morning. this is probably good, because instead of getting in touch with nature in this fine 100 degree weather, we found ourselves at the mall today, then sitting in front of the tv in the air conditioning in new forever 21 outfits watching The Devil Wears Prada.so this is good news, back to meeting cool people and sweating our butts off climbing more mountains.
Date: 2007-07-09
From: hiatus update

To: View Entry
Miles today: 0.0

ok here we go again!!!!leaving the house tomorrow at 5AM and driving back up to Great Berrington. (thanks dad) then we will be on the trail for a good 4 days and check back in with you all once we hit Dalton Mass.keep checkin in with us, we LOVE to see your comments!!!maggie and em
Date: 2007-07-12
From: Great Barrington

To: Shaker Camp Site 
Miles today: 9.25
Weather: scattered clouds

Back on the trail...dropped off at Rt 23 AT entrance by Dad. Glad to be back. The first hill was really really steep and I thought I was gonna die. Emily started to not feel well again. After about an hour, we were walking like pros again. Lotta swampy areas today - walked over a lot of bogs. Saw no hikers today. 1pm arrived at camp. Shaker Camp Site is a 2-tent platform with the ruins of an old shaker barn foundation and privy. Emily opened the trail register and 3 mice came jumping out of the register bag and we screamed. Emily heard the echos into the ravine. Some woman showed up and snored all night at the next platform. She was talking to the mosquitos.So excited for Goose Pond Cabin tomorrow.
Date: 2007-07-13
From: Shaker Camp Site 

To: Upper Goose Pond Cabin
Miles today: 10.5
Weather: few clouds

Had another achy feet day but ended up at Upper Goose Cabin and this place is amazing!! It's a large 2-story red house with a covered front porch, a kitchen, fireplace and 20 bunks WITH MATTRESSES!!! Hiking today was pretty uneventful except for those little fairies flying everywhere that makes Emily mad. Maggie got a bug in her eye today- 1/2 came out in one hour and the other 1/2 came out an hour after that.After jumping into a lake (in underwear) and swimming for a while, we sat on the porch and the hikers kept coming in. Thirty in total!! We made life-long friends.The guest list includes: Frog, Soho, Widow Maker, Paul Bunyan, Newt Mover and Heidi, Knifey, Yorkie, GI Greg and Wayne, the caretaker. We stayed up laughing all night. Widow Maker hikes in a kilt. Roasted marshmallows and made s'mores and were christened new names:Maestro and Mono aka Sister Act.We woke up in the morning to the smell of coffee and pancakes and Wayne saying "Bwrekfast time". Pigged out on pancakes & coffee with the whole crew and the boys all challenged us to the hardest day of our life.
Date: 2007-07-14
From: Upper Goose Pond Cabin

To: Kay Woods Lean-to
Miles today: 19.0

Kept up with the through-hikers!!! We even showed up at the campsite before some of them. This was the most amazing day! Headed out with Paul Bunyan and it was an easy first-half of the day (10 miles). When we got to the top of the first mountain and read the registry, Widow Maker said he had a great night with "pancakes and pretty girls". Had lunch with the whole gang at October Mtn. lean-to. Ran into 'trail magic' early on after crossing the Mass Pike on a bridge and getting honked at. First it was fresh lettuce from somebody's garden then turned the corner and we got to a cooler full of Devil Dogs, Potato chips and soda. Drank a Coke in 30 seconds and ran up a mountain on a caffeine high. Ate wild raspberries and pushed on.After lunch, followed Paul Bunyan to the 'cookie lady's house' (.1 mile off trail). Her husband gave us oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies and water that smelled like eggs. Met up with Flax Seed at the coolie lady's house and pushed on another 7.4 miles. In the woods, we saw 2 baby black bears and their momma. The momma ran away and the babies scrambled up 2 trees and stared at us. Mono wanted to stop and take pictures but Maestro said "Move, move, move". At the end of the day, we finally scrambled into the Kay Woods Lean-to (4:30) and set up camp next to Frog and Yorkie, Newt Mover and Heidi.Before we went to bed, Frog played some mouth harp and sang a song he wrote about the AT last night. Maestro's finally smells like a man. Mono does not feel sick anymore.During the night, heard 2 screech owls calling to each other.
Date: 2007-07-15
From: Kay Woods Lean-to

To: Dalton, Massachusetts
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

Woke up 6 am and woke all the boys up. Walked a pretty easy 3.5 miles into town except one hill almost made me faint. We're getting dehydrated and desperately need gatorade. Trail went right through the center of Dalton where we met up with Newt Mover and Heidi for breakfast. Had HUGE breakfast- bacon, home fries, eggs, toast. Ate it all.Ran into Frog and Soho in the coffee shop and gave hugs all around.Did laundry, found the motel and took long showers. Mono scrubbed herself until she bled. Will spend the rest of the afternoon in town after some afternoon showers. AC and TV in the room. Tomorrow...attempting to climb half of Mt. Greylock and meet up with Newt Mover and Heidi. Tomorrow is all uphill.Tuesday, we'll cross over into Vermont and will attempt to stop in North Adams, MA to upload some photos. Next town stop in Bennington, VT.
Date: 2007-07-15
From: Dalton, Massachusetts

To: Mark Noboel
Miles today: 14.5

Woke up this morning in Dalton in the Shamrock Inn... nasty place really. Went to the Java Juice down the street and had bagel, coffee and off we went.First 10 miles of the day were pretty easy, showed up in Cheshire, Mass. around noon. We were lost and couldn't see any place to get food so we stood in the center of the sidewalk until this girl, Jill came up to us. Told us there was nothing to eat in town but she'd drive us to a farmer's market for amazing lunch and to fill up water in a nearby mountain spring.Hopped in her car, and now officially have our first trail angel!! We had lunch and hung out at her shop where she made her own blown glass necklaces and beautiful stuff. Then she dropped us off at the trail head again.Went another 4.5 miles up Greylock... and i mean UPPPPPP!!! Got the first half of the mountain down when we arrived at the lean to. Newt Mover and Heidi showed up later and so did two older brothers thruhiking... Sheephead and Lakewood. Slept in the shelter and had a run-in with a porcupine during the early AM hours. Read an amazing registry entry from Frog, Yorkie, Knify-Spoony and the rest of the gang who were at the shelter the night before. Frog said "Twisted Swisters, this is where I'll be for the next couple of days, CATCH UP" So that's what we plan on doing... some hard miles to catch up with them.
Date: 2007-07-16
From: Mark Noboel

To: Bennington, VERMONT
Miles today: 14.0

Woke up this morning earlyt, 5:30 AM and climbed the rest of Greylock which wasn't that hard. But going down it was another story... REALLY steep decline that had my brakes in pain. Blisters got much worse on the 3 mile down... Followed Newt and Heidi into North Adams for lunch and ice-cream. Ran into Waffles and Yard Sale there, who said they knew who we were! YAY our reputation preceeds us! Decided to nurse our blisters so we can catch up to Frog for real. So we hithhiked into Bennington, maybe cheating the trail a little bit but whatever. Frog will be here tomorrow, and we'll be on the trail again.This library isn't letting us download our pictures, boo.I fell twice today and Mono fell once. I looked in the mirror in the Outfitter this afternoon and didn't recognize my own legs. Mono looks like Axl Rose recently.
Date: 2007-07-19
From: Bennington, VERMONT

To: Kid Gore
Miles today: 14.25
Weather: light rain

Early wake up at 5:30 am. Called the greasy taxi guy who took us to the trail. Very steep beginning - basically uphill the entire day. Powered up the hill to the first shelter and met up with Yard Sale, Waffle and Beat Box. Had lunch during the rain and basically ran 4.1 miles into Kid Gore shelter. The whole crew was there in a pretty log cabin- Emily and I shared a bunk - poured all night & a mouse ate crackers right by Frog's head.
Date: 2007-07-20
From: Kid Gore

To: Stratton Pond
Miles today: 15.1
Weather: light rain

This morning we set out on an intense mud walk up to our ankles. Mono hated life this day- miserable. Walked 8 miles and then walked up over Stratton Mountain which was tough. Mono had a panic attack on top of a tower as the wind shook the whole thing. Then we ran down the other half- met up with Frog and rolled into the shelter. Washed up in the pond with trail friends. It was beautiful. We had a slumber party up in the loft. This was our last night with Newt and Heidi and it was MISERABLY cold sleeping. Nobody slept.
Date: 2007-07-21
From: Stratton Pond

To: Manchester, Vermont
Miles today: 12.0

The hardest/easiest miles ever. Easy due to the terrain and hard because we wanted to be in town. Left the shelter at 7:30 and arrived at 11 am in Manchester, a quaint little place with lots of horses. Good thing Frog booked a hotel last night. It's a cute little place called the Carriage House Inn with the BEST owner, Jackie. She is 75 years old, mowed the lawn for over 2 hours and whistled all afternoon. Did all our errands, met up with all the through-hikers in town for a while. Went swimming in a swimming pool, got a bottle of wine. Life is good. More walking ahead and it looks hard.Sorry for no pictures - the computers in all these towns won't allow us to upload. Please keep signing our guest book. We love to hear from you.
Date: 2007-07-22
From: Manchester, Vermont

To: Big Branch Shelter
Miles today: 17.0
Weather: clear sky

An amazing day today. Got in the habit of steam-rolling Frog in the morning to wake him up, which is always fun. Got breakfast at a cute cafe and hitched a ride with Nancy, the daily trail angel, who drove us five miles to the trailhead. Climbed Mt. Bromley first which had an amazing summit including a tower,a ski lift and a field. Next was Peru Peak where we sat on top of a rock and met Appy and Pappy. Appy is 11 years old hiking with his grandfather, Pappy, who's in his 70s. Appy's been hiking since he was 7 and will have finished the entire trail by the time he's 15! Everyone loves them out here, already a legend. Soon after ran into soda trail magic. A couple ladies (as well as Mad Hatter) were waiting for us at the top of a hill with cold cokes. This may be the best part of any hiker's day. Frog pushed us 6 more miles than planned to the next shelter. Had lunch at a shelter, switching it up with pepperoni and cheddar cheese on a tortilla wrap. Came to the campsite, finally, lit a fire, had some lollipop trail magic. Sleepy showed up with his guitar as well as Benzino. Played guitar by the fre and slept by a water fall. That's all.
Date: 2007-07-23
From: Big Branch Shelter

To: Greenwall Shelter
Miles today: 8.0
Weather: overcast clouds

Had another freeezing night last night. Began today with another sleeping bag steam-roll. For those who do not know what the steam-roll is: the body stays stiff and rolls over, like a log, the person next to you. It is the best, and only, way to be woken up. Hiked an easy 1 mile into Danby, a one horse town, for an amazing breakfast. Stuck around while Frog picked up his mail-drop then hitched back to the trail in "the back of what Americans call 'a Van'" (Frog). Vermont accents are hard to understand, especially with chewed cigars hanging everywhere. It was hard to start walking at noon but Maestro carried a bottle of wine and Frog had the mountain house cheesecake for the newly assembled Team Treadwell (Mono, Maestro, Frog and Sleepy). Another night of guitar and fires and toasting the trail with our community bottle of wine. Heading to the base of Killington tomorrow.
Date: 2007-07-24
From: Greenwall Shelter

To: Swan Song Shelter
Miles today: 15.5

"Beill, this is Jeill, where's Pheill? Did you talk to Leill, 'cause she's out with Geill."Was expecting a hard day and GOT it. Steep hills over and over, everyone thought they were gonna die. Worked a haaard morning into Whistle Stop cafe with dreams of root beer floats that succeeded our trail expectations. Don't think we have ever had a root beer float that was so incredible. We knew the hardest part of the day was after the cafe but we hiked out of the GORGE and over the suspension bridge (Mono had another panic attack). Trail magic was waiting for us in the form of Dr. Thunder in a basket in the stream. Heard from Sobos that the shelter we were planning on staying at was known for townie harrassment but that there was a "secret shelter" a mile closer. We found directions posted on a tree in a zip-lock and took the detour. The shelter was amazing with a spotless privy and more sodas waiting for us. Another Team Treadwell night together plus Bliss.
Date: 2007-07-25
From: Swan Song Shelter

To: Inn at Long Trail
Miles today: 10.5

What we have been waiting for all month. The weather was perfect and we basically burned Killington. Thought we were less than half way to the top when we were about a mile from the summit. Our biggest mountain yet, it was quite an accomplishment. The summit was a .2 reeeally steep climb so we left our packs at the bottom bringing up our camera and a candy bar. At the top, you can see five different states, it was unreal. Hung out at top for a while but could hear our beer calling for us at the Inn. Blue-blazed it down Pico Mountain to the oasis of the oldest ski lodge in Vermont, Inn at Long Trail. Played a 1920s piano in our rain gear while waiting for laundry. Had the BEST cheeseburger and downed a Long Trail Ale (which caused a slight buzz) with Frog followed by a well deserved nap. Woke up to a new crew waiting in the bar: Sublime, Anonymous, High Life an Kilgore. Quickly proceeded to get inebriated and cause havoc until the bartender literally locked the doors, kicking us out to our rooms where the party did not stop. The bills were getting high so Anonymous hitched into Rutland at 9:30 PM to get a 30 pack. Had a jam session, played cards and drank beers until we remembered we had to hike in the morning. It was quite apparent that these boys haven't seen girls in some time. An amazing night.
Date: 2007-07-26
From: Inn at Long Trail

To: Stony Brook Shelter
Miles today: 9.0
Weather: few clouds

Had the BEST french toast in the absolute world at the Inn this morning. The boys stumbled in with no shoes and wild hair as we relived the night's insanity. Sad to say goodbye to Sleepy and Bliss cause this was where the AT and Long Trail split as well as our new bar friends but we moved on. Team Treadwell minus 1, back to the trio. Walked up Quinby Mountain, cursing at life. Got to the shelter, acknowledging our last night and set up camp. We were writing in journals and relaxing, being introspective when out of no where we hear heavy, running footsteps. Looked up and in comes Anonymous carrying a box o' wine. Ridiculous. He hugs Mono and spins her around and immediately cracks open a beer. Apparently, the rest of the crew decided to hitch to the nearest road with as much alcohol they could carry to celebrate Sister Act's last night. Even Sleepy and Bliss came out and it's not even their trail anymore. Drank Bacardi, 2 boxes of wine, Jim Bean and Bud Lights- it was the perfect ending to a perfect experience. Maybe 20 people total at the campsite. Stayed up til all hours laughing and playing guitar. One more day of hiking.
Date: 2007-07-27
From: Stony Brook Shelter

To: Home
Miles today: 13.0
Weather: scattered clouds

Bittersweet morning consisting of more hungover goodbyes. Set off with Frog into the woods for the last time. Went up some mean hills but tried hard to love them. Uneventful hiking day. It was about 85 degrees and our clothes were saturated in sweat. Heard Rt 12 before we saw it and knew our journey was about to end. Got to the road and within 10 minutes a car pulled over for us. We hopped in the back of his pick up letting the wind dry our disgusting shirts while Frog videotaped the last moments of our trip. Got to woodstock, bought some iced coffees and made our way to White River Junction for the hotel. Frog stayed with us for the last night with Mom and Dad dropping him back at the trail tomorrow morning. We both had one of the most amazing experiences of our lives. Something we will never, ever forget.
Date: 2007-10-21
From: Home

To: Ragged Mountain
Miles today: 3.0

Went for a day hike today... first hike since the summer, and it felt amazing. We are planning to go back out next summer for another extended AT section hike... any suggestions? We were thinking of the NJ/NY section. That way, we connect to CT where we started and we'll have the whole section from NJ to NH done.Today's hike was an easy climb up ragged mountain in southington, CT. Lots of rock climbers out today and the leaves were amazing from the summit. Took the long way down through some caves and down boyscout made rock steps. Good day for a hike.
Date: 2008-06-14
From: Home

To: Home
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

It's been a year to the day that we started packing for last year's month long hike. Now, the bags are again exploded on the living room floor...but this time there are 3. Sister Act is going back out for just a long weekend but with our mom. We will start this Friday and come home Sunday... hiking an average of 12 or so miles a day starting at Bear Mountain.Hoping to run into some thru-hikers. Hoping to get a taste of the trail again. Maestro, Mono and Mom
Date: 2009-07-14
From: Home

To: some section hikes
Miles today: 80.0

Have gone on several day hikes in the past couple of months, all to finish CT south of Kent and NY. Mom and Dad have been on all of them too. This past weekend, we did the Bear Mountain section of NY, and was pretty surprised when we walked straight through a zoo! Including our hike with mom last summer in NY for 3 days, we almost have NY done. Other sections included the beautiful field crossing north of Bear mountain and the AT railroad crossing, which i had been excited to see. Next week, we will go 4 days south of Bear mountain for a longer section hike into Jersey.Then in August we have a week of New Hampshire. Trying to break 400 miles this summer!!!