| Main A.T. Page | New Things on or linked to from the A.T. Page Note: Links to commercial sites do not imply a recommendation. Also, links to newspaper articles often expire after a couple of weeks. 2010 February 20 - Durch die Wildnis Amerikas - Part 1 Film by Max von Klitzing and Rainer Blank about the A.T. -in German (Part 2 (Not sure how long it will be available here.) February 17 - Twitter feed of the ATC. 2009 August 7 - Linda Patton's Books for Hikers website July 28 - Article in Smithsonian Magazine about the A.T. July 2 - A video about the Governor's hike. June 23 - Gov. of S.C. gone walkabout on the A.T. June 21 - The Smithsonian will be opening a new exhibit in July - Earl Shaffer and the Appalachian Trail June 14 - Chris Johnson has elevation profiles of the AT, PCT and other trails posted on the scribd website. 2008 October 16 - Weather Carrot has a photo tribute to Gene Espy, the second person to thru hike the trail. (YouTube) September 7 - Joshua Haislip sent me a link to his Google Map of A.T. shelters. (Many, many more than 5 will become apparent when you start zooming in.) August 17 - < href="http://whereskarl.com/">Where's Karl - trying to run the A.T. in 47 days....... August 4 - NPR story - The Big Chill On The Appalachian Trail June 12 - A.T. Road Crossings by state 3-25 - Alabama Touts Path to Appalachian Trail in Georgia - story on NPR 2007 11-26 - Appalachian Pages A new handbook for hiking the Appalachian Trail. 11-16 Blind hiker Mike Hanson is preparing to hike the A.T. k 10-1 Shannondale has a slide show of the A.T. in West virginia. 9-11 The ATC is looking for volunteer water monitors. You just need to spend one day doing it between September 18 and October 18. 5-16 From Dr. Space Monkey 5000: I have just launched a new site called http://TrailPhone.net. It allows hikers to call a toll free number, punch in their mile mark, and record an audio journal. Their audio then gets posted and mapped online. Hikers can also listen to each other's entries over the phone. The service is free. 3-1 - A website for the 2007 Biennial A.T. Conference at Ramapo, NJ, is now online 1-20 - Added a link to this Filming the AT Project website 1-12 - Added a link to an A.T. Newsletter 2006 12-18 - Jeffrey Hunter has just posted a true story about a thruhiker and a chickadee. 11-10 - Linked to Mara "Stitches" Factor's, Travels and Trails, includes her thruhike journal, other journals, and lot of hiking and gear tips. 11-6 - NPR Story about the ATC folks who went to Lebanon to advise about the trail being built there - just a few days before the war broke out. 11-2 - There are a number of A.T. videos on YouTube. 5-12 - Out in Arizona-New Mexico the newly mapped Grand Enchantment Trail 3-21 Appalachian Trail Parking 2-16 - At Class of 2004 webpage launched 12-27 - Podcasts about hiking - many about the A.T. 6-26 - Southbounders - new drama about hiking the A.T. (A review, website for movie ) 6-13 - Whiteblaze.net - I've added a much-belated link. I had thought there was a link to this page long ago. 4-6 - Spirit Eagle - Jim and Ginny Owen have a webpage up. 3-1 - Gillian Murphy is planning to hike the trail to raise funds for MS research. 2-7 - I see that the hiker directory which is mentioned somewhere below has its own URL. 2-6 - Mike Spears is the Lucky Cowboy who's starting out on March 1. 2-2 David Grim writes: I just received an e-mail on a project that will not die. It is the North Shore project in the Smokies. For those not familiar, this is another attempt to carve a road through the Smokies. Someone smells money and this is an attempt to complete the road to nowhere. Anything we can do to get people to send in e-mails opposing this project would be great. Here is a website where you can post your comments by April 3: www.northshoreroad.info/comments.htm 12-26 PA Ruck - January 28-30 - Since the late '90s an event has been held annually at Pine Grove Furnace, PA for A.T. hikers to get together socially, but more importantly for prospective A.T. long distance hikers without much experience to learn from those who've "been there, done that." 9-20 The A.T. Museum has a new logo - and is in need of item donations. 6-17 - AT Shelters List - with locations, distance to next, GPS info. Thanks to Jim Rodney for the link. 4-25 - Weather at 9 Peaks along the A.T. - from AT-L 3-29 - Alabama a step closer to joining Appalachian Trail - an AP story sent to me by Jim Krenn 3-22 - Scott Rogers calls himself the "bionic hiker" - scheduled to start March 22 3-19 After Rice: New questions in Park murders - Cover Story in The Hook 3-16 Check out the job and internship possibilities at Bear's Den in Virginia 2-29 - A.T. Photo Project "One Day on the Appalachian Trail" - proposed date: May 30, 2004. 2-26 - Some PBS videofiles related to the A.T. - and a couple of others focusing on the Long Trail and the Green Mountian Club 2-24 An Appalachian Trail Blog - reported by David Schroeder 2-16 Questions Left After Slaying Case Dissolves 2-7 Charges Dropped In (SHenandoah Park) Hikers' Slayings: New Tests Hurt Case Against Md. Man - Washington Post 1-18 A Colonial Is Welcomed Back by Mother England (Bryson) - from AT-L 1-17 - An article about a ranger who died this week in the extreme cold in the White Mountains and - reported by Mike Stinneford 1-13 - A couple of new A.T. books: Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery and at this Trafford Publisher website, search on the title: Care To Join Me? 1-4 - Hiker Hostel near southern end of A.T. 12-30 - The Summit of Their Joy Making Memories to Share On the Appalachian Trail article in Washington Post. When that link expires, the link to Bob and Coleen Bridges' page about their hikes. (Currently having bandwidth problems but should be available later on.) (From AT-L.) 12-21 - This doesn't exactly have anything to do with the AT other than it's a book whose setting is the Maine woods. In a library, if it has not yet been discarded, it can be found near Bryson's A.T. book. This is how I disovered this wonderful book from 1942. It's still in print but should also be able to be found at or through your local library. Title: We Took to the Woods. Author: Louise Dickinson Rich. 12-17 - A page that lists all the shelters and mileages. And a page for the Southern Ruck to be held in January in South Carolina. (from the AT-L) Also, a spreadsheet with even more data, but no mileages as of yet: http://www.abettermap.com/FullShelterList.xls 12-13 - There is a new forum for the A.T. - ATForum.net 12-12 Why has it taken me over 4 years to discover the Appellation Trail? or here, from Forbes. 11-20 NC AT Specialty License Plate Project Earlier this year, a coalition was successful in getting the North Carolina General Assembly to pass, and the Governor to sign, a bill authorizing creation of a new NC specialty license tag to provide permanent support for the portions of the Appalachian Trail that run through North Carolina. The bill requires that a minimum of 300 people sign up for this new tag on or before January 15, 2004. 10-22 Duncannon, trail create magic together - Patriot News 10-21 DNA Tests Delay Trial In Hiker Slayings - Washington Post 10-19 TJ, an ALDHA Companion volunteer in Maine, posted this on the board above the register box at Katahdin Stream Campground: Did you remember to say "Thank you"? Did you send that summit photo you promised? Drop a postcard to that favorite hostel? Send a note to that maintaining club? A get well card to Keith Shaw? No doubt you remember seeing those kinds of postcards and photos displayed proudly at many hostels, stores, and post offices. They really do mean a lot to those that receive them. Addresses for almost everyone are in the ALDHA Companion or Wingfoot's Handbook. If you need help finding any addresses, drop me a line at Caratunk2Katahdin (at) yahoo.com. I'm sure we can find any addresses you want. Thank you! TJ 10-17 Seven-year murder mystery begins to unravel in federal court - AP story 10-2 - Journalists honored Four remembered in cermony at state park - (Right along the A.T. at Gathland) from Herald-Mail 9-19 - Earl Shaffer on the Coleman website. 7-21 Article about the History of Pen-Mar Park which is on the trail at the Maryland-Pennsylvania border 7-16 Dances with Marmots - Pacific Crest Trail Adventure - a Kiwi's perspective 7-12 - 2 stories from the Rutland Herald: Volunteer students moving boulders to create stairs and Trail relocation to use boardwalk plan reported by Kenyon Karl. 7-7 Just discovered this page: Whitney Kemper is hiking and writing for the Nashville City Paper 7-6 Bionic leg will get workout as hiker tries Appalachian Trail - KnoxNews 7-3 - Weathercarrot's A.T. Snowfall Maps - 10 years in the making. 7-3 - Gwinnett hiker, 15, dies on Appalachian Trail 6-20 - Gonzo (Alan Strackeljahn) is bringing you his hike from 20 years ago one day at a time. 6-20 Tara Roberts is filing audio reports from the trail. They are being snailnailed back to the station, so what you hear will be from several days ago. 6-19 - Leo Kucewicz reported about the capture in Pennsylvania ; also, the NPS incident report was brought to my attention by Jim & Marlis Greenway. (June 19) 6-19 - There is a front page article in today's Martinsburg Journal about thruhiker Devon Struck who's hiking on behalf of brain research. (The funny thing is that in the caption accompanying her picture it says "at an overlook of the Potomac and Opequon rivers in Harpers Ferry.") 5-20 - Report from Katahdin from John Gordon 5-16 A link to the Doyle Hotel in Duncannon, PA 5-9 Trail Blazing from AAA World 5-7 - Tuscarora Trail offers the road less traveled 4-11 - Hud Hartson, Krystal Smith and doggy Shasta set out for Maine on March 8. 3-18 The Vision of Benton MacKaye - a page by James Neill 3-18 Mailing Label Wizard for Appalachian Trail Hikers - if you're planning to mail packages ahead to yourself or to someone else. 2-27 Internet Cafe in Hampton, TN 2-13 CyberSolitude - Chad Brown's AT page. He's hiking the trail this year. 2-2 Md. Man Could Get Execution In Deaths: Hikers' Slayings Seen As Anti-Gay Crime - Washington Post 1-29 Virtual Hike the AT 1-24 A news article in today's Pocono Record about that proposed race track near the AT in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Reported by Leo "Reading Man" Kucewicz http://poconorecord.com/local/exd49401.htm 1-10 Jointly created by the ATC and the Green Mountain Club, the ATC/GMC Backcountry Sanitation Manual is now the source for Trail maintainers on how to safely manage human waste on Trails.Reported by its author, Pete Antos-Ketcham. 2002 12-29 Trail relocation plan palatable to all, but costly - story from Rutland Herald, reported by Kenyon Karl 12-12 A note from the guestbook: My best friend's daughter, Rachel Ferguson was shot by a hunter on the appalchian trail in Georgia on nov. 24th, 2002. She is recovering but the family could use some help with the bills. A fund was set up in her name to take donations. She has received many e-mails from hikers and I was hoping you could post the address on your web site. It is: The Rachel Ferguson Fund National Bank of Commerce 827 Joe Frank Harris Parkway Cartersville, Ga. 30120 Thank you so much, Vanessa Harford 11-28 Matthew Goss's Lyme Disease Page - he got Lyme while hiking on the AT and wants to make sure others are aware of the possibility of contracting this dreadful disease. 11-24 Hunter charged in teen's wounding on Appalachian Trail 11-5 - Hikers in South Carolina want state link to Appalachian Trail 10-23 - Residents cross paths on Appalachian Trail 10-21 - Volunteers Take a Trail to Its Natural Connection - New York Times 10-15 Steve The Ferryman hangs up his paddles as he retires from providing the canoe ferry across the Kennebec. 10-6 N.H. women reflect on Appalachian adventure reported by Kenyon Karl 10-4 - Yosemite Official Rejects New Post In Smokies Park Land Swap, Road Plans Protested - from Washington Post 9-19 - Damascus man pleads guilty to capital murder - reported by Randal Inman 9-30 - Family hikes entire Appalachian Trail - reported by Karl Kenyon and from the Washington Post Virginia Family Walks 2,168-Mile Trail reported by Mallika Pichumani After 2,169 Miles, What's Another 690? - from New York Times Google Newspaper Search - on the term Appalachian Trail 9-11 - New tests will determine just how bad air is in the Smokies - including testing the breath of hikers!! - reported by Randal Inman 8-14 A message from John Gordon about the Kennebec Ferry Steve the Ferryman is not renewing his contract when it is up this October. 7-12 AT Forum - a recently created forum about the AT. Most messages at this time are about towns and services along the AT. 7-1 Images frame a tribute to Katahdin - from the Boston Globe 6-2 Georgia to Maine, one peak at a time - Boston Globe story 5-28 Hostel popular place for Appalachian Trail hikers article from the Johnson City Press 5-26 The king of trails - editorial in the Denver Post - reported by Paul Rosa 5-22 Charlote Observer article - "N.C. bans imported elk, deer" - reported by Randal Inman 5-14 Thru-Hiker ALert from Baxter State Park - sent in by Snodrog. Note: 'Hiker's Dream' has been renamed 'The Birches.' 5-14 An article about Earl from the Baltimore Sun. And in the New York Times. 5-13 Confluence nearest Katahdin visited 5-10 Found Dog notice - male, near Front Royal 5-7 Articles about Earl Shaffer The endless trail First to finish Appalachian lives on in hikers' hearts He hiked into your heart York High grad leaves behind a legacy as long as the Appalachian Trail Earl Shaffer was legendary Appalachian Trail hiker Earl Shaffer 4-27 Recently I visited confluence near the A.T. near Paris. Note: There is one confluence point in Maine that has not yet been documented. 46N 69W is in Baxter near Bald Mountain. 4-21 There is some sad news regarding Earl Shaffer. He is in the hospital seriously ill. Cards & letters can be sent to him at: Veterans Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Street Building # 1 5th floor Hospice Lebanon, PA 17042 4-13 The Witcher family is hiking the AT and is being covered by the Roanoke Times. 4-10 - An indictment was announced in the 1996 Shenandoah National Park murders. See this page for indictment and news stories about the case. 3-27 - The AT is the topic on the March 27 Public Interest on WAMU-FM. It can be heard live at www.wamu.org. It will be archived soon after the broadcast at www.wamu.org/ram/2002/p1020327.ram. 3-21 - From The Morning Call Car track near Trail proposed again - from the Morning Call 3-21 - Warren Doyle's Class on the A.T. in May at Lees-McRae College in North Carolina 3-19 The Washington County Public Library in Abingdon, VA is having a Trail Days Writing Contest with prizes. (Deadline: postmark of April 17, 2002 or email submission no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2002.) 3-17 Miss Janet's House - Erwin, TN - Hiker bunk and breakfast 3-16 Tom Fremantle on the A.T.? 3-15 Melissa Luce is going to do a flip-flop hike on behalf of Camino Seguro (Safe Passage), a Guatamalan children's organization. 3-4 The 2002 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers’ Companion is online at ALDHA. 2-23 2 Articles about Bill Irwin in the Carroll County paper Walking in God's shadow and Hiker says trials taught him the power of laughter 2-19 WWII Memorial Forest, planted from the air, may get a marker 2-19 A Checklist of Common Plants of the Appalachian Trial in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina 2-19 A Campus Journey- Hiking the A.T. in 2002 - begun on 02-02-02 2-18 Pennsylvania man is found dead on Appalachian Trail - Morning Herald 2-6 The family that hikes together, learns together - Roanoke Times article 1-30 Sridhar Ramasami (Spider) hiked the Eastern Continental Trail in 2000-01. 1-17 "Walking on the Happy Side of Misery" - a new book reported by Jason Lee. 1-17 Alabama Hiking Trail Society - including info on the Alabama connection to the AT 1-17Amir Meshoolam's Thru-Hiking Page 2001 12-30 Several Baxter State Park links: Katahdin Outdoors - a site put up by a former park ranger, Baxter State Park Authority - official Baxter State Park website, and Friends of Baxter - an independent citizen's group working to support the park. Reported by John Wesley Gordon Anthrax suspect said he was hiding out on AT in Pennsylvania - reported by Little Bear Trail volunteers reforest stretch - PennLive 11-22 Hiking His Way Through 7 Pairs of Shoes Brian Robinson's record-breaking, 7,000-mile trek took him through brutal weather, lonely days and bouts of palsy. - LA Times 11-9 Saddleback ski area for sale -Blethen Maine Newspapers - reported by Kenyon Karl 11-9 Basecamp - Ed Williams has set up place to go for plenty of forums to discuss different aspects of hiking the AT. 11-7 Triple Crown One Year - 3 hikers are on the AT trying to finish before the end of the year. 11-6 FlightSimOnline - Appalachian Trail. Just happened to discover this page today. 11-5 Trailplace.com seems to have shut its doors, at least for the moment. 10-31 Another link about Brian Robinson from Foster's Online - Solo hiker says record required more mental than physical strength - reported by Kenyon Karl. 10-30 Someone reported this link about something pssibly trail-related in Damascus, Va. 10-29 Hiker Achieves 'Triple Crown' - Brian Robinson completed the last leg of the Triple Cron at Katahdin on Oct. 27. And a link from Kenyon Karl for a NY Times story. 10-15 Huge Northeast wildlands under pressure; but Maine national park idea goes nowhere - reported by Kenyon Karl. 10-9 Paper trail mars Appalachian path 10-7 Centuries-Old Trees, the Ones the Loggers Overlooked or Didn't Want - from Kenyon Karl. 10-4 Heightened Security Alarms Hikers reported by Andy "Captain Blue" Niekamp Battles brewing over Appalachian Trail buffer land from the Asheville Citizen-Times News 9-1 Land Rights Battles Heat Up Along the Appalachian Trail reported by Randal Inman. 8-17 - Norwalk Native Describes Hiking Adventure - Stanford Advocate via Kenyon Karl. 8-15 - Link to info about a possible project of the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Program regarding an environmental monitoring program centered on the Appalachian Trail. 8-14 Some articles from the Rutand Herald about places near the A.T : Summer people: A park ranger’s life has many demands, few perks Wallingford boys’ camp outlined to town Vermont fare: Up For Breakfast -- thanks to Kenyon Karl. 8-13 - Plane crash near Appalachian Trail kills three 8-11 - Bear Mountain marks true beginning of Appalachian Trail - reported by Kenyon Karl 8-10 - Ian Hamilton, of Aberdeen Scotland has been hiking since April. I happened to discover it on a Yahoo page of travelogues which was linked on the Let Me Stay for A Day website. 8-7 Las Tortugas Section Hikers Club 8-5 Driving the Appalachian Trail - article in Washington Post 7-30 - On The Trail Of Hiker Search Teams - article from Hartford Courant reported by Kenyon Karl. 7-27 - Sports Illustrated article on Brian Robinson who's trying to walk the 3 big U.S. trails all in one year - reported by Rick Boudrie 7-23 - Appalachian Trail Mate Trip Planning Software (It's available through the ATC.) 7-23 - Mixup leads police on search for hikers - reported by Kenyon Karl 7-16 - Most of the 256 shelters on the Appalachian trail are pretty rough. Then there’s the Fontana Hilton. - from the Smithsonian - reported by Randal Inman 7-10 - Milt Webb has some pictures from this year's Trail Fest as well as from this year's Ruck in Georgia on his website. 7-9 2 hikers with a cause hit the trail for long walk home - from the Atlanta Constitution - reported by Jen Boudrie. 7-7 - David "Twain" Brinkerhoff began on June 4. 6-29 - Hiker planning to hike AT, CDT and PCT in one year - an article in the San Jose Mercury. Also see his own site: http://homestead.juno.com/roy.robinson/main.html - reported by Rick Boudrie 6-29 Sneetch's 5 Million Steps - follow Sneetch as she heads north and has weekly picture and journal updates on the Kodak e-Magazine website. 6-25 Swift kills Greylock resort plan Environmental groups praise surprise move - reported to AT-L. 5-22 Downthetrail.net - "a volunteer project born of cooperation between several Appalachian Trail Conference staff members and a group of writers, hikers, and web site specialists who seek to tell the story of Appalachian Trail." 5-21 Jack Danner pointed out that I didn't have a link to Caledonia State Park. 5-21 Randal Inman reported this link from the Charlotte Observer: Hikers make Hot Springs a cool layover 5-14 Take a Hike! - article in Philadelphia Inquirer - reported by Leo Kucewicz 5-8 Blacksburg Regional Visitor Center 5-7 Smithsonian Won't Close Center in Front Royal Scientists' Outcry Prompts Reversal 5-6 Found info about a confluence" point that's located quite close to the A.T. 4-30 - Tim Rich reported this link about Beth Kelsoe and Rick Guhse trying to establish a trail to link up the Florida Trail to the AT. 4-25 Two time thruhiker Paul Nanian has a new site for thruhikers: www.thru-hiker.com. 4-24 Hikers cross couple's path from Hagerstown paper. 4-18 See the for a message from Viking (AT-98) about Rusty. 4-11 The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club is now online. 4-10 Winter hiker takes backwards approach to Appalachian Trail - reported by Kenyon Karl 4-6 Zoo Drops Wildlife Research Facility Center Works To Save Animals From Extinction - facility is right along AT at Front Royal 3-30 While doing a little trail magic at Deep Gap, Wayne Brown met Ray Burton and Karl Hoerz who took off in mid-March. (Requires shockwave) 3-12 Baxter grapples with problem of hikers sneaking onto Appalachian Trail - a February 21 article - reported by Kenyon Karl 2-26 - At-Online's Journals Page 2-4 - Greg Eriksen "Trudge" did a flip-flop hike starting south from Harpers Ferry. 1-30 - Lori Simmons let me know that the newest version of the NPS's A.T. map is now available. 1-28 - Robert Gearing told me about Tuba Man's webpage. 1-10 - The Piedmont Environmental Council has been instrumental in protecting 1200 acres along Rt. 50 in Northern Virginia. 1 -10 - This trails.com page has links to info about all the trail by state and most have accompanying topo maps when you look at an individual section of the trail. 1-4 - The Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club, which maintains a 64.4 mile section of the AT in the Blue Mountains in PA, now has a webpage. 2000 12-22 Linked to Spur's journal of his now completed IAT hike. Also, there is a link on Trailjournals for people interested in becoming volunteer transcribers for TrailJournals. 12-14 A story about the expansion of the Sterling Forest in NY with mention of the AT and NY/NJ Trail conference. Thanks to Rick Boudrie. 11-23 Otterbein United Methodist Church 301 North High St. Duncannon, PA 17020 is having a fund raising turkey dinner December 2. One of the ways the church supports hikers is by making available a computer so email can be retrieved and sent. 11-22 Andy Hiltz's summary and pictures of the Old Rag/Pinnacle fire 11-18 Trail Kitty Hits the Big City - from the Roanoke Times 11-9 Bill Foot's Bridge 11-3 Special URL for Shenandoah Fires and another story about Saddleback (actually same as Yahoo story. Possibly link will last longer) - thanks to Pete Lascell and Kenyon Karl. 11-2 Big news on AT protection in Saddleback area - reported by Steve Dopp. 11-1 Fires in Shenandoah Park have closed parts of the AT. See: http://www.nps.gov/shen/pppressreleases/acf84%2Etxt http://www.nps.gov/shen/pphtml/newseventsdetail708.html http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/msg00704.html Thanks to Pete Lascell for reporting URLs. 10-18New shelter in honor of Ed Garvey is being built. 10-16 Baxter rangers vow to evict violators - from Bangor Daily News - reported by Rick Boudrie. 10-15 Live chat on AOL with Perry McKay as the guest. He has just recently completed his AT thruhike. The chat will be conducted on Wednesday, October 18 at 9 pm ET. 10-14 A Good Long Walk article in Albuquerque Journal reported by Rick Boudrie. 10-12 Picture of NS train 533-99-08 is seen on the former Conrail Buffalo Line near Clark's Ferry, Pennsylvania. The Appalachian Trail crosses the right-of-way at this location. - Reported by Kenyon Karl. 9-30 A story in the Rutland Herald about conservation efforts in Vermont along the AT - reported by Mark Goodwin 9-28 Duncannon, PA. No trace of Appalachian Trail murder site will remain 9-22 A page about the AT in Connecticut 9-21 Breaking the Trail in Harpers Ferry - Post article in Style section 9-9 Added the page of hiker Bill Dickhans (Hokie Flash) who started after school in May and finished in September. 9-8 - Granite quarry mining permit revoked in AVery County - reported by Randal Inman 9-2 - Pilgrim Jack's AT Adventures 8-30 - Article in September Natioanl Geograhic Traveler 8-19 - Gambler on the Trail - from Fox News 8-17 New York Times Article about making huts (!!) accessible..... 8-16 Post article: Gag Me with a (Wooden) Spoon - Ice Cream eating at Pine Hill Furnace 8-16 - Frank David's Section Hike Journal 8-14 Post article: An Appalachian Impasse - regarding Graymoor Monastery 8-10 - Frank Wihbey and his son walked most of the Vermont section of the AT, continuing a Southbound section hiking of the AT. He has put up a report with photos. 8-10 Jamie Chapman has a page about worktrips in the Cold Spring Mountain area and also has a page with yearly updates of Trail Days at Damascus. 7-31 Conservation Groups File Suit Over Mine Permit - reported by Randal Inman and there's a new campaign at Trailplace regarding Saddleback Mountain - reported by Mark Goodwin. 7-30 There's a page for the Len Foote HIke Inn at Amicalola Falls in Georgia and for the Doyle Hotel in PA. 7-25 An article from July 14 about NPS trying to acquire more of Graymoor Monastery land. 7-20 A hike 48 years in the making has now been completed. And an article on inventorying nature in GSNP. Reported by Rick Boudrie. 7-15 Curtis Anderson has transcribed the journal of his 1981 hike. 7-12 - Ridgerunner article from Baltimore Sun. Try this link7-12 - Appalachian Trail purchase protects the valley's scenery and Purchase preserves part of well-known view from McAfee Knob 7-6 Perry McKay is hiking the AT this year and has a page put up by the National Parks and Trust. (I found an article with the link in the The Good News Paper.) 7-6 Trail benefactors block ATV access - from Hagerstown paper. 7-1 - Tribe reverses decision to block Appalachian Trail as protest 6-30 Kenyon Karl reported on another story about the closure of the AT in CT. 6-28 David Grim reported this article in Slate: Eric Pinder's Mount Washington Diary, written by someone who works at the Mount Washington Observatory. (Once at bottom of article, click on Previous for previous days' articles.) 6-28 - Article about possible closure on July 4 of AT in Connecticut - from AT list. 6-28 - Commemorative sculptures of AT thruhikes. 6-27 - New website for the Mohican Outdoor Center 6-23 - Maxim Yorgancioglu has created a new mailing list with the mission of mission of getting people together who are interested in hiking as a benefit of their employment situation. 6-14 - Hiker mail drop/store closes at Tyro, VA story from Lynchburg, VA News & Advance - reported by Pete Lascell. 6-13 - Link to RealAudio interview with Bil Bryson, author of A Walk in the Woods, who's recently written a book about Australia. 6-3 - Jason "Plant" Croop and Laura "Lindy" Lindstrom are hiking from Georgia to Maine. 5-26 - Tribute page for Bill Foot on the ALDHA website. 5-26 - David Addleton's A.T. page 5-24 - Article from the Tennesean Rangers hunt 3rd bear reported near attack in Smokies 5-23 - Article in Charlotte paper about Unprecedented Bear Attack in Smokies - reported by Randal Inman 5-14 Article in Baltimore Sun about the shelter being built in Bowie in honor of Ed Garvey - reported by Rick Boudrie. 5-8 BOB!!Williams and his 14 year old nephew, Bob, started their thru-hike back in February. 5-2 Shelter-building help needed near D.C. weekends in May. 4-27 GORP is following some thruhikers on 3 trails: - the AT, the PCT amd the CDT. 4-21 Good talks lead to more Saddleback talks - April 21 NH paper. a previous story from same paper: 3,000-acres on Mount Abraham purchased (last paragraph) - reported by Kenyon Karl 4-21 - Links for an article about Saddleback Progress and good quarry-related news in N.C. - Thanks to Rick Boudrie and Randal Inman 4-17 A link to Ferry service across the Kennebec River in Maine, reported by John Gordon (Warning: site is not Netscape friendly.) 4-3 - Added a link to the AT Trail Chat page. 3-23 - A Walk in the Woods Nature Guide and Shuttle Services in the Smokies 3-20 - Belview Mountain Residents Speak Out Against Mine at Public Hearing link sent by Rick Boudrie. 3-19 - Washington Post story - "The Next Steps A Dad and His Son Cover New Terrain on Maine's Mount Katahdin; In Maine, a Peak" 3-13 - Woodrow Murphy - "Beorn" has made lots of additions to his webpage recently. 3-12 - Public Comment Sought by March 21 on Threat to Views from Roan Highlands (North Carolina/Tennessee) and there's also a campaign on Trailplace to help save Belview Mountain and the Roan Highlands Viewshed - brought to my attention by Brian Dodez. 3-10 - The Appalachian Trail Receives $20,000 Millennium Trails Grant from American Express - article in Newswire reported to me by Rick Boudrie. The AT has recently been designates a "Millenium Trail." 3-7 - "Doc's Holiday" and "The Manager" Gary and Millie Buffington are starting out March 15. Their page has info on trail names and also includes a message posted on the AT-L with weather links up and down the trail. 3-6 - Anger in Appalachia Researchers Fighting to Open Records on 1930s Shenandoah Park Resettlement - Article in Washington Post 2-28 Appalachian Trail Stories - site for hosting AT journals 2-16 Granny D. was out on the AT for a small stretch between Harpers ferry and Weverton as she made her way down the C and O Canal towards the Capitol. 2-5 - Appalachian Trail Rocker Patches are available from Bachelor boB. 1-25 - Little Tree Adventuresoffers shuttle service from Bangor to Baxter and all points in the "100 Mile Wilderness" in Maine. 1-8 The WV Trails Coalition has a survey they are hoping to have as many poeple fill out as possible. 1-7 The peace talks are being held just a few miles from the trail. 12-29 Just came upon this series of three stories by Christina Stoltzfus published in the irreverent webzine, Blast. Another discovery: Tim Novak's adventures and misadventures along the AT back in 1987 but recently brought to the web. 12-25 Added a link on the maps page to the TopoZone - thanks to Kenyon Karl for alerting me to it. 12-24 Mat Olsen writes to say that their TrailJournals site is set up to host free journals for the coming year (2000) and previous years. Also Zipdrive '99 has completed the Hiker Directory section of the site where people can list information about when and what trails they have hiked. Currently they have a great collection of '99 Thru-Hikers which includes pictures and other good info about the class of 99. 12-21 An article in the Morning Herald about a donation of 375 acres to the NPS. (Loudon Heights area at Harpers Ferry) 12-19 See today's Parade Magazine for an article about dancer Jacques d'Amboise finishing his AT hike. (Article does not appear to be online anywhere.) 11-19 - Trail is temporarily closed for 5 miles in the SNP because of fires. 11-16 Wildfires force closing of Appalachian Trail - 13 miles in Georgia - reported by Rick Boudrie. See also Blood Fire Complex Fact Sheet from Forest Service   11-8 For Couple, A Natural Investment - Post article about Trust for Appalachian Lands facilitated property acquisition along AT in Loudoun County, Virginia - reported by Rick Boudrie. 10-27 - Jon Chalmers told me about a new story on the CNN site about the AT. He also mentioned an oddity about the accompanying map graphic, namely a state that was omitted entiely from the path of the AT. There are other errors as well.... See if you notice them, too!! 10-24 - Waiting for Thoreau - article from Boston Phoenix about climbing Katahdin. 10-21 - Maptech CD-ROM of the Appalachian Trail is now out. 10-20 - There was a segment on the CBS evening news about .R. Tate's Uphill Journey. - one of the American Dream segments. 10-18 - Added a link to Hank McComas' page. He completed his hike in September, 1999. 10-12 - Recent (9-27) article from the Gosmokies website about the beech trees along the AT in the Smokies. 10-11 Appalachian Trail Days in Damascus, Virginia -article by Sandra Downs 9-22 Note from Ed's daughter-in-law and an obituary. 9-21 Sad news 9-8 Links from back in May to parts of this page no longer work, but here is the main URL for reporter John McNeely's now terminated hike. 9-5 - There's an online campaign at Trailplace concerning the Gulf Tract in Tennessee. Deadline: September 15. 9-4 - Several links to pages for various A.T. maintaining clubs have been added to the Clubs page: the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, the Carolina Mountain Club, the York Hiking Club and the Susquehanna AT Club. 9-3 - Some folks in Burkittsville have put up a page in response to all the hoopla about the Blair Witch Project. 9-2 The 190 mile long Mason Dixon Trail joins the A.T. at Whiskey Springs in Pennsylvania and then heads over to the Susquehanna River. 8-18 Larry Mehler reported finding this article from a Kentucky paper about two hikers with contrasting styles. 8-4 Tim Schwab reported these links about a story about Saddleback hearings Also: a message board on the topic. 7-28 NY-NJ Fire Danger along parts of trail 7-22 - Front page Hagerstown paper story on hiker Asher Wolf. 7-21 - Your help is needed now! Learn more about the Saddleback issue in Maine from the ATC's page on the issue or on MATC's page. Also see Trailplace's online letter writing campaign. 7-13 - Lynn Bitterman reports that the new movie, Blair Witch Project, is set in Maryland quite close to the A.T. (Burkittsville) 7-12 - J.D. Lee walked the A.T. this year to publicize the need for an American museum on the law which is in the planning stages in the town of Winsted, Connecticut. 7-11 - Worldwise - A Walk in the Woods: Interactive Edition - column in Washington POst - see 2nd story 7-7 - "The Romance Of Roughing It - Couple Sacrifices Comforts of Home to Hike" - Washington Post article. 7-3 Cramptons Gap to Harpers Ferry Hike #1 Narrative from Hikes in the Mid-Atlantic States from Stackpole Books. 6-30 - Mike Stinneford reported a story in a Maine paper about new AT speed record. 6-17 Steve Banks reported some new things on the TEHCC webpage: Added a page with text and photos of new bog bridges that we installed on the A.T. on Cross Mountain (near Shady Valley, Tenn.) Added a page on the origins of the name of Jane Bald (on the A.T. in the Roan Highlands) Added a page on the replacement of two bridges on the A.T. in Laurel Fork Gorge. Both bridges have been replaced and opened. 6-15 Dawn Averitt is hiking southbound for AIDS awareness. 6-5 Glen Figard is hiking south along the International AT, the AT and then south into Alabama, hoping to finish in February 2000. 6-3 Getting mail on the trail - article from Morning Herald. 6-1 Fryeburg man dies while hiking Appalachian Trail to honor his late wife - AP story whose link was reported by Kenyon Karl. 5-29 German A.T. List - a list in German for those interested in hiking the A.T. (established by Andreas Allgeyer.) 5-27 Brian Simon started mid-April with his faithful companion, Heidi (a dog). 5-20 A May 20 interview with Bill Bryson author of "A Walk in the Woods"on the NPR program Public Interest. Interview mainly concerns his new book, "I'm a Stranger Here." He does answer some q.'s about the trail during the course of the program. (You need the free RealAudio player to hear this file.) 5-20 A 5-10 story in the Baltimore Sun about Trail Days in Damascus -link no longer works 5-11 Kenyon Karl reported this link for a story "For her he hiked to the end" from the Portland Press Herald. (Link has expired.) 5-8 Asher Wolf's fundraising hike for organ donation. (See article below about his hike - 4-26.) 5-7 Information about the building of the Washington Monument, the one on the AT near Boonsboro, has recently come to light. 5-7 David Addleton told me about some additional journals for this year: The n2 backpacking page is hosting three journals Bullfoon Gregg Hilferding is Hiking For History Conor Farley (Chocolate Thunder)'s page 5-5 David F. Addleton let me know about Mark Schieber's thruhike page. 5-4 Fires temporarily close southern part of Shenandoah Park. 5-3 Another story in the Columbus Dispatch by thruhiker John McNeely. 5-2 Kenyon Karl reported that there's an article in the Bangor paper about Saddleback. 4-30 Added a Search function to the page. 4-29 Chuck LaDow is planning to use his Lilly Corporation Indiana educator fellowship to spend several weeks hiking various segments of the AT and is looking for advice and suggestions. 4-28 - Ryan Crawford let me know about this first in a series of articles in the Columbus Dispatch from a current thruhiker. (A little update) 4-26 - Front page article about Asher Wolf who is planning a hike to raise awareness for organ donations. 4-22 Timothy Scott is setting out about April 21. 4-21 KC and Sasha started out on the 14th of March and wrote to me from the Erwin library on April 21 to give me the URL for their page 4-19 Mike Southern reported that he is maintaining a page for his friend, Dick Christian, who started out on April 6. 4-17 Added a link to Robert Glaubitz's Eastern Waterfall Guide 4-16 See info about the Doyle Hotel's being closed. 4-13 Students at MSSD in Washington, DC, are working on a log shelter construction project. The shelter will replace the current Hemlock Hills shelter in Maryland. 4-12 Added a link to the July 9-16 ATC Bienniel Conference 4-11 Charlie Stone has created an Appalachian Trail Memory Keeper which he has for sale. $2 of each order received will be donated to the ATC. 4-6 Susan Cooper is celebrating 12 years of surviving cancer by hiking the AT this year. 4-4 There is a story in today's Parade Magazine about Jacques d'Amboise's plans to hike the AT and teach dancing along the way for the National Dance Institute. April 1 ATC's Fall Foliage Page - for the best times and places to see the fall colors along the AT. 3-2 Rick Boudrie discovered this article about protection of the AT in the Bergen Record. 3-1 - The International Appalachian Trail now has a webpage. 2-26 - Beorn's tale - "When your heart is in your dream- there is no wish too extreme" 2-24 - Kenyon Karl has added Massachusetts to the states for which he has made a page of public transport links for long distance hikers, primarily of the AT. He also reported a link for the Berkshire Chapter of the AMC. 2-7 - Jim Damico hiked the trail in 1998 and has now put up his Hot Air from Dragon's Breath site with a journal and 100's of pictures. (If that link doesn't work, try this: http://www.idir.net/~jdamico/1998/intro.htm ) 2-1 - John Davis is leaving in late March and will have his son maintain a webpage for him. 1-27 - Sarah Rebick and Edie Sonne are planning to share their thru hike (March 1 start) with middle school students through a web site with lessons and weekly updated journal entries. 1-25 - Mat Olsen has offered to host hiker journals free of charge at http://www.trailjournals.com. 1-18 - A.T. Lodge and Cafe for sale in Maine. 1-12 - Sad news from AT list. Wingfoot has decided to close down Trailplace. Update: Later same day, it was decided that it would be kept open after overwhelming email response asking that it not be kept closed. 1-10 - Kenyon Karl reported a link for an article about trail crew work from the Concord Monitor and another article about Bill Bryson's book, "A Walk in the Eoods." 1-9 - Guide Services Offered - by Smokey Stevens 1-6 - Frank David has a journal for his Springer to Hogpen Gap hike. 1-5 The AT Page is 4 years old today. 1-4 - The TEHCC has a couple of new pages on their site, a page on shelters and a a page about bear sightings. 1-3 - There are several new journal pages for 1999 on the journal page. | Go to Older What's New Entries - back to 1995 | | Return to Main A.T. Page |