Author Archives: Ben Stark

It’s been twenty-eight days since my last post! Woops! Sorry about that y’all. Stumble and I have been marching forward through the month of May, picking up our mileage and packing down the calories as we make our push through … Continue reading →

Walking with Stumble day in and day out affords itself many surprises. Before her trail name was Stumble, I lobbied for Snail Magic due to her unbiased resolve to rescue all snails from impending trail, boot-smashing doom. That short three-picture … Continue reading →

Tomorrow marks one month on the trail. Can you believe it? I hardly can. While the streams trickle and babble with the early splashes of spring, time has whipped past like the shelter-shaking winds of the Smokies. Routines have established … Continue reading →

We currently sit at Fontana Village, a resort village less than two miles from the trail, the Fontana Dam, and two days from Tennessee. The shelter near the dam is known as the Fontana Hilton, with trail talk of showers … Continue reading →

Greetings friend from Franklin, North Carolina! Megan and I are shacked up in a cozy hotel room celebrating 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail completed (106 to be exact) and are taking our first zero-day of the trek. Zero days … Continue reading →