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3/31/18 Day 251 AT Day 11: Trail Magic four times and a hard 25 mile day!!!
Miles: 25.5 Steps: 56,187 Elevation Gain: 6,783 feet Faith in Humanity: Thanks so much for all the Trail magic today! Overwhelming! ...
Blake Robinson
Apr 12, 20183 min read


3/30/18 Day 250 AT Day 10: Back on the trail and over two balds!
Miles: 13.5 Steps: 30,528 Elevation Gain: 3,756 feet Faith in Humanity: huge thanks for breakfast and a ride back to the trail!!!! ...
Blake Robinson
Apr 12, 20182 min read


3/29/18 Day 249 AT Day 9: Full rest day in Franklin, NC!
Miles: 0 Steps: 1,603 Elevation Gain: 0 Faith In Humanity: didn’t interact much with anyone today, in fact, I barely even moved at...
Blake Robinson
Apr 12, 20181 min read


3/28/18 Day 248 AT Day 8: Run to the town of Franklin, NC!
Miles: 16.7 Steps: 47,000 Elevation Gain: 2,757 Feet Faith In Humanity: Got a hitch into town in the back of a pickup truck pretty...
Blake Robinson
Apr 8, 20181 min read


3/27/18 Day 247 AT Day 7: The sun doesn’t exist, but the fun does!
Miles: 21.6 Steps: 47,619 Elevation Gain: 5,883 Feet Faith In Humanity: Met a few new and friendly people today! So fun. Well, my...
Blake Robinson
Apr 8, 20181 min read


3/26/18 Day 246 AT Day 6: Up, down, but not flat
Miles: 19.7 Steps: 45,150 Elevation Gain: 5,291 Feet Faith In Humanity: Hungry and Thirsty are great people! So willing to share and...
Blake Robinson
Apr 3, 20181 min read


3/25/18 Day 245 AT Day 5: Walking in the clouds and more Trail magic!
Miles: 14.4 Steps: 33,506 Elevation Gain: Faith In Humanity: More Trail Magic! Crazy!!!! Rained on and off last night, woke up and...
Blake Robinson
Apr 3, 20182 min read


3/24/18 Day 244 AT Day 4: The most elaborate Trail Magic ever!
Miles: 12.5 Steps: 31,154 Elevation Gain: 3,091 feet Faith In Humanity: Picture a general store/restaurant targeted at thru hikers...
Blake Robinson
Mar 29, 20182 min read


3/23/18 Day 243 AT Day 3: TOWN (sort of) and Trail magic 2 roads in a row!!!!!
Miles: 17.4 Steps: 42,523 Elevation Gain: 3,961 feet Wow, what a day! I love it I love it I love it! Hung out lazily until 9 or so...
Blake Robinson
Mar 28, 20182 min read


3/22/18 Day 242 AT Day 2: it’s crowded and awesome out here!
Miles: 18 Steps: 41,319 Day 2! Great success! Sooo cold last night! And really windy. Oh my oh my! I woke up a few times from...
Blake Robinson
Mar 27, 20182 min read


3/21/18 Day 241: AT Day 1. The Appalachian Trail catch-up post!
Phase 2 of Walk The Parks has begun and I’m hiking the Appalachian Trail connecting Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah and Acadia National...
Blake Robinson
Mar 27, 20183 min read


Day 204: Bass Trail is not the most amazing thing at all, you shouldn’t come to the Grand Canyon, th
Didn’t Journal at all yesterday! Crazy! Been slacking since I haven’t been hiking I guess! Been around so many people socializing too,...
Blake Robinson
Mar 27, 20183 min read
Day 202: Grand Canyon day 9
Everything is really training for the next time. I think about this concept a lot. In Aspen, for example, when snow conditions were less...
Blake Robinson
Mar 24, 20182 min read


Day 201: Grand Canyon Day 8! 2/9/18: Another fun day on the river!
Almost immediately: Hance Rapid; The first of a long series of Harder Rapids was encountered a mile into the day today. It seems like...
Blake Robinson
Mar 24, 20182 min read


Day 200: Grand Canyon Day 7! 2/8/18
Woke up at 4:40am today! That’ll shock the systems a tiny bit! Why? To hike the Carbon Lava Chular Caynons, of course! This came...
Blake Robinson
Mar 24, 20182 min read


Day 199: Day 6 - I wasn’t born a riverman, but I’m always learning
Wow! We stayed st Nankoweap Main Beach last night. This is where I hiked down at the end of December and spent 4 days waiting for a...
Blake Robinson
Mar 24, 20183 min read


Day 198: Grand Canyon River Trip Day 5: Another large red stone wall or two
River Miles: 15 Steps: 8,047 Wildlife: Bald Eagle, herons, How many people go on a trip with people they don’t really know (or do...
Blake Robinson
Mar 24, 20181 min read


Day 197: Grand Canyon River Trip Day 4: WOW: this is super incredible!
River Miles: 15 Wildlife: Lots of herons, mountain goats, lizards, oh my! Great day! Silver Grotto hike was so fun: slick rocks,...
Blake Robinson
Mar 4, 20182 min read


Day 196: Grand Canyon River Trip Day 3: I swim in the Colorado River and this place is amazing!
River Miles: 11 Steps: 5,540 Wildlife: Lots of herons, mountain goats, lizards, oh my! Faith in Humanity: really had a fun day with my...
Blake Robinson
Mar 1, 20182 min read


Day 195: Grand Canyon River Trip Day 2: Someone lost their tent in the river!!!!!
River Miles: 9 Steps: 5,613 Wildlife: Beaver swimming by the boat, tons of ducks, 9 or 10 mountain goats by the riverside, ring tailed...
Blake Robinson
Mar 1, 20182 min read
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