Someone I know has just completed a true test of self. Brandon has just completed the 2160 mile Appalachian Trail in 5 months, 7 days. Congratulations and welcome home! He went by himself. He says he met many people along the way but never spent more than a few days with any one group of people. He started in Georgia and went to Maine. He took one day off the trail to hitchhike to Ben and Jerry's Factory. It took 9 hitches to get there and 7 hitches to get back. He completed their test also by eating a half gallon of ice cream in less than 40 minutes. Another interesting aspect of this trip - to me - was his choice of breakfast foods. Peanut butter, Nutella, M & M's, fruit and nut trail mix all wrapped in a flour tortilla. He says it was great. I guess after the days of dumpster diving it was pretty good. Water that he drank was treated with 2 drops of bleach per liter. Snickers were considered gold. What a trip. Glad you made it through.
The Appalachian Trail is a continuous marked footpath that goes from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia, a distance of about 2160 miles. Many trace the origins of the Trail to a 1921 article by Benton MacKaye entitled An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning.
| State | Mileage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 281 | ||
| New Hampshire | 161 | ||
| Vermont | 146 | ||
| Massachusetts | 90 | ||
| Connecticut | 52 | ||
| New York | 88 | ||
| New Jersey | 74 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 232 | ||
| Maryland | 41 | ||
| West Virginia | ** 2 | ||
| Virginia | 544 | ||
| North Carolina | * 371 | ||
| Tennessee | * 371 | ||
| Georgia | 75 |
* The A.T. in Tennessee and North Carolina runs right along the border of the two states, making it impossible to give mileage for the individual states. The 371 figure represents the total mileage for both states.
** In addition to these two miles, the trail south of the Harpers Ferry area runs right along the Virginia-West Virginia for about 20 miles.
High Point in New Jersey is slightly off the AT.
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