The Last Steps are the Sweetest | Appalachian Trail Thru Hike Condensed Journey 2024 PART TWO

In 2024, I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail. This is the story of my journey from Harper's Ferry to Katahdin. You can watch Part 1 here:    • The First Steps Are the Hardest | Appalach...   This is the story of finding my mental pace as the miles continued, where I learned how to cherish the trail and its memories more than I had on the first half of the trail. As I slowed down, I made some of the best memories. The story of how I overcame the common mental battles that occur during the middle of a thru hike is one of the sweetest memories I have. This is embracing the journey. TIMESTAMPS: 0:43 Entering Maryland 2:26 Washington Monument 5:03 Entering Pennsylvania 8:53 Official Halfway Marker 11:37 Drone footage, PA fields 12:40 Meeting Slow & Steady, Trail View Market 16:11 Reflection on May 1 25:12 The 501 Shelter 25:34 1200 Miles 27:48 Meeting Crow 28:04 Tramily Returns, Port Clinton 35:10 Nickel Hostel 36:45 First Zero Day, Philadelphia 39:39 Lehigh Gap climb 42:55 The Tent Leaked 46:05 Entering New Jersey 51:58 New Jersey High Point 53:08 Bellvale Farms Creamery 57:21 Entering New York 1:00:17 Warwick Drive In 1:02:27 Buchanan Mountain 1:05:27 1400 Miles 1:06:07 Bear Mountain State Park Closure 1:07:14 Hudson River Bridge 1:08:33 Appalachian Market 1:12:21 Bear sighting 1:18:12 Dover Oak 1:22:23 Entering Connecticut 1:25:25 Meeting Slip 1:26:11 Connecticut Trail Magic 1:29:55 1500 Miles 1:30:53 Professor Nickels 1:32:03 Bear Mountain 1:32:33 Entering Massachusetts 1:37:13 Tom Levardi's 1:38:02 Mount Greylock 1:39:27 Entering Vermont 1:42:10 Stratton Mountain 1:43:01 Three-Quarters Done 1:46:12 Spineless Cougar Trail Magic 1:48:49 Killington 1:50:07 Maine Junction 1:57:42 Entering New Hampshire 2:01:18 Smarts Mountain 2:03:05 Last time with Frizzle and Nickels 2:05:26 Entering the White Mountains 2:10:53 Franconia Ridge 2:16:43 Return to Crawford Notch 2:19:35 Gazelle sighting 2:21:14 The Presidentials 2:24:19 Infamous Edmonds Col 2:31:13 Mount Madison 2:31:43 Wildcat Range 2:33:24 Carter-Moriah Range 2:35:49 Entering Maine 2:37:26 Mahoosuc Notch 2:39:44 Old Speck Mountain 2:43:38 Frizzle Sighting 2:46:30 The Saddlebacks 2:48:27 2000 Miles 2:49:54 Bigelow Peak 2:52:14 100 Left 2:52:59 2100 Miles 2:53:57 First View of Katahdin 2:57:00 ABOL Bridge 2:58:21 Katahdin Climb 2:59:51 Katahdin Summit Useful Appalachian Trail Links: A.T. Incident Report Form | appalachiantrail.org/explore/plan-and-prepare/report-an-incident A.T. Weather Reports | atweather.org A.T. Trail Updates | appalachiantrail.org/trail-updates #ATClassof2024 #thruhike #appalachiantrail