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Trip Report: Quehanna Trail (~75 miles). Election Week Escape From DC w/ Geiger Counters, Coyotes, and Altoona Pizza

Photo: Logan. We love our traditions around here.  One week after DC UL’s annual Four State Challenge, we launched our third post-presidential election week escape from DC to the 75-mile Quehanna Trail in north-central Pennsylvania.  In 2016, I vividly remembered our shell-shocked faces after a surprisingly tumultuous week as we gathered at the trailhead on that... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “Octoberfest im Schwarzwald” (Black Forest Trail, PA) (Oct. 18-20, 2024) (42 Miles)

Everyone knows of the Black Forest Trail in north central Pennsylvania. Fewer people in the USA know of another “Black Forest” a lot further away—in Germany. Weirdly, the Germans call their Black Forest “Schwarzwald.” (I assume Pennsylvania beat Germany to the trademark rights to “Black Forest,” or Germany’s version is just a knockoff of Pennsylvania’s).... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “Roan’n and Groan’n” (Roan Highlands Appalachian Trail Section Hike, North Carolina/Tennessee) (Sept. 6-9, 2024) (52 miles)

The black bear growled loudly, freezing me in my tracks. Seeing bears in the Appalachian mountains is common; having them growl at me is not. For a moment, I considered standing very still and quiet, hoping the bear was growling at something other then me. I then considered running down the trail to make an... Continue Reading →

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