{"id":22,"date":"2016-03-12T02:42:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T02:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2017-08-20T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T17:14:26","slug":"appalachian-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"Appalachian Trail (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>After finishing graduate school in the Spring of 2011 at the University of Washington in Seattle, I took some time off to hike the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. I started in early July and finished 2,180 miles later in early November. I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but this journey would be the catalyst into how I would view and live my adult life from that moment forward. Below you will find my trail journal as well as videos I compiled of the journey!<\/p>\n<p>(This is a work in progress. This blog was written on Potholer and I\u2019m working on transferring it here to my site. Search for \u201czanaridg\u201d on postholer.com to find the full blog)<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Trip:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1659\">Introductions<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1663\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">New Gear<\/span><\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1666\">Last Stretch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1669\">Less Than A Month Left in Seattle<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During-Trip: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1672\">Day 1<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1677\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Day 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1681\">Day 3<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1685\">Day 4<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1688\">Day 5<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1693\">Day 6<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1697\">Day 7<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1701\">Day 8<\/a><\/span><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=1705\">Day 9<\/a><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/28684505\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32377144\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After finishing graduate school in the Spring of 2011 at the University of Washington in Seattle, I took some time off to hike the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. I started in early July and finished 2,180 miles later in early November. 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