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A few birch trees hanging on Baseball bats! I've got 99 problems … and they're the 99% of the trail completed. And I would walk 100 miles … Just missed the money shot with the last of the light Into Baxter

Last big ford Morning frost … definitely traded out for the 20˚ bag by now Stick season in the 100 Mile Wilderness First big view of Big K

Red sky in morning … Looking back on the Bigelows, last high peaks until the end. Now into slate land Past peak foliage I did not caulk the wagon and float it. It rained all night, the trickle became a deluge I got my feet wet Another river to ford

I promise I will stop taking so many photos Dude really needs a haircut Little Bigelow 2000! Waterfalls Crossing the River Kennebec

Beautiful fall weather Trail magic! Blazing across the road Not quite as beautiful fall weather Outrageous foliage near the Bigelows.

Maine is … unflat. The Grafton Loop Trail was brand new back then. Waterfalls Foliage Rebar

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WHOA it's a 2006 iPod! On to the Notch. Grouse will mess you up, man. They're not quiet! Foggy Speck Pond.

Getting close now. Lost my pole down a hole. The Mahoosucs are hard. Someone built a campfire at the last campsite before The Notch.

Staying at Imp, lit up by the Berlin-Gorham metropolis. Snow on Mount Washington. On to the Mahoosucs. Bog bridges? Who needs those? Found a group at the Maine Border.

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Across the Northern Presis as the fog rolled in. It was not long until winter. I earned a nice shower at Pinkham. On to Carter.

Out of the Pemi, into the Presi. Mizpah! Lakes!

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Three views down Zealand Notch Zealand Falls Sidewalk to Thoreau Falls Now it's fall for real

Garfield, the famous Galehead Ramp, some dude needs a haircut. Rocks, Carrigain Notch, foliage, spent the night at Zealand.

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Down to Lonesome Lake, opinions of the AMC, then up onto Franconia Ridge

White blaze over the old Dartmouth Outing Club blaze (they maintain about 100 miles of trails). More fall. Fog on Moosilauke, descending down to Kinsman Notch.

Dad, cousin, rain (after the Killington no cell reception communication fiasco, night hiking with one not-bright-enough headlamp for several miles) Off the LT, first views of the Whites, the big trees are maples now. Butterflies and decapitating tap lines. Crossing the Connecticut into NH.

Ski Early fall in Vermont Gorge Cousin joined for a few days Found some time to swim

Greylock in the clouds On to Vermont Early color in the rain Vermont mud Glastonbury and Stratton HISTORY @milesintransit.com

IFL Sages Ravine (in to Mass now) Crossing the Pike with my parents Third pair of shoes of the trip (back when Montrails were the go-to)

Road walking Connecticut. Sunrise in a stream before Sages Ravine.

Rainy Harriman. Lawd, get me an orienteering map. Crossing the Hudson. BIg trees. Did not take the train. On to Connecticut.

Jersey! Glacial terrain, lakes. Blurry views of the Manhattan skyline (not pictured). Lemon Squeezer in Harriman (yes, I fit).

That's more like it … PA Rocks! Lehigh Gap, Palmerton. Day in NYC

PA is … flat? Duncannon Crossing the Susquehanna Looking back at Harrisburg

Crossing the Potomac, paralleling the canal, waiting for a train. Halfway!

Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 10h

Lots of Virginia. A little bit of West Virginia. 1000 miles into WVa. Cousins met at the ATC, then into DC. Metro porn, then back to Harper's Ferry.

Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 10h

Butterfly … BEAR! Bear ropes. Turtle Flower Rollercoaster

Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 13h

Foliage around Harvard square.

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Rattlers and butterflies

Crossing the James River and into Shenandoah

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Trekking through Virginia

My sister had pony. My cousin had pony. We all had pony.

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Balds, cows, Switzerland?, shelter, lizards, fog, switchback … into Virginia.

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Through Tennessee and on towards Virginia

On to the balds towards Tennessee

Clingman's Dome and then out of the Smokies

Fontana Dam, the TVA and into the Smokies

Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 15h

Flowers First state line and an early selfie More photos towards the Smokies

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 15h

Saturday marks 20 years since I finished a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Please enjoy some photos from the journey taken with a 2004-era digital camera and captions when I can remember them Amicalola Falls on the approach Mountain laurel The southern terminus at Springer Falls Slab Butterfly

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Why is there a CH-46 phrog flying along the expressway and pike? @universalhub.com

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Not used to aircraft taking off on 33 and turning to overfly AAllston. AA479 321 at 2900’

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Compound interest is a bitch! Although actually it’s a slightly higher principle compounded for a somewhat longer period (unless he compounded it monthly, in which case it would be closer to $2000)

Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

English muffins: they’re buy one get TWO free, and spend $25 get $10 off. So I got 72 English muffins plus two pounds of (on sale also on special) butter for $17.74. Plus two boxes of diapers and some other stuff on sale … under $100.