Many trace the origins of the Trail to a 1921 article by Benton MacKaye entitled An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning.
If you want to send him cookies, consult his Hiking Schedule. A map of the AT is also available for viewing.
Mike's trip reports can be found below:
Mar 30 - Mike's AT hike Vol #1
Apr 01 - Mike's AT hike Vol #1-Note #1
Apr 01 - Pictures.
Apr 07 - Mike's AT hike Vol #2 - Hiawassee Georgia
Apr 07 - Mike's AT hike Vol #2-Note #1
Apr 15 - Mike's AT hike Vol #2 update 1
Apr 19 - Mike's AT hike Vol #2 update 2
Mike at Blood Mountain
One of Mike's Campsites
View inside the tent
Inside a Shelter
Apr 23 - Mike's AT hike Vol #3 - Hot Springs North Carolina
Mike on the trail
Mountain scene
Apr 23 - Mike's AT hike Vol #4 - Hot Springs North Carolina
Death March?
Backyard Pond?
Typical sleeping accomodations off the trail (rough huh ?)
May 06 - Mike's AT hike Vol #5 - Damascus Virginia
Wild Ponies ?
Wild Man?
May 13 - Mike's AT hike Vol #6 - Marian Virginia
AT Hikers
May 14 - Mike's AT hike Vol #7 - Marian Virginia
McAfee Knob with Fal (Free at Last)
May 21 - Mike's AT hike Vol #8 - Pearisburg Virginia
Mike with a Tatoo ?
June 6 - Mike's AT hike Vol #9 - Waynesboro Virginia
June 16 - Mike's AT hike Vol #10 - Front Royal Virginia
Big Meadows Lodge, Va
Trail through Thicket in Virginia
June 30 - Mike's AT hike Vol #11 - Duncannon Pennsylvania
1080 Miles to Go
These boots are made for walking - 1000 miles
July 10 - Mike's AT hike Vol #12 - Allentown Pennsylvania
Camp Shelter
Mike on the Pennsylvania Rocks
July 15 - Mike Get's Lyme Disease !
July 26 - Mike's AT hike Vol #13 - Kent Connecticut
Crevasse Hiking
Campsite
Aug 18 - Mike's AT hike Vol #14 - Hanover NH
Aug 29 - Mike's AT hike Vol #15 - Off the Trail in Woodstock
Sept 23- Mike's AT hike Vol #16 - Final Report