BOILING IN IDRIA
VIA ALPINA DAY 04 – 25 JUNE 2026 JAVORNIK TO IDRIJA DISTANCE HIKED: 17.4 kmELEVATION GAIN: 211 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 107.3 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 3,871 m Birdsong started just after 4am. Chirping… Continue reading
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NANOS PLATEAU
VIA ALPINA – DAY 03: 24 JUNE 2026 RAZDRTO TO JAVORNIK DISTANCE HIKED: 31.8 kmELEVATION GAIN: 1,580 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 89.9 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 3,660 m Today was a day of two… Continue reading
RECORD HEATWAVE
VIA ALPINA – DAY 02: TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2026 PLANINSKI DOM KOKOŠ TO RAZDRTO DISTANCE HIKED: 30.5 kmELEVATION GAIN: 740 m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 58.1 kmTOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 2080 m It is amazing… Continue reading
LEAVING MUGGIA
VIA ALPINA – DAY 01: MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2026 MUGGIA TO PLANINSKI DOM KOKOṢ̌ DISTANCE HIKED: 27.6km ELEVATION GAIN: 1350m TOTAL DISTANCE HIKED: 27.6km TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 1350m We woke before the 4am… Continue reading
ON OUR WAY: PACK LIGHT
Sydney–>Singapore –>London –>TriesteJune 16 – 21, 2026 We planned to start hiking in late June hoping to avoid lingering snow at higher elevations. It’s a long haul to get to Europe from Australia… Continue reading
VIA ALPINA: A LONG TIME COMING
As for the previous trip logs the voice you’ll read will be mine – Corky, with occasional posts from my partner in life, Hammer. Hammer and I got married in Switzerland in 1993.… Continue reading
HAMMERS REFLECTIONS ON NH & ME
NEW HAMPSHIRE (161 miles) New Hampshire is known for its 48 – 4,000 foot mountain peaks, its lack of trail marking, its gnarly rocky trail and its expensive AMC huts. The highest mountain… Continue reading
HAMMERS REFLECTIONS ON MA & VT
MASSACHUSETTS (90 miles) A past thru-hiker told us way back in Virginia that people become less friendly as you go north on the AT and you will experience less and less Trail Magic.… Continue reading
HAMMERS REFLECTION ON NY & CT
New York State (88 Miles) New York State welcolmed us with a fierce storm as soon as we crossed the border from New Jersey. It was somewhat scary as the lightning and thunder… Continue reading
FAREWELL APPALACHIAN TRAIL
AT Day 133: Friday, August 18, 2023 SOBO Mile 1677 – 1657.4 Campsite in the Woods near USFS 10 – Econolodge, Manchester Centre Distance Hiked – 19.4 miles/ 31 km Total Distance Hiked:… Continue reading