Update: 17 June 2018 - Return to the Appalachian Trail

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing you back on the trail.

Just returned from a backpack trip and saw this in my notifications; so glad to see you being able to return to the AT. Take it easy; you still have plenty of time.

Great news. Looking forward to following your journey thanks

Thanks for the update! Hang in there Hawk. Steady progress over time will get you done!👍Looking forward to more great content! Cheers! Lamplighter 2019 out!😉

Yay Hawk!!! You are back! So glad to hear you are doing well and your doctor gave you the green light. I understand your apprehension but at the same time excitement about getting back out there. I hope all goes well and I'm sure it willl. Looking forward to more of your quality videos.

Still here waitin' on ya...🙂 awesome to hear you're headed back to the trail! Take it easy...

Great to see you and this update Hawk! Great news that you are heading back to the trail as well. You're smart getting the pack weight down, I'm sure that will help a lot. Best of luck!

Very happy to hear you are coming back to the trial. I look forward to you videos.

Great news!! Looking forward to the videos!

Looking forward to seeing you back!!

Thanks for the up date. Good to see your able to head back. Weight reduction will help. Wish you nothing but good luck.

, glad to see you back hawk, yep getting the weight down will help a lot hope your feet does good good luck bro

Happy hiking. I will be in the Shenandoah National Forest next week

Welcome back Hawk!

Good luck and hope your feet do well.

You got this! Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. The cloud cap is one of my favorites, what did you replace it with? What shoes are you going with? Getting your pack weight down should help a lot and the long summer days allow for slow steady hiking. Good luck out there!!

Take it slow and easy, you'll get this thing done! :)

Hi Hawk. Farfar here. I too will be getting back on the trail on June 21, this time to to hike the MA section. I've made the decision to complete the trail in two years rather than one, giving up on my dream of a thru hike. It was shin splints that drove me to that decision, though I had always thought if any injury would take me off, it would have been my plantar fasciitis in the right foot. I completed DWG through NY earlier this month, will hike MA next week, will hike NH in July with a hiking parter, Second Change, will hike VT in August and the Smokies either in early August or in September. Next year I'll have Daleville, VA to the Shennies, most all of PA and finally Maine, finishing at the Big K. Good luck to you. I hope your feet hold up OK. Farfar - trailjournals.com/carl