It’s fall, which means most of the year’s Appalachian Trail thru-hikers are making their way to either end and wrapping up their journeys before the winter sets in. For anyone who’s been out all summer, if this is your first visit to our new site, welcome! For the rest of us, that means it’s time to start planning for our journey down the trail! We thought this might be a good place to start…
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Ryan Wichelns
Ryan was goEast's only editor from it's launch in 2016 until 2023. Now, he's the founding editor of Trails Magazine, the only print publication for backpackers and people who sleep in the dirt. When he's not wordsmithing, he's skiing, hiking, mountain biking, trail running or more in Colorado's San Juan Mountains and beyond.
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