Bad DNA, AT Thruhiker 1994

BadDNA's Appalachian Trail thru hike as a photo essay. This is Paul Vail's 1994 Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I hiked the A.T. as a northbounder, known by my trail name as Bad DNA. Yes, I was the guy with the Virginia License tag on the back of my pack, a nickname I had earned at Virginia Tech back in 1985. I started the thruhike at Springer Mountain, Georgia in April, and climbed Katahdin in October, '94. In the meantime, 'DNA had the good fortune to cross paths with dozens of other 94 thru hikers and other trail folk. Long distance thru hiking is not just in my blood, but my DNA. Dry socks and cool breezes, everyone.

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Kennebec River	Caratuck General Store, Overcast at 60F	Pleasant Pond Mt	Moxie Pond Crossing	Moxie Bald	Moxie Bald Mt L-2
Bald Mt. Pond Outlet	Walking north of Bald Mtn, Sept 28	Bear Print, North of Bald Mt	Edging around a river.	Piscataquis Ford	After the Ford
Feet at Shaws, Sept 28	Seuss and Mariner at Shaws	100 Mile Wilderness	Entering the Hundred Mile Wilderness	Little Wilson Falls	Seuss and Mariner passing boots
Wilson Valley Lean-to	Heading up to Barren Mountain	In the Chairbacks	View from Chairback	View from Chairback	Looking N from Chairbacks
Pleasant River ford	Just shy of lunch time	Gulf Hagas, Oct 1	There be Katahdin, Oct 2	Motivated!	Maine woods
Weather change	White Cap Mtn	White Cap Mountain	Logan Brook L-2	Mud Pond (outlet), Oct 3	Antlers Camp feed-a-thon
Hiker Feed-a-thon	Lower Jo-Mary Lake at sunset	Sunrise, Lower Jo-Mary Lake, Oct 4	Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to	Katahdin from the Rangers Office	Katahdin from Daicey Pond, Oct 6
Class IV notice - Trail Closed	Pieps and Permagrin, Trail Angels	Approach road to Katahdin	Katahdin at sunset	Katahdin, October 7 morning	Katahdin Stream Campground
Katahdin Stream Falls	Climbing up to treeline	Treeline on Katahdin	The Bumbling Bees on ascent	Scrambling up the Katahdin Rocks above treeline	Tablelands on the summit approach
Summited Baxter Peak at 11:11	Atop Katahdin	Goatherders on Summit	Summit group photo	Bad DNA on Katahdin Sandwich Board	Bad DNA and Katahdin
Katahdin Rock Cairn	Chimney Pond from Katahdin	Knife Edge along Katahdin	Getoverit & Grin-n-Bearit, JettButt & Sherbear	Gathering Dawn	ALDHA Gathering, '94
Gathering, Hanover, NH	Hitchhiking around New England	Connecticut Covered Bridge	Hiking out of Salisbury	Riga Lean-to	Bear Mt in Autumn
Office Door post Hike