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	<title>Appalachian Adventure &#187; Avery Forbes</title>
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	<description>An Artist&#039;s Journey on the Appalachian Trail</description>
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		<title>AT hike in the Newspaper</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/12/04/at-hike-in-the-newspaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I thought I would just quickly share a few links with you. Before leaving for my Appalachian Trail thru-hike I met with reporter Paul Schott.  He interviewed me and wrote up a story for Westport News.  That story can be found here: http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Church-congregant-aims-to-take-students-to-new-1291486.php#photo-683819 When I came back Mr. Schott contacted me again and<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/12/04/at-hike-in-the-newspaper/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts Upon Finishing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/11/03/thoughts-upon-finishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished my 2011 Appalachian Trail thru-hike on October 22nd at the side trail to the ATC in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.  The Pirates and I rented out a whole hostel and invited family and friends to join us.  We ended up having a group of 25 people.  We all hiked my last 3.5 miles<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/11/03/thoughts-upon-finishing/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Irene</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/09/23/irene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene hit the trail while I was hiking the Green Mountains in Vermont. I had split a room at the Inn at Long Trail with some friends to get out of the storm. The next day I hiked out. I remember feeling really proud those first few days. I was proud that I was<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/09/23/irene/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Companionship</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/09/19/companionship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past month and a half I have been hiking with three different visitors from home. First, my friend from high school came out for 5 days. Then, my cousin hiked with me for a month. Right after that, my sister joined me for 4 days. All of them were in great shape and<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/09/19/companionship/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Setbacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/08/21/setbacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Virginia I&#8217;ve had this pain in the ball of my right foot. I didn&#8217;t think anything of it until the pain didn&#8217;t go away after two weeks off trail. When I started hiking again the pain got worse. In the middle of the 100 mile wilderness I landed my foot wrong on a<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/08/21/setbacks/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flip-Floppery</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/07/19/flip-floppery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on the trail again after a brief interlude. I decided to start back up at Katahdin, the Northern Terminus, rather than continuing on from Harper&#8217;s Ferry, West Virginia. From now on, I&#8217;ll be hiking South until I get back to Harper&#8217;s Ferry. Hiking both South and North in one thru-hike is called flip-flopping. I<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/07/19/flip-floppery/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Interlude</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/06/27/a-brief-interlude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my uncle sent out an e-mail this past Fall asking us to join him on a rafting trip for his 50th birthday, I immediately said yes. I knew I would be on the trail during the trip, but I figured an opportunity to float down the Yampa River in Colorado/Utah was something worth taking<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/06/27/a-brief-interlude/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solitude</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/06/11/solitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been planning a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail ever since I was 11 and learned what a thru-hike was. Every time I thought about it, I pictured myself hiking alone through the woods. Thru-hikers always seemed like solitary creatures to me. When it finally came time to make my hiking dream a reality, a<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/06/11/solitude/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hike Happy or Camp Happy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/05/26/hike-happy-or-camp-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 20:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chaco, one of my friends on the trail, once told me that you can either hike happy or camp happy, and that the whole trick of thru-hiking is figuring out where you fit on that spectrum. The totally happy hiker would have a super light pack with only the bare essentials in it, and everything<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/05/26/hike-happy-or-camp-happy/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Slackpacking</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/05/18/slackpacking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avery Forbes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve reached Erwin, Tennessee I&#8217;ve seen more and more people Slackpacking. Slackpacking is hiking without a backpack, or with a day pack. It usually means you have to get to a hostel or outfitter, leave most of your gear there, take a shuttle up trail, and hike backwards to the outfitter carrying only what<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/forbes/2011/05/18/slackpacking/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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