Cutting Weight: An Obligatory Gear Post with Some Extra Fluff

LT '23

Cutting Weight: An Obligatory Gear Post with Some Extra Fluff

July 4, 2023

Again, but Faster: “Running” the Long Trail

LT '23

Again, but Faster: “Running” the Long Trail

May 24, 2023

by the.spitfire In case you haven’t heard, I’m going to hike the Colorado Trail and I’m leaving on Friday (yes this Friday!!).
by the.spitfire Yesterday was a big bus day. Throughout the week, I primed and painted four sheets of 18 gauge metal. Yesterday
by the.spitfire Well… I may have gone a bit too far down the demolition rabbit hole, but it’ll be worth it! Zach
by the.spitfire Yesterday I ran a 50k. Yeah, it was 90 degrees out. Yeah, that’s a long way to run/walk/stagger/crawl. I felt
by the.spitfire Puppy appreciation post, because I don’t post enough pictures of my dog. She’s a monster. Sometimes I don’t know what
by the.spitfire Productive work gutting the electrical yesterday. We went from picture 1 to picture 2 in just a few hours, cutting
by the.spitfire Yet another bus progress update. On Wednesday, Zach and I pulled up the rest of the floor, including the little
by the.spitfire @suhranowsky made the trek up yesterday to help me with some work on the bus. We ripped most of the
by the.spitfire We managed to squeeze in two more days of bus work this week, and the demo side of things is
by the.spitfire Rolling right into the next project! About two days before I left for the BMT, I bought a mini school
by the.spitfire I finished the BMT on May 12, just in time for trail days! It was so much fun, and I
by the.spitfire Day 19 • for my final day of trail, I got to walk through more of the enchanted forest, climb
by the.spitfire Day 18 • My last full day on trail did not disappoint. 18 miles full of elevation gain. The last
by the.spitfire Day 17 • the Deep Creek area in the Smokies is well maintained and easy to walk along. However, the
by the.spitfire Day 16 • I made some friends! Bumblebee and Curly Turtle were packing up this morning when I found them.
by the.spitfire Day 15 • The beginning of my last segment, the Smokies! This first day was very much like the rest
by the.spitfire Day 14 • didn’t do a whole lot except hang out in the shelter and make new friends. A zero
by the.spitfire Day 13 • for my first short day in a while, I went from Tapoco to Fontana to hang out
by the.spitfire Day 12 • today was my fourth 20+ mile day in a row and there were actually a ton of
by the.spitfire Day 11 • Last night I endured the scariest thunder storm ever. Mostly because I was camped out on a

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Erica “Spitfire” Notini

Hey, y’all! This is me in a nutshell. I grew up hiking in the White Mountains with my family. After graduating college, I hiked the Appalachian Trail and have been on the hunt for adventure ever since! I enjoy hiking, running, skiing, and sharing my adventures through my writing. I hope you’ll enjoy following along!

It’s been a long winter.

I left a comfortable yet toxic job and started a career. I realized that thru-hiking might not be sustainable for my lifestyle anymore, and that’s ok. I have a dog to care for now, and she has to be the priority.

None of that means that I’ll stop doing extraordinary things. I’ll be attempting the Long Trail Unsupported FKT starting July 27th! You can read more about it in my recent blog posts. If you’d like to follow along via live tracking, all you have to do is subscribe to my email list before July 26th.