Jill Wilson Central patch + Vermont NCT End-to-End Essay, Part I: The Beginning and Vermont I began hiking the North Country Trail sort of by accident! It was really the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) that drew me in and got me to do my first long distance section hiking of a trail. I completed that […]
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Jay Shutt: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Jay Shutt Pennsylvania (Previously received the central patch + Ohio, Mackinac Bridge and 1000 Miles.) I began hiking the North Country Trail in May 2018 when I joined the Buckeye Trail Circuit Hike Group for a hike in the New Straitsville Section of the Buckeye Trail that runs concurrently with the North Country Trail. In […]
Doug Seaney: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Doug Seaney Pennsylvania + 2000 Miles (Previously received the central patch + Michigan, Wisconsin, Mackinac Bridge, and 1000 Miles.) I have completed another state, Pennsylvania, as well as have now topped 2000 miles. I did the SW 130 miles last spring: April 27 through May 4, 2024. On that hike I was supported by my […]
