Two groups of North Country Trail hikers/volunteers met last week on the Kekekabic Trail in the middle of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern MN.  The brief reunion featured swapping of trail conditions and plans for attending the upcoming NCTA conference in Valley City, ND. One group was led by NCT long-distance hiker […]

If you’re interested in hearing Nimblewill Nomad talk about his hike through ND and MN, visit the Arvig Communication System Local LINC website to watch a short video clip featuring an interview and some on-trail footage of Eb, Judy Merritt from the Northwoods Press, and myself. My thanks go to Randy Cadwell from ACS Local […]

If you’re interested in seeing what it’s like to walk across North Dakota in late winter/early spring, you should check out Nimblewill Nomad’s 2009 Odyssey photo gallery.  In the North Dakota pictures you’ll notice one of the inherent challenges of thru-hiking the NCT…the fact that you have to start pretty early in the “spring” to […]