Jason “Abe Linkoln” Murrell End-to-end hiker; central patch + Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota; 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 miles My hike of the North Country Trail started in April of 2020. My intention was to hike the trail in one go. I had just been booted off my Eastern […]
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Shari Searles: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Shari Searles Wisconsin (Previously received the central patch + Michigan and 1000 Miles.) September 9-16, 2021 My Wisconsin North Country Trail experience started with a day hike from the Michigan/Wisconsin border with a friend. We camped at Scott Rapids Campsite our first night. I will never forget that night as I had my first bear […]
2025 NCTA Staff Introductions
Kenny Wawsczyk, Regional Trail Coordinator Kenny’s venture into “the trail world” began in 2007 when he packed up his backpack and went to work through an AmeriCorps program, spending the majority of the five months in the Emigrant Wilderness (Stanislaus National Forest, California). While it was the most mentally and physically difficult experience of his […]