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Journals for Other Long Trails
If you know of anyone hiking any of the other long trails with an on-line journal let us know.
Trail Journal of Jonathan Ley's and David Cobb's walk across Iceland.
2006
Arizona Trail Journals
2000
Chris Townsend on the Arizona Trail.
Canol Trail Journals
1998
ALDHA-West's Steve Queen, Dave and Roberta Cobb brave swollen rivers, summer snows, eroded trails and bushwhacking to explore the wanders of the Canol Trail. Located deep in the Northwest Territory in the wilds of Canada, the Canol Trail follows an old abandoned road built to service an oil pipe line in World War II.
John Muir Trail Journals
1999
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1232 from Fullerton, CA fulfill a dream that was a year and a half in the making.
1996
Richard & Mattie Kirby strike off to discover the pleasures of long distance hiking on the JMT.
Tahoe-Yosemite Trail Journals
ALDHA-West's Steve Queen and Dave Cobb find that life can get pretty hairy when you stray from the PCT.
Triple Crown Trail Journals
ALDHA-West's Glenn "Fiddlehead" Fleagle, Brian "Pieps" Piepergerdes, and a third hiker, known only as "Shirt", will attempt to hike the Triple Crown (AT, PCT and CDT) in one year.