The story of Dakota Joe, a jailbird on the Appalachian Trail

Posted by on Oct 16, 2014 @ 6:11 am in Hiking News | 0 comments | Last modified: October 2, 2014

It was the winter of 2013, and Dakota Joe thought he was about to die. Hail was beating a crater into the mountain’s bald face, and his Kmart jacket had stopped keeping the cold out a long time ago. His pants were soaked through to the skin—wet denim is slow to dry and wearing it on the Appalachian Trail is generally a bad idea. Every muscle in his body was tense from...

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