This trail will lick you. And just you think it's given you all it's got... it'll come right back and lick you again!

After finishing a thru-hike of the Art Loeb, I wanted to share my experience, and give an update on info I used to plan this hike.

The day had a bit of a rough start, but after a quick detour to the Shining Rock things were looking up...

There's that silly joke "If you don't like the weather... wait 10 minutes" I think the same can be said about a thru-hike.

Every bit of advice I got leading up to this hike boiled down to 4 things...