Leesburg native Jake Moye pauses atop Virginia’s McAfee Knob, the most photographed point on the Applachian Trail. Moye spent the better part of six months hiking the famed trail up the east coast. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
While he might have figured it would take him the better part of half a year to make the journey, Leesburg native Jake Moye had only an inkling of what it would feel like to finish his first-ever major hiking trip. To say completing the entire 2,189-mile northbound hike along the fabled Appalachian Trail was a lot of fun would be an understatement. Life-changing would be the better description.
Hiker and Leesburg native Jake Moye gets his first glimpse of Mt. Katahdin, which marked the end of his six-month journey along the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail earlier this year. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Leesburg native Jake Moye pauses at the Eastern Continental Divide in Virginia during his 2,189.1-mile hike along the entire Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Jake Moye stands next to a sign marking the Maine/New Hampshire state line along the Appalachian Trail. Moye was able to hike the 2,189.1 mile trail over the course of roughly six months. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Jake Moye pauses with a new friend while hiking the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail earlier this year. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Leesburg native Jake Moye pauses for a picture at Georgia’s Springer Mountain, which is the southern terminus of the famed Appalachian Trail. Moye hiked the 2,189.1-mile trail earlier this year, taking roughly six months to travel from Springer Mountain to the northern terminus at Mt. Katahdin in Maine. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Leesburg native Jake Moye pauses next to the sign marking the start of the final 500 miles to Mt. Katahdin in Maine’s Baster State Park. Mt. Katahdin is the northern terminus of the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Leesburg native Jake Moye puts some perpective on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington during his recent hike of the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Jake Moye and his friend Shotgun prepare to enter the 100 Mile Wilderness along the Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
For many of the 198 nights he spent along the Appalachian Trail, Leesburg native Jake Moye slept in this tent. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Leesburg native Jake Moye raises his arms in triumph atop Maine’s Mt. Katahdin on Sept. 24 after hiking the 2,189.1 miles of the famed Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
A group of hikers pauses for some rest and a meal along the Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
Jake Moye stops atop the Smokey Mountains’ Clingman’s Dome, the highest point along the famed Appalachian Trail. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Moye)
