Dutifully Proud -- and we are proud of you. -- I feel like the 75% that never make the whole trail -- really just are those who never really make it to and Thru the Smokys (their hearts break). Folks who have accomplished so much like you -- are the 25% that make it all the way (as long as they physically can). You've Got Heart and are finding the JOY in your JOurneY.
Yeah for you and all who hiked through the Smokies. So proud of you Couch, so excited for you. You and a few others I'm following were there at the same time and the weather could have been worse like a few years ago, but geez it wasn't easy for you. God bless, be safe, have fun. Thanks for letting me tag along
Thanks for the great coverage of Mt. Cammerer to Davenport Gap. I'm planning to section hike (out and back) there next month. Really great videos - thanks for sharing! Following your progress...
Great job Rene!!! I am so proud of you! I love the idea of slack packing. I think it's better for yout body and gives a better chance to get to Katahdin.
Go Couch!! Mindset affects everything, and vice versa. Mindset can make food taste better, people look better, scenery look more beautiful. Also, your current mindset can/does affect the way you remember an event in the past. Correlate these thoughts with your walk in the mountains, where there is snow and wind around one corner, and warmer temps and signs of spring just a few feet away. A person can be standing right next to you, yet their experience can be vastly different from yours. This is what I love most about being in nature. It is constantly showing us metaphors and lessons for life if only we pay close attention. Energy levels, a full belly, weather, the mood of your group, affect the present and also affect the way you REMEMBER the past! Thank you for talking about mindset! We don’t talk about the inner world enough, yet it has everything to do with the way we experience the outer world!! Hike on Couch! You rock!! Thanks again for sharing it all!!
Slack Packing is not cheating it’s being smart for your knees. When your older and by the time you reach Vermont the Smokies will seem easy. The 4k downhills in Whites are tough save up for them.
Renee, when you work your body like that every day it’s going to have good and bad days. Good and bad miles even. But, I have found our minds limit our bodies way more than the reverse. You’re proof of that. You’re doing so great!! Keep walking!!!
Loved this day 38 video! Great comments about mindset and perspective. Walking the path along the water was so soothing. I am really feeling your sense of accomplishment. "I'm doing it, y'all." ❤ I'm so happy for you. 👏👏👏
This was my favorite day yet!! 😊. WOW you have your mind made up and your doing it!!! So proud of you!! 👏👏👏👏👏 I love the trail next to that creek so peaceful. I love the sound of running water 💦 so soothing and restful! 😊So glad you had some great food from Fresh Ground! He’s such an amazing man! The Smokies are finished, threw, over and done with you. Hip Hip Hooray !!! Hike on Renee you are awesome! 🏔️🥰❤️🗻👩🏻🦯🏕️😊
Renee your positive attitude is infectious! Of all the thru-hikers I am following, I believe you are enjoying your journey the most. It is obvious that you are in love with the AT! And you made it through the Smokys!!! Go girl - you have ABSOLUTELY got this! 🥾♥️🥾♥️🥾
You are in inspiration to me and so many others!!! I could watch your videos all day. I watch for the new videos all the time. Please video more and as often as you'd like. I hear you apologize for talking too much or taking too many videos. Please don't apologize. We are getting the amazing opportunity to hike with you and join you on this journey of a lifetime. Thank you, Renee!!
Hey Renee and Eddie. I so missed your videos the last couple of days. They are the best ways to complete my day. Renee, you could never talk too much. Thanks for taking us along on this beautiful sensory experience. I could even smell the trail! I love you cheering others on to do challenging things. Your energy is flowing! Congratulations on completing the Smokies! I cheer you on!🏃♀️🤸🏼♀️🏋️👏🏼
Congratulations on completing the Smokies! ❤ You are an inspiration girl! So appreciate you and Eddie! Hope to cross paths as you do Northern New England later this summer! Happy Trails!
So fun to follow your adventure!! Let me say…the Smokies have some incredible hikes…and not always like portions of the AT. It’s a great national park to visit…perhaps try another trail. 🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations on getting through the Smokies! I Wonder why hikers don’t wear water proof boots to protect their feet from hiking through the mud & water. There has to be pros and cons but it sure would alleviate some of the misery and potential foot problems. Get more miles in.
Proud proud proud of you I am. What a wonderful hiking day. Fresh Grounds, end of the Smokies ( Huge Deal ), and beautiful clear cool stream to walk beside. Wow what a day. Nice video Eddie. Can not wait for so much more as this gets better and better. Girl be killin it.
I totally understand the celebration about NOT having to make multiple trips to the BR at night! I also think it’s a sign that your health has improved 🙏🏼🤩
Fantastic! Keep on keeping on… slack pack every chance you can. See you in Shenandoah Virginia (skyline drive to us) need anything in that area just ask.
Great video, Renee. I love to hear your point of view. How is your new job going, Eddie? Thank you both for the great videos. Congratulations on smoking the Smokies. Hot Springs here you come.
Civilian Conservation Corp. My granddad was born in 1875, and he worked through what was called the WPA in the 1930’s. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great Depression.
I like the spraycheese.Never having used it is it really cheese? I am so enjoying watching the AT thru hikes. I had knee surgery this year so I feel like I’m on the trail with you. My friend(who had hip replacement) and I are considering doing trail angel stuff in Virginia. This way we can support and enjoy meeting hikers.
They use to let tourists give a caged bear cokes of all things in Gatlinburg.!One arse ended up mixing gas in the coke and gave it to the bear! Thing went ape shit broke out of the cage was seen running down the highway full speed. End up keeling over legs straight in the air…ran out of gas!!😅
Look at you go! You are correct about the mental part. You can make things as hard as you want or nothing at all. Great to watch you transform into a thru hiker👍
After you get your trail legs, the rest is a “mind game”…I think to change the mindset, I just have to put myself into the shoes of someone from the 1800’s, and let it all go…congratulations on completing SMOKIES’!!! Just wait until the “sweet shrub” bloom!
the video is wonderful, that wall looks man-made. Strange was there evidence of cave anyware? WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic. Sorry for the bear section. Fan from Canada.
Irs so easy to forget to film. While uour hiking there is bot much else to do but as soon as something else is entertaining you and it's probably the most interesting thing you could be filming you totally forget and live in the moment! Lol like I kept wanting to film at the end of the day but once I got to camp there is so many things to get done before the sun goes down that I'd forget.
Renee, Question…. I know you met Chasing Blazes in the trail a little while back at a shelter, but is there any word on the trail about her in her tramily Scout and Chief? She hasn’t posted a video on her channel in 5 days and she usually posts daily. Many of her followers are a bit worried! Thanks, Michele…Trail Angel @ Hogpen Gap
Those young guys. Love their energy. Are they stopping to really take in the trail or are they just on a mission to cruise through? I still wish I had the energy!
Roan mtn is located in far northeast corner of east tennessee in Grayson County va is where Mount Rogers is located. Luckily the AT does not go up across top of mt rogers.
That water falls and stream were cool.looking. You will really like laurel falls snd the much bigger laurel fork stream that you will hike beside on your way into boots off hostel and Watauga lake in carter county, tn.
Yes the AT goes through the Grayson highlands and very close to the mt Rogers summit. There is a side trail to the summit near the Thomas knob shelter. We nero'd at Thomas knob cuz of bad weather then foggy. So with nothing else to do we did the side trail to the summit. It didn't take long at all, if I recall maybe 15 mins? There is no view at the top. The next day was perfect and sunny and we had a blast enjoying the ponies
Couldn’t help but notice at the beginning of this video the guy over your left shoulder reaching down his pants putting on body glide on his groin😮 gross 🤢
You’re supposed to be paying attention to Renée, not people in the background. 😂 I honestly had to go back and watch the video because I didn’t see that when I was editing. Too funny, good eye though. Maybe you should be my editor. 😂
@@couchtotrail2023 thought you’d find that funny for you future family get togethers. Lol. Wish men had a little more cooth sp? about themselves. But I understand life on the trail you kind of get exposed to all.
Dutifully Proud -- and we are proud of you. -- I feel like the 75% that never make the whole trail -- really just are those who never really make it to and Thru the Smokys (their hearts break). Folks who have accomplished so much like you -- are the 25% that make it all the way (as long as they physically can). You've Got Heart and are finding the JOY in your JOurneY.
Bravo Lady! Keep on givin’r!! You’re doing very impressive
Yeah for you and all who hiked through the Smokies. So proud of you Couch, so excited for you. You and a few others I'm following were there at the same time and the weather could have been worse like a few years ago, but geez it wasn't easy for you. God bless, be safe, have fun. Thanks for letting me tag along
Thanks for the great coverage of Mt. Cammerer to Davenport Gap. I'm planning to section hike (out and back) there next month. Really great videos - thanks for sharing! Following your progress...
Congratulations 0n smokies. Great job
Great job Rene!!! I am so proud of you! I love the idea of slack packing. I think it's better for yout body and gives a better chance to get to Katahdin.
Go Couch!! Mindset affects everything, and vice versa. Mindset can make food taste better, people look better, scenery look more beautiful. Also, your current mindset can/does affect the way you remember an event in the past. Correlate these thoughts with your walk in the mountains, where there is snow and wind around one corner, and warmer temps and signs of spring just a few feet away. A person can be standing right next to you, yet their experience can be vastly different from yours. This is what I love most about being in nature. It is constantly showing us metaphors and lessons for life if only we pay close attention. Energy levels, a full belly, weather, the mood of your group, affect the present and also affect the way you REMEMBER the past! Thank you for talking about mindset! We don’t talk about the inner world enough, yet it has everything to do with the way we experience the outer world!! Hike on Couch! You rock!! Thanks again for sharing it all!!
Slack Packing is not cheating it’s being smart for your knees. When your older and by the time you reach Vermont the Smokies will seem easy. The 4k downhills in Whites are tough save up for them.
Thanks Renee for sharing and Eddie for editing. I loved following the creek at end.
I am so proud and impressed with your accomplishments! An inspiration
Renee, when you work your body like that every day it’s going to have good and bad days. Good and bad miles even. But, I have found our minds limit our bodies way more than the reverse. You’re proof of that. You’re doing so great!! Keep walking!!!
Sooooo awesome!! Great Stuff 💪💪👍👍 You positive energy is contagious! Congrats on the Smokies! Beautiful sounds of the stream, thank you!
Loved this day 38 video! Great comments about mindset and perspective. Walking the path along the water was so soothing. I am really feeling your sense of accomplishment. "I'm doing it, y'all." ❤ I'm so happy for you.
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Congrats on finishing the Smokies. When you explain why you choose one hostel over another, it really helps us future hikers. Thanks for those tips.
Congratulations 🎊🎉🍾🎈!!! You Did It Girl!!!!! Awesome 👏🏻!!!
This was my favorite day yet!! 😊. WOW you have your mind made up and your doing it!!! So proud of you!! 👏👏👏👏👏 I love the trail next to that creek so peaceful. I love the sound of running water 💦 so soothing and restful! 😊So glad you had some great food from Fresh Ground! He’s such an amazing man! The Smokies are finished, threw, over and done with you. Hip Hip Hooray !!! Hike on Renee you are awesome! 🏔️🥰❤️🗻👩🏻🦯🏕️😊
Renee your positive attitude is infectious! Of all the thru-hikers I am following, I believe you are enjoying your journey the most. It is obvious that you are in love with the AT! And you made it through the Smokys!!! Go girl - you have ABSOLUTELY got this! 🥾♥️🥾♥️🥾
You are in inspiration to me and so many others!!! I could watch your videos all day. I watch for the new videos all the time. Please video more and as often as you'd like. I hear you apologize for talking too much or taking too many videos. Please don't apologize. We are getting the amazing opportunity to hike with you and join you on this journey of a lifetime. Thank you, Renee!!
Thank you for your encouragement
You are incredible. Loving your hike
Hey Renee and Eddie. I so missed your videos the last couple of days. They are the best ways to complete my day. Renee, you could never talk too much. Thanks for taking us along on this beautiful sensory experience. I could even smell the trail! I love you cheering others on to do challenging things. Your energy is flowing! Congratulations on completing the Smokies!
I cheer you on!🏃♀️🤸🏼♀️🏋️👏🏼
You looked so fresh!! Keep on! Do what you need to do!
Way to go!
🌲🌲❤️🥾🥾⛰️🥾🥾❤️🌲🌲
It’s good to see your update. You are doing great and your attitude is so upbeat!
Congratulations, Renee!!
Giiiiirrrrllll, you are killin’ those inclines. Hike on! 🙏🏼✝️❤️🥾🥾
Thank you!
I'm enjoying y'all's videos so much. I felt like I was walking through the woods with you! Excellent, again.
SO PROUD OF YOU!!! You’re killing it, sister. Keep on keeping on. ❤
Congratulations on completing the Smokies! ❤ You are an inspiration girl! So appreciate you and Eddie! Hope to cross paths as you do Northern New England later this summer! Happy Trails!
Congrats to you! You and Eddie are awesome!
Your doing so great. You should be very very proud. ❤❤❤
So fun to follow your adventure!! Let me say…the Smokies have some incredible hikes…and not always like portions of the AT. It’s a great national park to visit…perhaps try another trail. 🤣🤣🤣
It’s so good to see your self confidence growing!
Congrats! You are killing it Renee! 🔥
Congratulations on finishing the Smokeys.
Thank you for sharing your journey.
Happy Trails 👣
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Congratulations 🎉 YOU'RE out of SMNP!
You are such a joy and blessing to watch 😊
Congratulations on getting through the Smokies!
I Wonder why hikers don’t wear water proof boots to protect their feet from hiking through the mud & water. There has to be pros and cons but it sure would alleviate some of the misery and potential foot problems.
Get more miles in.
Awesome footage! Congratulations on the Smokies!🎉❤
Great job editing Eddie!
Congratulations on completing The Smokies!!!🥾🥾🌈
Proud proud proud of you I am. What a wonderful hiking day. Fresh Grounds, end of the Smokies ( Huge Deal ), and beautiful clear cool stream to walk beside. Wow what a day. Nice video Eddie. Can not wait for so much more as this gets better and better. Girl be killin it.
I totally understand the celebration about NOT having to make multiple trips to the BR at night! I also think it’s a sign that your health has improved 🙏🏼🤩
“Embrace the suck” is the term I’ve heard other hikers say. You’re doing great!
You said it, you have to stay in the moment.!
Congratulations on finishing the Smokies!👍👍👍👍🏔🏕😀✌️🥪🫕🥗🥞
Thanks 👍
Yay Renee! You did it!
You are so much stronger than when you started. Keep on jamming!!!
Fantastic! Keep on keeping on… slack pack every chance you can. See you in Shenandoah Virginia (skyline drive to us) need anything in that area just ask.
You are killing it, Renee. Super happy to see your update! You smoked the Smokies!
Great hike thru the smokies, well done ! Pushing North.
Great video, Renee. I love to hear your point of view. How is your new job going, Eddie? Thank you both for the great videos. Congratulations on smoking the Smokies. Hot Springs here you come.
Job is going good, working 60 hours plus so there are some days I can’t quite get the videos edited but they’re still coming.
@Couch to Trail you are doing great Eddie. Thanks for the update and thanks for the editing.
Congratulations on making it through the Smoky mountains.
That wall you wondered about was probably built by the CCC in the 1930's. BCM
Yes!
Let’s here it for the CCC and all their work.
What is CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corp.
My granddad was born in 1875, and he worked through what was called the WPA in the 1930’s. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an ambitious employment and infrastructure program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935, during the bleakest days of the Great Depression.
Congratulations!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations!! Out of the Smokies!!
I like the spraycheese.Never having used it is it really cheese? I am so enjoying watching the AT thru hikes. I had knee surgery this year so I feel like I’m on the trail with you. My friend(who had hip replacement) and I are considering doing trail angel stuff in Virginia. This way we can support and enjoy meeting hikers.
Thanks Eddie - nice video as always! Hope you are getting to do a bit of exactly what suits you as well!
Nothing wrong with slack packing .....it's the completed steps you take that really counts...stay safe CHEERS
They use to let tourists give a caged bear cokes of all things in Gatlinburg.!One arse ended up mixing gas in the coke and gave it to the bear! Thing went ape shit broke out of the cage was seen running down the highway full speed. End up keeling over legs straight in the air…ran out of gas!!😅
Look at you go! You are correct about the mental part. You can make things as hard as you want or nothing at all. Great to watch you transform into a thru hiker👍
Hike your own hike. Take advantage of what the trail offers.
After you get your trail legs, the rest is a “mind game”…I think to change the mindset, I just have to put myself into the shoes of someone from the 1800’s, and let it all go…congratulations on completing SMOKIES’!!! Just wait until the “sweet shrub” bloom!
the video is wonderful, that wall looks man-made. Strange was there evidence of cave anyware? WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic. Sorry for the bear section. Fan from Canada.
Why didn't you film Fresh Ground? I love to see the trail magic.
Irs so easy to forget to film. While uour hiking there is bot much else to do but as soon as something else is entertaining you and it's probably the most interesting thing you could be filming you totally forget and live in the moment! Lol like I kept wanting to film at the end of the day but once I got to camp there is so many things to get done before the sun goes down that I'd forget.
Renee, Question…. I know you met Chasing Blazes in the trail a little while back at a shelter, but is there any word on the trail about her in her tramily Scout and Chief? She hasn’t posted a video on her channel in 5 days and she usually posts daily. Many of her followers are a bit worried! Thanks, Michele…Trail Angel @ Hogpen Gap
Those young guys. Love their energy. Are they stopping to really take in the trail or are they just on a mission to cruise through? I still wish I had the energy!
Me too!
fresh ground feeding the same people every day lmfaoo.
Your looking great kiddo, keep it up :) When you get to Big Hump mtn, it is not near as bad a climb as it looks. The views are 360 and fabulous :)
Thanks for the tips!
Congrats on finishing the Smokies!!! You need to change your trail name to trail now!! Eddie can keep Couch. 😂
😂😂😂😂😂 Hilarious
Roan mtn is located in far northeast corner of east tennessee in Grayson County va is where Mount Rogers is located. Luckily the AT does not go up across top of mt rogers.
That water falls and stream were cool.looking. You will really like laurel falls snd the much bigger laurel fork stream that you will hike beside on your way into boots off hostel and Watauga lake in carter county, tn.
Yes the AT goes through the Grayson highlands and very close to the mt Rogers summit. There is a side trail to the summit near the Thomas knob shelter. We nero'd at Thomas knob cuz of bad weather then foggy. So with nothing else to do we did the side trail to the summit. It didn't take long at all, if I recall maybe 15 mins? There is no view at the top. The next day was perfect and sunny and we had a blast enjoying the ponies
Nobo magic. Keep it going Renee. Eddie tell us how you are doing.
takes about 6 weeks on avg. to get your trail legs under you.
Couldn’t help but notice at the beginning of this video the guy over your left shoulder reaching down his pants putting on body glide on his groin😮 gross 🤢
You’re supposed to be paying attention to Renée, not people in the background. 😂 I honestly had to go back and watch the video because I didn’t see that when I was editing. Too funny, good eye though. Maybe you should be my editor. 😂
@@couchtotrail2023 thought you’d find that funny for you future family get togethers. Lol. Wish men had a little more cooth sp? about themselves. But I understand life on the trail you kind of get exposed to all.
Too funny! Yea, I did go back and watch 😂😂😂