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lrushfeldt
@lrushfeldt.bsky.social
New England hiker, skier & skijorer. AT Sectioner. Past and future ITI350 ski attempter. Sled Dog Auntie. #WylieAndWolfy for Wy&Wo stuff, an old sled dog and a fake sled dog.

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I’ve been told it was not fair to log off for a month without an obligatory AT map update 😂
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#rushtoharpersferry
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
‘Offline’ until 2026, happy holidays y’all!
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Future trips on the AT will involve more typical LASH hiking logistics like flights, hostels and resupply stops, and wont include dogs. For now, I’d really just prefer to play in the woods with my dogs. Don’t worry though—I’m far too much of a completionist at heart to walk away for good.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Soo…will I finish the trail? Yes, I’ll be back to pick up the final +/- 1,000 miles of the AT, but after a good healthy break. I’m in no rush, now. I’ve been racing the clock of aging dogs.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Me? I’m 88 days away from ITI, my solo ski-ultra marathon across Alaska. Hiking IS training, of course, but now prep begins in earnest. Wy&Wo will ski train with me, obviously, but with a healthy dose of car naps while mom nabs extra mileage!
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
These dogs have hiked (most of the way) through ten states of the Appalachian Trail. They’ve earned their distance hiker retirement. Only fun, easy(-ier) trips starting next year. I love you, Poufy and Bubbles. I can’t believe you made it, while in the same time I never doubted you for a second 🤍
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A roughly-chronological trek through 43 miles and 3.5 days on the AT and Maryland and West Virginia. I cannot believe #rushtoharpersferry is complete after 4 years of scheming, planning, spreadsheeting, recalibrating, and hiking our little hearts out.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hi Y’all I put a bunch of pics up on Instagram, here’s a new thread with a few more favorites along with the caption.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We finished! I cried a lot. I drove 8 hours back north to New England. Will share More soon, but not tonight! Zzzzzzz.
#rushtoharpersferry
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Stunning campsite and sunset after a 16 miler yesterday (left); and now awesome shelter with separate enclosed sleeping loft today (right). We beat the rain by 11 minutes! Grand finish is tomorrow morning #rushtoharpersferry
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cozy at camp. Tomorrow is our “big” day; wish us luck!
#rushtoHarpersFerry
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Maryland AT day 1
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Currently in recovery at Harpers Ferry Brewery. Hike starts tomorrow! #rushtoHarpersFerry
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We just drove through 7 states!
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I haven’t been on it in 15 years, to be fair…but it was my “can’t miss” at the Minnesota State Fair for well over a decade. If the stars align and Im ever back in town for the GMGG, you better believe I’ll pony up for the Zipper! My cousin runs the apple barn now, so the odds aren’t zero.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Let there be light! We finally had our “A team” headlamp back in action today, after 4+ weeks. No good reason. It just took me that long to buy more AA batteries 😂.
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Spotted in downtown Boston today
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Big-time Tongue 😂 (this pic is from the day we got Wolfy, just an hour or two before I picked her up at the airport cargo facility!)
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A little more footage and explanation: I have an old sled dog and a fake sled dog, so much of what we do is not typical mushing/skijor “best practice”. We’re just out to have fun together and enable the dogs to train with me for ITI (though they stay home for the actual race itself!)
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sorry videos on this platform are approx. 12 pixels! 😂
A couple more from this morning here.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
First ski day officially on the books! High risk-high reward: a lot of driving when coupled with yesterday’s hime, but this was my first time on skis before Thanksgiving EVER. It was a rocky one but we had a blast!
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you, AT, just for being. You’ve done more than you’ll ever know.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If the three of us never make it up Glastenbury together again…we’ll always have had this 🤍
#GlastenburyResidency25
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM