# @audipayne on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxTzHcjMmix
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21588342-audipayne-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-09-17T22:16:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Audrey “Glowstick” Payne (@audipayne) — https://gondola.cc/audipayne

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Yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the day that I summited Mt. Katahdin in Maine, finishing my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Or as my friend chasingtrailsart described it, “the last day of the best days of our lives.” So I celebrated it the only way that I possibly could - by backpacking out in the wilderness with my Colorado buds. I wouldn’t know either of these people - thathikergirl or fleabag2010 - if I’d never hiked the AT. That adventure might be long over, but it continues to impact my life in positive and profound ways every single day, still. Five years later, and I am so incredibly grateful for the experience and for the past version of me that was so terrified to go but took the leap anyway. And guess what, the net did appear. 💖💖💖
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P.S. We got snowed on!! Ski season is coming!!! ❄️
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#appalachiantrail #thruhike #coloradohikes #hikecolorado #getoutside #indianpeakswilderness #thetrek #trekking #dreambig #mountainwomen #wildernesswomen #backpacking #hikertrash #hiking

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appalachiantrail, indianpeakswilderness, coloradohikes, dreambig, thruhike, mountainwomen, trekking, wildernesswomen, getoutside, thetrek, hiking, hikecolorado, hikertrash, backpacking

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