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An unnecessarily bizarre and implausible cover story for marital infidelity.
I'm sorry, Carol, I can't go to your mother-in-law's Tupperware party this evening. I'm hiking the Appalachian Trail with that new secretary from the office... in Argentina.
Spending time with your mistress.
"Where are you going, Governor?" "I'll just be hiking the Appalachian Trail with Lupe for the next few days."
What you say you did when you come back from being missing for several days in order to hide what you were really doing.
"Jim, why haven't you been at work the past 3 days?" "Oh, I thought I'd... uh... hike the Appalachian trail!" "Bob, why did you come home late last night?" "Oh I thought I'd hike the Appalachian trail on the way home!"
The Governor of South Carolina had an affair with a woman from Argentina. As his cover story he told everyone he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. To sum it up it is slang for having or having had sex.
"Hey have you seen Mark?" "No but I heard he's with his girlfriend behind the bleachers. They're hiking the Appalachian Trail"**winks** "Oh that dirty bastard."
A euphemism for a mysterious disappearance as a result of illicit activities.
Disappear for a few days and need an explanation? "Sweetie, I was just 'hiking the Appalachian Trail!'" Boss asking for a note on why you were out for a four-hour lunch with his wife? Yep, you guess it - you were out hiking the Appalachian Trail! See also Sanford, soon-to-be-former Governor of SC.
To have an affair with a woman/multiple women, preferably from Argentina. Email is the main form of communication, although in this case, an actual visit is needed.
Press: Where is Sanford? Joel Sawyer, Sanford's spokesperson: Uhh...He's... Hiking the Appalachian Trail...Yeah, that's the ticket.
For a man to have vaginal sex with a woman who is not his wife. Can be used as a reference to a married man having an illicit sexual affair, and deceiving everyone about it by telling them he's doing something else. "The Appalachian Trail" refers to the woman's vagina. Mark Sanford, the Governor of South Carolina, flew to South America to see his mistress and told everyone, including his staff, that he 'would be gone for a few days hiking the Appalachian Trail.'
"Does Bob's wife know he's taking that hot secretary with him on his business trip? Looks to me like he's planning on hiking the Appalachian Trail."