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Two Muses
My hike starts in six weeks. All the decisions are made. I'm continuing to make minor tweaks to my gear. If I make windscreen prototypes every day
Warning! This Blog Contains Haiku
I got the following email from my mom. "I just finished A Walk in the Woods. There must be 100 ways you can die on the AT. Hope you are prepared.
So What am I Doing to Keep Busy Until March 20th?
Decisions: Last summer, I did what will be the first seventeen days of my thru hike. I learned a couple of things on this trip. 1) My air mattress
A Backpacker Travels on his Stomach
Since my wife gave her blessing, I've spent a lot of time trolling the aisles of my grocery store trying to identify foods that readily translate to
Marching Orders…
So I've wanted to walk the Appalachian Trail for almost fifty years. I expect it to be physically challenging. I expect that I will miss my
My Life on the Trail or How Did I End Up on the Brink of the Adventure of a Lifetime?
Philmont Scout RanchJuly, 1965 That's me on the back row farthest to the right. My group hiked 90 miles in about eight days. It wasn't a