Old Goat

Recovering infantryman. Appalachian Trail. Life is patches, not upgrades. Metalhead. Lazy mathematician. Political atheist. Nearly normal. Living at the intersection of necessity and free will. Getting run over...

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Revising The Plan

Revising The Plan

I realized after the zero day at Neel Gap that my expectations required recalibration. This is a difficult thing to do since our minds are prone to

Jan 5, 2018 : Old Goat
Is That Smell… Me?!?

Is That Smell… Me?!?

It takes only half a day of hiking to smell bad. This is known. By the time I finished the approach trail to Springer Mountain I was locker-room

Dec 27, 2017 : Old Goat
An Appalachian Trail Christmas

An Appalachian Trail Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shelter, not a creature was stirring except for the mice. The food bags were hung on the bear

Dec 24, 2017 : Old Goat
ATP: Appalachian Trail Physiology or, Adenosine Triphosphate

ATP: Appalachian Trail Physiology or, Adenosine Triphosphate

Once upon a time there was a beautiful organelle named Mitochondria who lived in a thigh muscle cell of an Appalachian Trail hiker. She was in charge

Dec 17, 2017 : Old Goat
The Winter Trip to the Trip

The Winter Trip to the Trip

The Road Trip This old goat left Washington DC for the last time and drove west on Interstate 66. That part of my life is now behind me. I called

Dec 14, 2017 : Old Goat
In the Rear with the Gear

In the Rear with the Gear

Not for long.  Mid-December is coming up fast and I have time for two more shakedown hikes.  Consequently, I am upon the good-idea cutoff point

Dec 1, 2017 : Old Goat
You Might Like to Walk…

You Might Like to Walk…

...that is the balance of probability in my mind. I also like to walk. Walking is boring to some, and there is a repetitive nature to putting one

Nov 27, 2017 : Old Goat