Tag: AT
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Step-wise
I first stepped foot on the AT over half of a century ago. Even as a child it seemed unfathomable that one could walk all that way. But I was closer to the middle, standing on the path next to the parking lot where a laden station wagon waited, ticking and cooling, when my parents…
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2024 Holiday Message
2024 was a year of healing. That also suggests that there must have been some injury. There was. After a December ’23 fall in a hotel room, my husband required surgery in 2024 to help put a foot with multiple fractures back into the assemblance of a foot. (Note to self: turn on the light,…
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The Real Trail Magic
Appalachiantrail.org reports that of the 3,000 plus people who start a thru-hike each year, only around 1/4 finish what they started out to do. That means that of three million visitors to the AT each year, 3,000 hope to complete the journey within one calendar year, becoming what is known as a thru-hiker. Around 750…
Mind Set Go 