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  • 2007
    • November
      • Phinal Fotos Finally Online!
        11/06/07


        The last set of photos are online! They go from Pearisburg, VA to Springer Mountain (the end!) and a final "closing shot" of a cute crab on the beach in Northern Florida where I spent some time decompressing. hehe

      • OCTOBER 29, 6pm EST, DONE!!!
        11/05/07
        I should have posted this "hiking finale" entry last week, but only now found the time... I'M DONE! At 6am in the morning on Monday, October 29, I started walking from Neels Gap. I needed my headlamp for about an hour in order to combat the darkness before sunrise. After 30 miles o

    • October
      • THE END!
        10/28/07
        Ken called from Neels Gap tonight, which is 30 miles from the end of the AT! He expects to finish tomorrow, Monday October 29. His request, as he mentioned before, is that everyone get out for a walk at some point tomorrow to help commemorate his walk in the woods.

        From Springer Mountai

      • October 28-31??? And Thanks! And GEAR FAILURE
        10/22/07
        1. I'm 160 miles from the end, and even at a "slow" pace that's 8 days for me, or October 30. At a more average pace it could be 6 or 7 days, so October 28 or 29. I'll give a final update when I hit Neels Gap which is 30 miles from Springer!!!

        2. Thanks for the

      • October 31???
        10/17/07
        I'm randomly educating a guesstimate finish date! October 31st, Halloween! Just like when I was half way and suggested to some of you that you partake in the "1/2 Gallon Challenge" by eating some ice cream with me, I am now asking that on Oct 31 you get outside and walk! A short hi

      • Brrrrr
        10/10/07
        Well I am FINALLY in Tennessee and North Carolina! To welcome me, both states are throwing a "Winter Wonderland" festival just for me, or so it seems. Temps are dropping - but will go back up again - and I just might see frost any day now or even snow! Roan Mountain is within my sites a

      • Sept Photos
        10/08/07
        After nearly two weeks, Ken's package to me with his latest batch of photos finally turned up.

        ***See new photos link at right.***

        I also got to check in with Ken in Gettysburg, PA this weekend. No, he hadn't turned around and hiked back that whole way, but he did

      • 459 miles to go!
        10/02/07
        I'm in Damascus, VA just 4 miles from the NC/TN borders and can't wait to leave the state behind! Not that it's a bad state, but it's certainly the longest (600 or so miles). It's also been one of the most beautiful. Unfortunately the envelope I sent to Andrea with the me

    • September
      • Done With Shenandoah
        09/12/07
        848 miles to go! The funny thing is that 50% of that is in Virginia! It's such a big state. I'm in Waynesboro, VA which is the first town on the southern end of Shenandoah National Park. Shenandoah was great, the bears were plentiful (I saw about 10) and often hanging out above my head

      • Off I go!
        09/04/07
        As Andrea wrote the other day, I'm back on the trail. The first day back I was checking all the trail registers assuming I'd find a bunch of SOBOs ahead of me. To my surprise there were none! I camped, slept, and when I woke up in the morning two SOBOs pass me as I'm taking down ca

      • On the Trail Again...
        09/02/07
        After an extended visit, I dropped Ken back off at Del Mark Park, MD at 12:30pm today to start hiking again. A little more than 1,000 miles to go!

        Andrea

    • August
      • 1100 Mile Summary AVAILABLE!
        08/27/07
        New summary available, look to the right...

        Photos ARE NOW AVAILABLE! 07/24-08/25!

      • 1041 Miles!
        08/21/07
        Well, I'm just a couple days away from the half way point - which I should hit this week! A couple days later I'll be with Andrea in DC for a few "zero days" (no mileage on the AT), so this will be a short but eventful week. I'm currently in Duncannon at the locally histor

      • Fuzzy Ken
        08/15/07
        Ken met up with a guy in Bear Mountain, NY and got to play with his iPhone. And so we get to see how fuzzy he was last week! (He's shaved since then.)



        Cheers,
        Andrea

    • July
      • Two "Zero" Days
        07/23/07
        Adam, Sara and her father (Peter) met me to hike a 5.2 mile stretch of the AT up and over Bromley Mountain near Manchester, VT. Being about an hour from there, I decided to let them take me home with them to NY (conveniently also where my belongings and "base camp" are located). So I too

      • 398.5 Miles Down, 1.5 states!
        07/13/07
        Around 11am this morning I finished the section in New Hampshire known as The Whites! Up and down many mountains, in 45F temperatures with 40mph winds and rain, and rocks galore! Didn't get to see much because of the clouds, but I'm sure The Whites are gorgeous. :)

        Take a loo

    • June
      • Mail
        06/28/07
        I'm pretty sure I'll be in Gorham, NH around July 6th, I have updated the Mail Locations accordingly.

        Gregory sent me a loaner backpack that's rated to carry LESS weight than the backpack I'm sending back - the backpack I'm sending back was falling apart because I

      • Wow! The Forks, ME
        06/25/07
        The ferry across the Kennebec River runs out of Caratunk, ME but only operates 9am-11am so I'm "stuck" in The Forks, ME with three other SOBO's. Ohhh, it's miserable! The campground is on the river... has a brew pub, tennis courts, hot tub that fits 16 I'd say, a heat

      • Adam's report - and images!
        06/24/07
        Adam here...great trip with Kenneth, lots of nice woods, and many more nice folks than we had hoped (I was hoping for LESS people...).

        Right now my hip, knee, and feet joints are all sore, but otherwise I feel great. Not so sure I'll be eating anything in it with Peanut Butter for a

      • Hi, my [trail] name is...
        06/22/07
        Hi, my [trail] name is "Kenneth". I decided to confuse a lot of people and make others laugh by choosing a creative trail name like "Kenneth" and christened Adam with his trail name of "Adam". Apparently hikers really want you to have a trail name and are confused whe

      • And They're Off!
        06/14/07
        Ken & Adam took off this morning as expected around 8:30AM for their drive to Maine. Best of luck to them!

        Andrea

        p.s. Pictures of Ken & Adam starting off in Baxter, courtesy of Glenn Pearsall via Carol, are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/andrea.sarz

      • Days to go!
        06/11/07
        It's a few minutes before midnight on Monday as I write this and time is running out for my preparations! Thursday morning, June 14, I will begin the long drive (9 hours in a car total) to Millinocket, ME so that bright and early on Friday, June 15, we can HOPEFULLY begin the hike.

    • May
      • It all starts with a hush...
        05/17/07
        There is no fanfare with this post, just a simple announcement that while much of this site remains under construction, I am quite close to the start of my AT adventure - mentally, physically and ... timely?

        The blog you're browsing will be my primary means of providing updates about

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