After Mark’s recent post, I have to admit I have a few concerns myself now. I mean knowing that my own personal need for pepperoni sticks could very well endanger my life is scary enough, but knowing my partner is likely to antagonize rattle snakes and terrorize field mice and Boy Scouts is rather sobering. It is […]
Idiot’s Appalachian Trail Diary Day 17 “Bitten by a rabid field mouse that ate it’s way into my tent. So hungry myself that I caught him and ate him” Day 42 “Accidentally Urinated on a slumbering Rattlesnake……. IT was not pleased” Day 76 “Squatted for a large poop in front of a pack of startled […]
When I crushed my leg in a freak car juggling accident, it changed my life a bit (as one might guess). Like everything else I do in my life, when I do something, I go all out in doing it. I couldn’t just break my right femur (the biggest bone in the body by the way) just […]
I went hiking for the first time in a couple of years yesterday. An actual hike that included mountains, death-defying acts of acrobatic skill, beasties galore, and pain and sweat. I did this to get back in the groove, making sure that I am well prepared for the short stroll that Mark and I are planning […]
1067 Days to go! I’ll be using this post to update my fitness progress each Monday until we depart on the hike. Thanks to Steve for leading me to the website “myfitnesspal.com” which has been a great help in allowing me to track my calorie intake and exercise. My personal goals for the years […]
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Those are my wife’s three favorite words. In thinking about all the planning and logistics needed by Steve and I prior to starting this hike of the Appalachian Trail, I have quickly come to the realization that “shoes” is probably going to be the one dominant word that I associate with […]
I have been toying with ideas for gift items for the Two Hiking Idiots fan club and for our adoring public once we have all those book and movie deals. I wanted to start light, so here are a few T Shirts and a coffee mug to start: Obviously I have too much time on […]
Being the make it up as I go along type, my “routine ” is very … let’s call it flexible. By someone who actually has an organized life’s standards, my life would appear to be a relaxed form of chaos. That said, my so called “progress” this week seems to have progressed in the wrong direction … depending on […]
1074 Days to go! I’ll be using this post to update my fitness progress each Monday until we depart on the hike. Thanks to Steve for leading me to the website “myfitnesspal.com” which has been a great help in allowing me to track my calorie intake and exercise. My personal goals for the years […]
I find it difficult to write something since I have apparently been recently swallowed by a rather large mutant snake with both an attitude and a really big appetite. It does tend to ruin ones concentration. But I will persevere, hoping to get a fair bit o’ readable out before I become snake poop. I still have […]
