As I think I have said before, I am not sure one can really go walk-about if they are not doing too much walking. Now that I have survived the most recent pass through the forge as I turn myself into whatever tool I will be, I decided to start taking some control back. Winter is […]
[mapsmarker marker=”37″] Day: 39 Trail Miles: 199.1 Rain. Snow. Pain. Slow. That kind of sums up the last few days. I finally entered the “dreaded” Smoky Mountains. Why dreaded. Well first there is the whole bureaucracy involved with getting through the park. Can’t even escape The Man in the woods. Add to that every previous […]
Day 2-5Weather: rainy; cold, rainy, and windy; rainy into sunny; hot sunnyDistance travelled: 21.1 miles After Jeff’s setback, I hooked up with two new hikers: Rich (Grey Wolf) who is my age, and Ken who is 71 (no trail name yet). We all realized that our eyes were bigger than our muscles, and we are […]
Now that most of the supplies prep has been taken care of, I have run out of good excuses not to be focusing on the body prep. I have used such excuses as winter, being transportationally challenged, running out of room as supplies take over the space, and boredom with routine as excuses to NOT […]
I have been pretty busy the last several days. Ironically, the busier I am, the less I feel I accomplish. But that is nothing new. It all has to do with relativity and the ultimate ethereality of super science. But I can proudly say, that whatever has kept me busy has been with one primary […]
Climbing up hills can be hard work … especially when those hills are figurative. I have fallen into a time in which I seem to be making little progress in ANYTHING I do, which is very disheartening. I started of this year with all sorts of fresh ideas, that were exciting and seemed to have […]
Here I am again. I have been suffering from a severe bit o’ “Why bother getting out of bed?” It is not so much depression but a basic lack of progress in … well just about anything … lately. It is hard to motivate when no matter what level of energy we put in nothing […]
It has been a long time since a proper update, considering changes along the way, life, summer, and other minor interferences. I am considering all progress Mark made until his body decided to pull a Benedict Arnold on him as still valid for pledges … as long as those who made the pledges are still […]
I am not a goal driven person. I MIGHT be a destination driven person, but even when I have a specific destination I am aiming for, to me the journey to it is really what is important. So when Mark asked me to join him in this epic journey … there was absolutely no chance […]
I was gabbing with Mark the other day and we mentioned getting more people following us and throwing their hard-earned cash at charities in our name. Mark suggested that more nudity was needed on the blog to get our numbers up. It made sense to me, so I decided to offer this picture to help […]
