Tag: Disability

Trail Wisdom, Part 2

[mapsmarker marker=”35″] Everyone has a story to tell. This is a fundamental truth. Every story is unique and filled with wonder … for those with open eyes. But oh so many pick and choose what parts of their own story they see, often to their own loss. The modern world is teaching us the fine […]

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A day for remembering

When I tell people I am planning to hike the Appalachian Trail, I generally get one of three replies: You’re crazy. Cool! That’s cool, but you’re crazy! Each of these invariably followed by a “Why?” The answer to that why is not always the same, nor alway easy to produce. However, the simplest answer is […]

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Us (we?) Idiots must stick together!

When I was younger, they used to call me The Test Dummy. While this kind of applied to my whole life, it specifically referred to my outdoor activities. For about 18 years, I went on yearly 10 to twelve day canoe outings. The first few were basically calm flat water … but then we got […]

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Hoping for a Green Light

Now that I have been home for a few days from our 17-day Cross Country odyssey, I have had time to think more about the upcoming Appalachian Trail hike. The real reason for our trip was in order to travel out to my Hometown in Oregon where my brother and I were hosting a reception […]

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M.I.A. Idiot checking in…………

Greetings from the reclusive Texas Idiot. Sorry I have been AWOL from the blog page for a bit and I hope my hiking brethren accept my sincere apology. After submitting this post, I will be ramming my skull repeatedly into my computer monitor, until I am rendered unconscious, in a small token act of repentance. […]

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Carrying the Load and breaking through the Wall

Happy belated Memorial Day everyone! I come from a Military family. This past week, I have been reading alot about an organization called “Carrying the Load” that works to honor fallen, former, and current military members, along with our Emergency First Responders. The group held a 24 hr walk-a-thon in Dallas this Memorial Day and […]

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Putting on the cheerleading outfit.

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 […]

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Shoes…Shoes….Shoes…….

  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 […]

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