Every person I come into contact with that hears I plan on hiking the full Appalachian Trail asks me why I do it.
To quote mountaineer George Mallory-
“Because it’s there.”
To be fair, Mallory had been referring to Everest, but I full well consider this journey MY Everest.
The longest hiking trip I’ve accomplished was a long weekend trip at a comfortable 25-miles. Putting this into perspective, I’d have to make that single weekend trip 88 times over, ...
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