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When I was in Maine last year in the home stretch of an Appalachian Trail thru-hike, someone commented on one of my stories or photos and asked if I would ever do it again. I remember I began to respond, and after about 500 words I decided perhaps this was too big for just a
There is something about birthdays that cause many people to become incredibly reflective on where they find themselves in life. I have never been one of these people. Even when I turned the big “Three-Oh,” an event I have seen bring a few others to tears, I simply saw another year pass. If anything, I
There is a form of exercise or philosophy that has appeared and reappeared in self-help books for decades, if not centuries, and it goes something like this: Once you make the decision to do something, the methods by which you will do it start to seem easier, and options you did not see before suddenly
It is sometimes in the strangest moments, during the course of the most conventional tasks, that drastic change is initiated. Choosing to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, taking on a six-month, 2200 mile journey through rain and sleet, through cold winter nights as well as hot, humid days, spending each night in a tent or occasionally
