Fear is part of the experience, I guess
What a climb, what a day! Listening to the severe weather forecast last night believing that today I was to do a challenging hand over hand rock climb in the rain left me sleepless and afraid. So early this morning I dropped off most of my gear at a hiker hostel and...
Help me help others get quality psychotherapy
Those of you who worked with “Dr. Ray” know that I am passionate about affordable healthcare and a strong advocate that psychotherapy should be available to everyone. I call it “mental hygiene” — just as we get our annual physicals,...
How about trying “backward looking”?
Yesterday it all got to me and so I hiked in a cloud of depression which wouldn’t lift. I used up my bag of “tricks” and just couldn’t snap out of it. Even though it was slightly cooler and I passed mile marker 1200, all I kept thinking of were...
Rattlesnakes
IMG_2877My latest nightmare has been realized: “I’m tooling along a rocky trail with high grass on either side and ‘zap’ a giant rattler jumps out on the trail and hisses at me.” My research found that they have a strike range of 4 feet...
Sweltering heat, rocky terrain and gnats
The Pennsylvania section of the AT offers its own challenges. Although the mountainous roller coaster ride has subsided, the new challenge teaches keeping your balance hiking over rocks that are sharp or roll under your feet. I’ve spent the last two days...
Hello from Pennsylvania!
It’s been a while, but just wanted to say that I’m ok, happy to be north of the Mason-Dixon line, and on track to make it home by the end of August/beginning of September! The PA landscape is very different, as you can see from these photos. (They still...
Reached Harper’s Ferry, WV
The second challenge, making the psychological half way point OR “now that I’ve invested this much, I must finish it all
On the trail again mile 970
9 days home reminded me what I’m missing. Although I love nature, wilderness camping and hiking it pales in comparison to great friends, family and grand children. So when I got back on the trail Monday in Shenandoah wilderness guess who was there to greet me....
Off trail 75 miles short of Harper’s Ferry
So I wait at the airport wondering why I don’t feel bad about missing my target by 75 miles (translates to 5 days of hiking). Two weeks ago I posted that I wanted to “light that candle” and increase daily hiking distance by 30% so I could take my 10...My Hiking Fundraiser
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