Mon, Apr 1, 2013

4/1/2013

So wouldn't it be funny if I strolled into work today and yelled "April Fool!" That would be the most elaborate prank ever. Even more elaborate than the MIT students who get the first page of the Globe.

But I'm not doing that. I'm getting on a plane for Atlanta today.

I figured today would be a good day to address the FAQ's. With a twist. Today I'm only supplying the answers, not the questions. You all can make up your own questions to fit the provided answers. Maybe we can have a contest. With a prize. Like whomever provides the most creative questions in the comments can win... My socks when I reach Harper's Ferry!

1) 2174.6 miles. Approximately.

2) since I was around 25 and I discovered Hiking. And Bill Bryson.

3) Formally for about 3-4 months. Informally since I was about 25.

4) Pepper spray.

5) No, nobody else I know is crazy enough to hike for 6 months straight.

6) 5 to 6 months.

7) No. I will carry it with me and stop at all you can eat buffets occasionally.

8) No. The trail is a place of peace. Plus, I would be way more dangerous with a firearm than without. But thanks.

9) in a tent or in shelters. Occasionally in a hostel or hotel.

10) Because it's there.

6 Comments

Heather

Hi, I'm Heather, AKA "Pink Lady". Welcome to my blog. I'm so excited to share my adventures as I embark on a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.
While you're here, be sure to check out the charity I'm hiking for: Devoted2Children a great organization which funds a home for orphaned children in Haiti.

Carolina John link

4/1/2013 07:45:56 am

check out http://ryansthruhike.tumblr.com/, one of my wife's cousins blazed the entire thing. I can't wait to see what your nickname will be. Have fun!

Jennifer F.

4/2/2013 07:12:35 am

1. If you strung together all the whacky neurons in your brain that made you decide to do this trip, how many miles would they stretch?
2. How long have you wanted to hike the AT?
3. How long have your family members thought you are crazy?
4. Using the philosophy of 'fighting fire with fire,' what will you use to defend yourself from SOUSes? (Skunks Of Unusual Size)
5. Are you hiking with a friend who also can't get enough of freeze-dried scrambled eggs, body odor, and blisters?
6. How long after you return to civilization do you expect to start hiking the PCT?
7. Are you going to stuff your backpack with six months' worth of food?
8. Maybe you should take a gun. I hear there are lots of single women traveling the trail armed with pepper spray...
9. Where will you hide out if too many nights of red beans and rice causes excessive flatulence?
10. I sense some West-Coast discrimination going on here. Why do you have to hike the Appalachian Trail on the East Coast?

I live about an hour and fifteen minutes from Harper's Ferry. I'll trade you something for those stinky socks if you can get to HF before July 27th. A fresh pair, perhaps? Thanks for blogging your journey. Those who can't... like to read blogs about those who can.
Jennifer F.

Donna E

4/2/2013 09:07:07 pm

Thinking of you today and tonight! Enjoy every moment.

Jen

4/4/2013 11:34:42 am

Ii still cant believe you abandoned me during cadbury mini egg season! i'll try to save you some.....its what best friends do! love you!

Erin B

4/4/2013 12:40:15 pm

Waiting for the first blog .... can't wait to hear about your adventures!!

Stacy P.

4/7/2013 10:26:49 am

So the funny thing is none of us showed up to work and are hiking the trail! April Fools!!

1) How many miles to skinny Monica?
2) What age where you when you realized what modality will yield the skinny Monica physique.
3) What was the length of time on the 'Shark Week Feeding Frenzy' of cookies, chocolate and ice cream- (no wait you worked at SCC way longer than that?!)
4) How do you stick it to Sashquatch?
5) Are you hiking with your imaginary friend?
6) What is the length of time you will date a dirty, smelly, sinewy hippie-type you meet while hiking the trail?
7) Will you have pepcid in your resupply boxes?
8) Are you training to be part of the AT SWAT team?
9) Where you will be with afore mentioned hippie-hiker babe after hours on the trail?
10) Hmm..the question could be one of 2 things. 1. Why you will be with a smelly hippie hiker? or 2. Why did you eat all of the afore mentioned cookies, ice cream, and chocolate at work?

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