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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Food: It’s never been so great!
Written by: Emily “Lightning” Ginger First, I want to do a shout out to my Grandparents who have backpacked and hiked various sections of the AT- Thank you for exposing me to nature throughout my life, for your support in my adventures, and for following my blog! I am proud to be partaking in something [...]
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Anybody Can Comment!
Hello everybody! Thanks again for following the blog – we love knowing that there are supporters and we love to hear from you. We know that some followers were having difficulty leaving comments. The problem is fixed! If you wish, you can leave an anonymous comment. You no longer need a gmail account to leave [...]
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I Can’t Hit a Baseball, But I Can…
Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp To me, hiking the Appalachian Trail is hard! I never thought it would be easy. I never thought it would be a walk in the park or a vacation. It is a lifestyle, and it takes energy to maintain the lifestyle. I have to watch every step I take and [...]
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The ‘Why’ Factor
Written by: Katherine ‘Ringleader’ Imp I lost my ‘why’ in Hampton, TN. I was sitting in Kinkora hostel, watching Brandon play Jenga with Prophet, Cowgirl, and Moonpie. I was full from a pizza buffet and had a bag of jelly beans in my hand. I was showered. My clothes were in the laundry. Hell, I’d [...]
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Trail Update #2
1. Check out our pictures: picasaweb.google.com/ATHike2010/ 2. Approximate number of miles hiked: 360 miles 3. Towns we’ve visited: - Neels Gap, GA – Hiawassee, GA – Franklin, NC – Nantahala Outdoor Center – Fontana Dam – Gatlinburg, TN – Hot Springs, NC – Erwin, TN 4. Number of times we’ve hitchhiked in towns: [...]
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The Media Does Not Fool Me!
Written By: Emily “Lightning” Ginger This morning I am sitting in the lobby of a Holiday Inn Express in Erwin, TN. As I sip my coffee and check my email on the computer there is a t.v. running next to me showing the Today show. The noise of the show and especially the commercials is [...]
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The Stink
Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp First, a promised shout out to Troop 99 from North Carolina – hope you finished your 50 miler with flying colors! We are now in Erwin, TN, somewhere around 350 miles into our hike. April 10th was our one-month anniversary and yesterday was Lightning’s birthday, so we splurged on a [...]
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Best Day of My Life
Written by: Katherine “Ringleader” Imp Today I got an email from the Illinois bar examiners. It said that I had passed the Illinois bar exam. I read the email in a small library in Hot Springs, NC. This is the best day of my life.
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The Turnaround
Written by: Brandon “Monkey” Imp My last blog entry was about some of the worst days on the trail. As the title indicates, here is the turnaround. I have written an “entry” in my journal only once thus far, and I am sharing it with you. (I’ll try to clean up the grammar a bit [...]
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Live Simply so that others may simply live
Written by: Emily “Lightning” Ginger Prior to this I only had a small taste of what it’s like to be removed from civilization when I did a five day canoe trip with my family in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. That experience opened my eyes and stirred my interest in being an outdoors woman. After [...]
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