March 19, 2013

SPORADIC

This blog is about to get (long-term) sporadic. At the end of March I'm heading to Georgia to begin thru hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Everest Base Camp was just a warm up. I tried out my gear. I worked out my hiking style. I stood floored among mountains.

The AT is over 2,000 miles long and I'm giving myself six months to complete it. Essentially I'm looking at this as more of a move and less of an adventure; I'm moving into the woods.

To document, I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm going to be a part of a group blog. None of us have discussed the format for which we'll update, but the content should be a steady stream of tomfoolery from the woods. That's the kind of people I roll with.

The monkey business begins in the title:

http://trailbieber.blogspot.com/

(BLAME JASON)



It surprises most people how little I actually know about this trail, or about hiking 2,168 miles. In fact, all I really know is how much food to show up in Georgia with and where I can get my next resupply. I did my gear research. And I've got a good crew of friends alongside, including a male who has thru-hiked the Appalachian trail before.

He has a beard, so I trust him on how to behave in the wilderness.

EVEREST BASE CAMP TREK

I did it. We did it.

5365 meters.

Telling the trekking story could take ages or be squashed into a few minutes. I'll save the details and bedazzle you with photos because details are obsolete when you've just experienced views like this.