| Camping and Hiking |
 |
|
| All of my camping information is here. I apologize for the lack of pictures, but hopefully I will have some soon. I have been camping since I was young, having started in the boy scouts and slowly growing into a life long obsession. That little patch at the top is the official emblem of the Appalachian Trail. I sucessfully completed it in September of 2006, the 208th person to finish in that year. Another big event was my participation in the Tracker School. That is a special training course based around the teachings of Stalking Wolf by a man named Tom Brown Jr. I have to say, I learned more in one week of training there, than I had in years of reading survival and native lore books. If anyone gets the chance, I highly recomend taking the courses availible there. It is well worth the cost and pays for itself in the most valuable thing of all; Knowledge. |
 |
| Looking to the Future! |
| Stacy, a friend of mine for many years now and someone who also completed the AT, is planning a three-day mountain climb. Depending on the money availible and time I can afford when he does this in the next year and a half or so, I might actually go along. Still trying to decide if it is right for me though. I do have plans to climb Mt. Fuji, but no real idea of when this may occur. Likely this won't happen until sometime after I am 45. Another situation for seeing what time brings. I think I would like to do this task before I am fifty. Currently I am barely ever finding the time to camp. That saddens me a bit, but the reasons are that I have to focus on more immediate things now that I have finished the Appalachian Trail. There are a few nebulous plans for homesteading in my mind, but they still haven't fully developed. I know I would love to have an Earth-bermed home, but that may be decades away. I don't really worry overmuch about the matter right now. Instead I am just taking each day at a time and seeing what the next brings. If you are interested, the webpage I used to keep people informed while I hiked the AT is HERE. |
 |
| * Hiking the entire trail is like hiking to the top of Mount Everest sixteen times in a row. * Only 20 percent of those who start actually finish the trail. * Over 15 percent of those attempting the hike give up after the first week. * The average hiker burns around 6000 Calories per day. * The AT is the longest of all the National Park systems, yet has almost no rangers. * The trail is actually maintained by various organizations that volunteer their time to do so. |
|
| Interesting facts about the AT |