Hikers Becoming Historic Re-enactors

There's an article by Laura Lutz about a project helping mark the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement appearing in the May 2007 Bay Journal from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Not too Trail-related? You're right.

Except that the crew of a reproduction shallop being launched this summer apparently includes some former thru-hikers:

"It took five months to select the crew, which includes seven men and five women in their 20s and 30s.

"'Some come with a sailing background and some with a rowing background, but others have biked across the United States or hiked the entire Appalachian Trail,' Bystrom said."

Unfortunately, it doesn't mention names or hiking dates.