Sunday, May 06, 2007

Peter Flapjack" Priolo on the Trail

Andrea Boyarsky has an article in the 5 May 2007 issue of the Staten Island (NY) Advance titled "'Flapjack' is hot on the Trail; Westerleigh hiker is making name for himself as he treks the Eastern Seaboard for charity." It's an update on the thru-hike attempt of New Yorker Peter Priolo.

Priolo goes by the trailname "Iron Pete" (recognizing his Iron Man Triatholon experience), but the Trail has given him the name "Flapjack" because he made some really good pancakes at a hostel one morning.

His hike is raising money for "Fisher House, a not-for-profit organization that allows family members of military personnel to be close to their loved ones during hospitalization for illness, disease or injury." There's a blog, naturally. At the time of the article he'd gotten to Gatlinburg. He runs down hills, by the way (read his blog entries heading into Gatlinburg and Miss Janet's).

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