Jim Shelton has an article titled "Local hikers recount their tales from along the A. Trail" in the 22 July 2007 New Haven Register. It's a really nice summary of the continuing thru-hikes of two Connecticut residents, Mike "Circadian" Lockett of Hamden and Greg "Ronin" Huse of Madison.
At the time of publication Lockett was in Connecticut and Huse in New Jersey. Both started from Springer on 1 April, but apparently without knowing each other. They did hike together for several weeks until Lockett decided to push ahead. The article reports that he was the 353rd hiker to make it to Harpers Ferry this year.
Relying on interviews and the hikers' online journals at www.trailjournals.com (for Circadian and for Ronin [see also here]), Shelton pulls out some nice descriptive stories for his readers. Non-hikers would get a fair picture of several aspects of a thru-hike that often don't come out in these articles.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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