The Ellsworth American of 12 July 2007 has an article by James Straub titled "Hiker Brings an Important Message to Surry." It is about former thru-hiker Steve Fugate. He just can't stop walking. It's therapy.
When Fugate was half way through his 1999 A.T. hike, he got word that his son had committed suicide. Naturally, he got off the Trail. But he went back the next year to complete the hike and, in doing so, discovered trail therapy.
Now he's made multiple cross country hikes to spread the simpel message "Love Life." That's all the more poignant because on his third trip he got word that his daughter had died of an accidental drug overdose (that turned out to be a conflict between prescription drugs and cocaine).
Doubly devastated, he's now even ore driven to keep others from death by suicide. Check out his web site at http://www.trailtherapy.com/
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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