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Over the past couple weeks, I have been getting very anxious. I leave for the trail in about a month. I try to imagine what it will be like to leave. All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go, I’m standing outside my door about to leave, I already miss my wife and family. … Continue reading »

It’s been awhile between updates but I continue to plug along. I’m still not convinced that I have the correct footwear for the hike so I decided to go to Georgia and hike the approach trail to the AT and try to get a feeling of what I was in for. The approach Trail begins … Continue reading »

It has been a crazy few weeks with all my hike preparations. To change it up, a few of my buddies and I decided to see how quickly we could cover 2000 miles, exactly how the actually AT hike WONT be! The gear required for this effort was considerable, my wife was going! Everyone else … Continue reading »

The temperature was 49 degrees when I stepped onto the trail yesterday morning. I thought I would try out my fleece. Three miles into the hike I was soaked from the waist down because of the morning dew and soaked from the waist up because I was sweating buckets. I was way overdressed with just a … Continue reading »

Summer is waning and I’m on the trail again. Today was my first hike with a FULL pack. Most of the past 12 months were spent researching and purchasing gear that will sustain me for 5-6 months. I had a semi-official weigh-in goal of not an oz. over 30 lbs. I came scary close at … Continue reading »

For those of you that are more interested in what the Brent Woodall Foundation does, please watch this short video. Parents of children that attend the BWF tell you what its like from their perspective. In addition to my own motivations for completing the hike, helping the BWF provides just a little more. Every bit … Continue reading »

Hiking through a TX summer is really a treat… unbelievably HOT!!   I’ve backed off quite a bit during July and August, hiking minimally. During my some spare time, I’ve been concentrating on gear… making a list and checking it twice… over and over! As you can see, I’ve been wondering how I’m going to … Continue reading »

We decided to take a trip north to the great state of Michigan (Upper Peninsula) and do a bit of hiking in a real forest. In total, we did about 6 miles. The weather was fantastic, cool and relaxing. The hike was like walking on carpet, It was very very easy. No pain, no gain…. … Continue reading »

A quick update… I hiked 10.5 miles the other day. It was pretty tough the last 3 but I didn’t give up. I think the humidity made it harder than it should have been. My water was gone by mile 9, the last mile and a half was hiked on empty… lesson learned. I saw … Continue reading »

I finally increased my hiking distance to 8 miles. My goal is to reach 10 miles per training hike, then hope for the best. On the AT I will need to average about 14 miles a day. My gear purchases are almost complete. I’ll update my gear list as soon as I get a spare minute. … Continue reading »