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Try Not to Overthink Your Itinerary

Try Not to Overthink Your Itinerary

Roo Giordano
long distance hiking, roulette

Try not to overthink your itinerary (she says as she calculates mileages, crunches numbers and estimates arrival times to trail towns along the way).

Today I share my own itinerary and I offer a link to a worksheet where you can create your own.

Trust me...after crunching the numbers, I'm convinced that walking from Georgia to Maine in a season is totally doable for mortals and slow hikers alike.

Friday Fave: I Play a Part in a White Mountain Love Story

Friday Fave: I Play a Part in a White Mountain Love Story

Roo Giordano
long distance hiking, roulette

Way back at Liberty Springs Tent Site, we chatted with Quinn, the Caretaker, a lovely young woman who didn't seem to mind answering questions she'd probably been asked a thousand times about what it's like to spend the summer using a privy that "flushes" with mulch.  

She asked me to deliver a message to a boy at the Guyot Shelter.  Of course I said yes!  What fun to play a tiny role in a White Mountain love story.   

She entrusted me with a tiny square of paper folded a couple of times with "Jimmy" penned elegantly on the top.

I tucked it into my hip belt where I knew it would be safe and off we went.  It would be two days before we reached the Guyot Shelter.

The question was:  would the note survive the trek?

Five Things You Need to Know before Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail

Five Things You Need to Know before Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail

Roo Giordano
long distance hiking, roulette

"If you can be stopped, you will be stopped."  ~Joshua Benavides

I've been reading everything I can get my hands on about thru-hiking the AT.

It's interesting, but, except for one universal fear, no one really talks about their struggle with fear.  It's almost like no one is afraid or has any reservations at all.

We know that can't be true, so I'm going first with my "What if?" list and five things you can do now, months before your hike, to deal with the fears that are sure to reveal themselves between now and your start date.

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