Hike for Sudan

On August 12th, I climbed Mt. Katahdin. The first Hike for Sudan is finished!
Now, you may wonder why it has taken so long for me to actually post this, if i finished two weeks ago. Truth is, I simply was tired. My team of friends who has helped me along the way was also tired. [...]

After searching for internet fruitlessly, I was finally able to get a quick five minutes. I am currently in Monson, Maine, getting ready to leave on the final leg of my trip. The 100 Mile Wilderness isn’t really a wilderness, but there aren’t a lot of road crossings either. I plan on getting to the [...]

I am quickly checking in from Stratton, Maine, 187.8 miles from Katahdin. I am two days behind schedule, due to the delayed start and a couple other issues, and will be up Katahdin next Thursday, assuming everything goes according to plan. It has been pouring rain lately, and I am hoping my shoes will make [...]

So, in the first update in over a week, I have a lot to report. When I got back on the trail Saturday night after my friend dropped me off at the base of Smarts Mountain, I began hiking up at around 8:30, as it was getting dark. At 9 or 9:30, it was dark [...]

I left Annapolis, Maryland at about 5:15 this morning, and took a bus from Washington, DC to New York, and then another bus from New York to Boston. Then a good friend of mine will drive me from Boston back to where I got off of the trail just past Hanover, New Hampshire.
I am [...]

As the time for the finish of the hike rapidly approaches, many different things have been going on. One of my friends has started a yard sale initiative in order to raise money for the H4S projects. Others have taken me grocery shopping as I begin to purchase massive amounts of Carnation Instant Breakfasts, granola [...]

On Sunday, just after crossing past Lyme, New Hampshire, I temporarily got off the trail, and will be off for the next three weeks. During this period, I will be returning to the Naval Academy. On July 25th, I will be back on the trail for the Sprint to the Finish. During this period I [...]

Bishop Rudolph Deng, president of the Sudan Council of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Daniel Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Khartoum, have arrived in the United States to begin a visit highlighting the ongoing peace efforts and work of the Church in Sudan. I personally worked with Bishops Adwok and Deng, and they have [...]

When a series of wars that have lasted the better part of half a century come to a supposed “conclusion,” as occurred with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 between North and South, moderated and monitored by the U.K., U.S., Kenya, and several other countries, it becomes news. And briefly, it garnered [...]

Since I returned to the trail at Harpers Ferry, I have been able to keep a fast pace with few breaks in between. The states have seemed to fly by, as there were fewer miles in each state than there had been in Virginia and Pennsylvania. However, it is beginning to become more mountainous again. [...]