Hike for Sudan

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. [...]

Although I’m nursing a pretty sore leg, I have been able to keep up a pretty good pace for the last two weeks. I passed through Pennsylvania and into New Jersey gratefully, as I keep hoping for an end to the rocky trails that compose much of PA. Pennsylvania was full of rocks, rattlesnakes, and [...]

I got back on the trail late last Thursday, and walked a few miles before deciding to camp by the river just outside of Harpers Ferry. However, after I had set my tarp up and was already to go to sleep, I was promptly dive-bombed by at least a million mosquitoes. After maybe five minutes [...]

Greetings all, I am back on the Trail after taking  a couple more days to continue to rest a nagging leg, and also to complete the launch of the new website. As you can see, it has been dramatically improved. Continue to check back for Sudan photo galleries, as well as more information being added [...]

As I hinted at in my last post, a lot has been happening in the past couple of weeks. I developed a shin splint in my leg, and was forced to spend a week and a half resting. When I got back on the trail, I was joined by the dynamic international editor of the [...]

Hi All, Chris here. So, you may have noticed the lack of blog updates, as well as the fact that the satelite tracker has not been working. Well, all of that is now changing. I have not been updating my blog because I have been hiking so quickly, and have been adjusting to my pace. [...]

Hello All, I am currently in Marion, VA. I left Damascus two days ago, and did about 64 miles to where I am. This morning, a Boy Scout Scoutmaster dropped me off in the town from the trail, and while I was re-supplying in Wal-Mart a trail angel said “are you a hiker?” and then [...]

Day 26, Friday March 5th Thursday morning we started out early again, although we only had 7.2 miles to go, because we didn’t know what the snow would look like as we approached Clingman’s Dome, the tallest of the mountains. However, although a tedious hike, we by the early afternoon we were in high spirits [...]

Well, it has been a really long time since I have had internet access and a keyboard to do the typing. But I am now in Hot Springs, North Carolina with both of these in the library. So I pick up my complete updates from Day 10, Wednesday February 17th. Days 9 and 10 were [...]