Early #AppalachianTrail #thruhikers would carry a pebble from Georgia to Maine. The carrying case I made for World Wide Wanderer this year. … [Read more...]
Nasty storms to hit the #AppalachianTrail tonight
March 21, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Nasty storms to hit the #AppalachianTrail tonight. First time I've seen a weather alert on TV that names AT Shelters! #thruhikers … [Read more...]
Episode 41 Recorded AT TrailDays 1995
March 15, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Episode 41 recorded at #TrailDays 1995 - 20+ years before Pox Holiday made it an annual tradition to interview #thruhikers in Damascus … [Read more...]
Taunted By The World Wide Wanderer
March 5, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Remember the World Wide Wanderer on Episode 7? http://ow.ly/gLxw309lJpH He is taunting me tonight from his campsite on the #AppalachianTrail … [Read more...]
Walk In The Woods pre-screening in Midtown Atlanta
August 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Walk In The Woods pre-screening in Midtown Atlanta last night with Ken "The Weasel" Knight. No VIP passes for us but thankfully we did get seats. And Amy Knight earned them after her work on the Konnarock crew doing Appalachian Trail work for a week this (and last) summer in Virginia. Those are the real heroes of the A.T. - the volunteers that build and manage it. The movie is in theaters Labor Day weekend - based on the book by Bill Bryson. Ken/I are in the first 20 minutes, and the … [Read more...]
Wild Premieres Today – November 5th, 2014
November 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The movie Wild premieres today - November 5th - and details a woman's 1000+ mile journey on the Pacific Crest Trail. Here's an interesting quote in the NY Times from Reece Witherspoon, who plays author Cheryl Strayed in the the movie: "I said to my producing partner, ‘If we can pull this off, this’ll be the first movie, I believe, I can’t recall, but that stars a woman that at the very end has no money, no man, no parents, no job, no opportunities, and it’s a happy ending." … [Read more...]
#7 Listen to music
September 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Just read an article at Appalachian Trials on "9 Things A Former Thru-Hiker Wishes She Had Known Before Hitting The Trail". And what was on the list? My personal favorite....#7 Listen to music:" It will help keep you positive in the present as you hike and afterwards the music you listened to will become a time machine back to exact moments on the trail. You may not know the place or even the state but the song will bring back a perfectly rendered memory. "Many go in to the woods to … [Read more...]
Reese Witherspoon Sports Vintage Hiking Look For The Movie Wild
October 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The filming of the movie Wild has begun, and both Cheryl Strayed and Reese Witherspoon are tweeting photos from the set. As you recall, the movie is based on Stayed's best selling book which chronicles her adventures (or mis-adventures) on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. The wardrobe team got this one right, because they have Witherspoon decked out in a vintage external frame backpack and old school leather hiking boots (complete with colored laces). The movie is set to release in … [Read more...]
Episode #16: Long Trail Podcast Taping – One-Room Schoolhouse, Barton Vermont
July 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Here's Glenn (aka The Helmet) in his blue Clemson shirt at the taping of Episode #16 of The Long Trail podcast in Barton, Vermont. Hopefully, the brook running below the deck didn't tank the audio. f His schoolhouse was built in 1858 and decommissioned in the 1960's. It still has the original chalk boards inside. Feeling adventureous? Ask him for a tour of the attic or the basement! The front yard is ripe for a pick-up football game which Glenn and my kids enjoyed … [Read more...]
Reese Witherspoon Set To Star In Wild, A Story Of Discovery On The Pacfic Crest Trail
July 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Wild, a best-selling book of Cheryl Strayed’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail is about to become a movie staring Reese Withersoon. HollywoodReporter.com reports that ... "Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to Wild, a screen adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir that will star Reese Witherspoon. The film is scheduled to begin production in the late fall once a director is chosen and will be overseen by … [Read more...]
