Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker Study update |
503 thru-hikers have taken this so far. I'm floored. By my back of the envelope calculations, this represents about 1 Million miles of Appalachian Trail hiking experience.I have to cut off data collec...
Posted by John on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:34:00 PST |
Sandal Hiking |
Every year I present a fair amount of slideshows on both our Mississippi River Expedition and Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I love these presentations and especially enjoy the question and answer se...
Posted by John on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:53:00 PST |
Close Quarters |
I wrote this early on during the Mississippi River Expedition for the Greensboro News and Record. Still feel the same way!One of the first questions that we've been asked is if we plan on killing each...
Posted by John on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:24:00 PST |
Short Trips vs. Long Trips - Planning |
It doesn't make sense. The time it takes to plan a trip should be proportional to the amount of time you're out, right? You know - going out for a long weekend should take less time than going out for...
Posted by John on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:30:00 PST |
Gear reviews, articles, and AT Thru-hiker Survey updates coming soon |
As a part of my pledge to push the book out, I'm also going to be posting more blogs and articles on a regular basis. Be looking for more gear reviews in the next week or so. I'll also be posting the ...
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST |
Book Update, and a Pledge |
After months of life stuff, I'm now diving back in to finishing the last parts of the book. As part of this, I pledge to have a working copy in hand now later than December 31, 2007.I've just added an...
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:18:00 PST |
Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying |
I threw in a section from my Mississippi River Expedition journal on the blog of our main website (www.SourcetoSea.net). Lots of thinking done on that trip, and this was a particularly heavy day. My d...
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:09:00 PST |
AT Thru-hiker Study Update |
I hope everyone is doing well and not melting from the summer heat. As of this morning, 390 thru-hikers have completed the survey - this is by far the largest dataset collected from a collective 804,3...
Posted by John on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:43:00 PST |
Budgeting for a Thru-hike |
At one point in time, potential thru-hikers could budget about a dollar per mile to cover their expenses on the trail. That day has long since past, with the average thru-hike costing about $3,000 - $...
Posted by John on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:14:00 PST |
So I’m in this band - Throwback Syndicate |
Here's a little clip from a few weeks ago at the Berkley Cafe. Still getting it together, but getting there.Throwback Syndicate - Junk in the Trunk
Junk in the Trunk - Live at the Berkley ...
Posted by John on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:15:00 PST |
