Author: Chris

  • Missing Out

    Missing Out

    A pretty typical reaction when I tell someone about my through hike attempt is along the lines of “oh, wow, that is going to be such a great experience!”. And I am sure they are right. There will be no shortage of peak experience and chance encounters that will lead to fond memories and great…

  • 1 day closer

    1 day closer

    Nope, not just because one day has gone by, but actually since I’ve moved my start day one day earlier from Monday March 18 to Sunday March 17. Not sure why I decided to start on a Monday in the first place…seems a very “corporate” thing to do 😆. I changed my mind after booking…

  • 2024 Mileage

    2024 Mileage

    The official milage for the 2024 AT has just been released and they made it easier on me: it’s officially one mile shorter than last year. Now I feel like I have to hike the approach trail so all the 2023 folks don’t feel like I’m lazy 😆

  • The things I’ll carry

    The things I’ll carry

    This will be a bit of a nuts and bolts post about the gear I plan to take mixed with a bit of psychology all under the banner of my gear list. The full list of all the gear I plan to take (at least at the time you are viewing it – I will…

  • Why I’m trying an AT through hike

    Why I’m trying an AT through hike

    I covered the easiest of questions in my last post – when? I’ll cover the medium difficulty question – how? (what gear, general itinerary, logistics, prep) in some later posts. I want to cover the hardest of questions in this post – why? But first a little side track on some of the language I…

  • Dusting things off

    So once again dusting things off here once again, this time for a more sustained period than previous attempts. I have no doubt this blog will fall into disrepair again at some point in the future (or perhaps be scrubbed from the inter webs altogether), but for the next year or so I am firmly…

  • 471 days later

    I’m heading back to the office for the first time since we were supposed work from home for 6 weeks. Of course there is a traffic jam. It feels like a first day in a new office. A commute is nice every now and again, but I think this will be an occasional occurrence.

  • Men at 40

    Long past 40 but heard this today on reboot and it hit. Hard. Men At Forty By Donald Justice Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to. At rest on a stair landing, They feel it Moving beneath them now like the deck of a ship,…

  • David Whyte on Friendship

    I read the Three Marriages last year after an initial introduction to David Whyte on the Making Sense podcast.  He was back on a bit ago and read this, part of his newest book Consolations.  Love.  Every.  Word. Frindship is a mirror to presence and a testament to forgiveness.  Friendship not only helps us see…