There’s a joke among thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail: While you’re on the trail, all you want is off, but once you’re off, all you think about is getting back on. For the uninitiated, a thru- hiker is an in individual who traverses the length of a trail continuously, walking for months at a time. On March 15 of this past spring, I flew to Georgia. The next day, I started walking North, Maine-bound.
