So what is it?

So what is it?...

For those of you who have stumbled across this, or are just having a quick browse through curiosity; what is the Appalachian Trail? Well, it's a footpath. In North America. Going from Springer Mountain in Georgia, north to Mount Katahdin in Maine, covering a distance of somewhere between 2000 and 2180 miles depending on which source you read. The 30% of aspirational thru-hikers that complete it take 4-6 months, cross 14 states, take 5 million steps, and I've heard somewhere that they climb the equivalent of 16 Everest's. Ok, enough about the manliness of the feat at hand; its basically going to be a cracking walk through some beautiful environments and (I hope) one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences in my life.

For those of you who're interested I'm going to keep this page updated as I plan, prepare, and eventually hike the trail. Enjoy, and thanks for reading!

Sunday 4 August 2013

Toes all healed!

Toes Are all healed! Over the last year or so I've been having issues with ingrowing toenails. It started off as a bit of an inconvenience and made wearing climbing shoes and walking in boots a bit uncomfortable. They kept getting worse and weren't going to sort themselves out so a couple of months ago I had both big toenails permanently removed. I won't stick up any photos of that: they're pretty grim! They've healed really quick though and I can now climb and walk unhindered. It also means that there's no chance of getting blisters on my second toe as I've hand problems with in the past. I've heard that some ultra-runners have toenails removed for the same reason.

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