The idea, however, stayed with me. It grew and grew till I got a headache. And realized I really wanted to go. So I called my friend, who will henceforward be known as Richard, and told him something along the lines of "Hell, yeah!" But I had to delay the start till 2012. I was unemployed at the time, and buried under a ton of credit card debt, so I needed time to get a job, earn some money to pay off that debt, buy equipment, and be able to eat while on the hike. So here I am seven months before we leave, gainfully employed, still in debt, and armed with most of the equipment I will need. I've gotten through about 70% of the debt, and am living an austere existence trying to get it all paid off by the end of the year so I can spend my last two months of work saving as much as I possibly can.
I decided to start this blog as a precursor to the video blog Richard and I plan to keep while on the AT. And because of something the underwear gnomes once said on South Park:
I decided to start this blog as a precursor to the video blog Richard and I plan to keep while on the AT. And because of something the underwear gnomes once said on South Park:
Phase 1 Collect underpants
Phase 2 ?
Phase 3 Profit
Just replace phase one with "start blog" and you have the idea!
I'm going to write up a short report of last weekend's training hike later, but for now I want to leave you with some words of wisdom.
When shopping for a toilet brush, look for ones with metal handles. The plastic ones tend to break under pressure from an enthusiastic cleaner.
