Past President Tore almost there!
Many North Atlanta Rotarians heard back in March from Tore about his upcoming hike across the entire Appalachian-Trail to raise money for sanitation programs in Africa. It looks like his hike is going to be a success! As of September 1st, he has only 172 miles to go. Many from the club have been receiving his emails almost daily that describe his experiences and progress. The following story is one such email with pictures.
Today we are slack packing across the Bigelow mountains. This is the last day of having to hike high mountains. There are 5 of us who have hiked together in the past, 4 men and 1 woman, grizzly, wilson, peaches, professor, and mother theresa. Grizzly and I have a room at a bed and breakfast but all the woman at the B&B had was a small room with one double bed. It will be a close fit but we are getting the room for only $20.00 each and that includes breakfast. Grizzly and I smell about the same so we should be able to sleep in the same bed. We are on an organic farm in Kingfield. It is interesting seeing small towns that we would otherwise pass by.
The weather is in flux and you don't know if it is going to rain or not. The sky is partly cloudy so hopefully no rain will fall. We have 3 mountain peaks to cross with one being over 4000 feet. The hike went well and was uneventful. The day after tomorrow we will be in Caratunk but we need to plan the hike so we catch the ferry across the Kennebec river. Tomorrows hike is 16 miles which is mostly flat and should be easy.
Today we crossed the magic number of 2000 miles. I remember seeing a sign that told the south bounders that they had hiked 2000 miles. This was early in our hike around North Carolina. I have also hiked over 90 percent of the trail.
Photo one is a view from top of the Bigelow mountains
Photo three is another view from the Bigelow. We walked down the mointain and across the ridge that you see and then down to the road.
Photo three is the bed and breakfast