Out-of-shape Columbia grandmother to try to hike 2180-mile Appalachian Trail ... - La [Archive]

WhiteBlaze

03-02-2014, 23:20

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"></td><td valign="top" class="j"> <div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFi346kFBR-P9wixv5bCxd8Z7P4Tw&cid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&url=http://lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/out-of-shape-columbia-grandmother-to-try-to-hike-/article_797ed9da-a27b-11e3-8df3-0017a43b2370.html">Out-of-shape Columbia grandmother to try to hike 2180-mile Appalachian Trail ...</a> Lancaster Newspapers Why is a 60-year-old grandmother who is admittedly out of shape and has chronic foot pain about to start hiking the arduous 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail? On March 20, the first day of spring, Brenda Petroski of Columbia plans to be on Georgia's ... <a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dNEjme6OdQ2QySM&authuser=0&ned=us"></a></div></td></tr></table>

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SunnyWalker

03-03-2014, 16:32

She has been a Trail Angel so is not totally in the dark. Her "injuries" can be overcome. 60 years "old"? Lots of hikers at that age and older do hiking like this and many of us are admittedly out of shape when we start. As for the charity she is doing it for "Water for Good" I say I wish we had more kind folk like her.