Persistence helps Marion hiker complete the Appalachian Trail - TriCities.com [Archive]

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01-13-2015, 19:00

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEJ5iOXziM9and9QSgQVEKvKvx_jQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=cqO1VIjWGsnjwQGEzoGABw&url=http://www.tricities.com/outdoor/article_2d7fe04e-97a6-11e4-8aa5-630d60680f6d.html"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRhW4ZWdOS2x9dJtcyhFw0j7WT2_0vB 95CNgLX1PMre9L5jJgaWCyZbmm4t78Obtljz4JDOBdC" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"> TriCities.com</a></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&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEJ5iOXziM9and9QSgQVEKvKvx_jQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=cqO1VIjWGsnjwQGEzoGABw&url=http://www.tricities.com/outdoor/article_2d7fe04e-97a6-11e4-8aa5-630d60680f6d.html">Persistence helps Marion hiker complete the Appalachian Trail</a> TriCities.com 3, edition of the News & Messenger. Jared Sparks was determined to make it to the end of the Appalachian Trail, but he wasn't in a race with himself or anybody else. The Marion resident was there to make the most of every minute of the experience. <a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=doa_TE9-QoJINPM&authuser=0&ned=us"></a></div></td></tr></table>

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