Hopf halts charity hike on Appalachian Trail - Herald Times Reporter

[WhiteBlaze]

<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><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&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.htrnews.com/article/20090531/MAN0101/905310362/1984/MAN04&cid=0&ei=11IiSqybEKGkM8aipZMD&usg=AFQjCNE8-G5pAAxqyIFiD4tPC1Fi12yTEg">Hopf halts charity hike on <b>Appalachian Trail</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Herald Times Reporter,&nbsp;WI</font></font><br><font size=-1>By Cindy Hodgson • Herald Times Reporter • May 31, 2009 MANITOWOC — John Hopf didn&#39;t fulfill his goal of hiking the <b>Appalachian Trail</b>, but the 2000 Lincoln High School graduate said the money he raised will go toward clean water as he had planned. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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[Cabin Fever]

Apparently, water filtration was not that important to him. Two weeks with not a robust reason for stopping after drumming up a bunch of support is pretty weak. I would hike out of guilt or shame if I had done all that work was considering getting off the trail after two weeks.