Slowik: Woman seeks solitude on 6-month Appalachian Trail trek - Chicago Tribune

[WhiteBlaze]

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Slowik: Woman seeks solitude on 6-month Appalachian Trail trek Chicago Tribune If she completes the 2,190-mile trek between Georgia and Maine, Murphy will join an elite group of "2,000-Milers," according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The nonprofit was founded in 1925 to support the trail. Prior to 1969, only 59 people had ...

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[George]

more solitude possible in lemont than on the AT - not especially well informed if she is flying to reach harpers instead of the Amtrak from chicago- even a suburban train from lemont to the city

[Slo-go'en]

more solitude possible in lemont than on the AT - not especially well informed if she is flying to reach harpers instead of the Amtrak from chicago- even a suburban train from lemont to the city

She's going NOBO form Harpers Ferry next week. . That puts her 2 weeks ahead of the official FF send off - and into some pretty crappy weather.

It will be lonely - at least for a while.

It says she is flying east, doesn't say how she is getting to HF. The usual way I would think. Fly to DC, take the train to HF. Personally, I'd take the train, but that takes a lot longer then flying, even from Chicago.

[Lone Wolf]

solitude on the AT.

[Venchka]

Apparently solitude is relative.
There’s AT solitude.
And then there is The Bob.
I hope she finds what she’s looking for.
Wayne