Not to be out done by Wild Cowboy, I am hoping to set the bar a bit higher this year and go for a 29 day thru hike and beat him to the punch.

I'm confident that I can hike at the required 75 mile per day pace because last week I walked from one end of the Palisades mall to the other in less then 10 minutes. That's an average of 5.5 miles an hour.

My training regiment has been tough. I'm trying to put some weight on before the hike so I'm on a strict diet of budweiser and burgers. This should help keep the weight on as I make my weigh down south.

By the way does anybody know how to set up a tarp? I don't have much backpacking experience but I grew in the south so I know how to walk in the mountains pretty well.