It took five weeks to walk from New York to Pittsburgh. After about 270 miles on the Appalachian Trail I headed west on Route 30 till I got to the old steel city to pick up a canoe and begin my river journey on the great Ohio.
One week and...
(3) Comments | Posted March 9, 2012 | 6:00 AM
I left my comfortable existence in New York on February 17 with 65 pounds in my pack and ten in my dogs'. I made it three miles before I collapsed in exhaustion and with a sense of absolute failure.
Making camp on the spot, I went to work discarding unnecessary...
(8) Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 6:00 AM
When I first conceived of the idea of hiking across America, I envisioned an epic adventure, a journalistic tale of endurance and survival over 5,000 miles of American wilderness in which I played the lead role. Like the solo expeditions of good-ol'-day explorers, I imagined mine a low-tech trek: no...
(2) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 8:15 AM