Appalachian trail thru hikers

Nantahala Gathering

More rain. More hikers in Nantahala Outdoor Center. More fun. More food.

Saw a few cars with backpacks waiting for somebody on parking lots. Though how lucky was these somebody to have a supporting car to carry their stuff. I would give much for supporting the car. Later I was offered to do that many times, but every time I refused. All services in the woods are killing the point of why you are there.

You at the beginning and you a month later are two different persons.

 

Lena Faber used to work as a journalist at a mainstream Russian newspaper, wrote books for a major publishing house, and directed her original concept on TV. In 2009, she moved to South Africa, taught at the university, took up running, and earned a silver medal at the World Masters Athletic Championship in California and, in the meantime, won an international photo contest with following up solo exhibition. In 2014 she "shut the door" and gone hiking the Appalachian Trail, cycling from Chicago to LA (US Route 66), from Maine to Florida, from London to Orkney, etc. Now in MidCoast, Maine.