I fell out of bed laughing so hard when I read Bill Bryson's Walkabout - 'bout his trek and experiences along the 2200 miles of the Appalachian Trail which made me ache to do at least a small part of it. A dream I hope to accomplish one day. I still need to read some more ... and choose the exact bit I want to do.
A friend of mine who knows my passion for walking and my interest in this trail sent me an article yesterday by Caleb Garling: Here is a short piece from it: Thought I'd share it with you all and the 4 minute movie.
'Gallagher’s first-person short film, The Green Tunnel, allows anyone to experience his six-month hike from Georgia to Maine in less than four minutes.
Back in spring 2005, the Virginia-based hiking enthusiast — who goes by the trail name “Fester” — hiked the Appalachian Trail and stopped every day to take 24 snapshots of quintessential sections of this famed route. By the end, he’d collected more than 4,000 slides — yes, slides — which, at first, sat in storage boxes due to tight finances and a still-restless wandering spirit.
Once Gallagher had enough money, curiosity started to get the better of him. “It was an experiment,” he recalled. “I was shooting film, so I really had no idea that anything would come of it until I was able to piece it together, long after the hike.”
The idea of being along the trail, in the middle of nowhere, in a remote part, with nature all around me and being in my own headspace - it would be just totally awesome. Hope some of you would agree :)
@thebluegnu@crappysailor I agree with Anthony on both counts! My brother has a cabin in Canada that’s in a pretty remote place where you can stay for a weeks and not see another person. I feel less likely to be eaten by a bear when I’m in a cabin versus a tent.
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A friend of mine who knows my passion for walking and my interest in this trail sent me an article yesterday by Caleb Garling: Here is a short piece from it: Thought I'd share it with you all and the 4 minute movie.
'Gallagher’s first-person short film, The Green Tunnel, allows anyone to experience his six-month hike from Georgia to Maine in less than four minutes.
Back in spring 2005, the Virginia-based hiking enthusiast — who goes by the trail name “Fester” — hiked the Appalachian Trail and stopped every day to take 24 snapshots of quintessential sections of this famed route. By the end, he’d collected more than 4,000 slides — yes, slides — which, at first, sat in storage boxes due to tight finances and a still-restless wandering spirit.
Once Gallagher had enough money, curiosity started to get the better of him. “It was an experiment,” he recalled. “I was shooting film, so I really had no idea that anything would come of it until I was able to piece it together, long after the hike.”
Here is the movie: http://vimeo.com/20218520
The idea of being along the trail, in the middle of nowhere, in a remote part, with nature all around me and being in my own headspace - it would be just totally awesome. Hope some of you would agree :)