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Over the Peak
Thanks to all of your support, Peaks For Parkinson’s exceeded its fundraising goal of $10,000. If you didn’t see it, there was a nice...
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Peaks For Parkinson's 2020 Dedicated to Jim "Rolling Thunder" Hester
July 20, 1944 – May 11, 2019 [Jim Hester and Zuni Bear on the Mount Mansfield summit in 2010.] When I decided to do Peaks For Parkinson's...
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Our Dad Was Diagnosed at Age 39
Thanks to four-time Long Trail end-to-ender John Page for sharing his family's experience with Parkinson's Disease beginning in the early...
Oct 20, 20202 min read
What is a Trail Community?
I don’t think you can thru-hike the Long Trail without benefiting from the trail community in some way. By “trail community,” I mean the...
Oct 11, 20209 min read
I Finished!
After 27 days of walking the length of Vermont over the Green Mountains, I arrived at the Canada Border on Saturday, October 3. The days...
Oct 4, 20203 min read
200 Miles! This is for you Jim Hester.
Well, here I am at Twin Brooks Tenting site on a beautiful autumn day. I’ve walked 200 miles, thinking about people with Parkinson’s...
Sep 25, 20202 min read
Over the Hump on Hump Day!
It was a tough ten miles. I have new blisters to prove it. Today, my friends, Tim Macke (whose grandmother lived with PD) and Ram Verma,...
Sep 23, 20201 min read
PD Encounters on The Trail
Yesterday, I ran into two southbound section hikers, “The Hoon” and “Vintage,” and we started talking. I mentioned why I was hiking and...
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Great Days, Cold Nights
I’m now just over 140 miles—so halfway to Canada. I had some fun visitors on the trail yesterday and it was a very social day. The past...
Sep 19, 20202 min read
I Made it 100 Miles
Service and battery life have been spotty and poor so this blog overall might be more of a photo blog. Here are a few shots from my last...
Sep 15, 20201 min read
Scenes From 55 Miles
Berries at Harmon Hill Epic mud (trail) before Stratton Mountain Trail bridge and fall colors My dear friend, Deb, joined me for the hike...
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Peaks For Parkinson’s Has Begun
Day 1: Today I began my long walk north to Canada. Hiking these first miles through the forest has already heightened my senses and...
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Trail Angels!
Resupplies dropped off in the north. Thank you Ed O’Leary and John Predom.
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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