Thursday, May 24, 2012

local mountain love


Our summer break begins tomorrow. This summer promises to be both exciting and stressful. Starting tomorrow, I have a ten day window to take care of some unfinished business. Many thanks to family and friends for helping Lily and me reduce our carbon footprint during this much needed time for personal recreation. Thanks to Andy and Carl for helping set up a track map (below) for this upcoming Southern Appalachian Glow Expedition. Updates should start to appear tomorrow. The test begins now. Happy trails! Click here for full immersion.

12 comments:

phyllis neriah said...

Sounds like an epic adventure. Look forward to reading your updates!

Caleb Boyle said...

Have fun! I'm still not out of the woods with a bum foot, so thanks for letting us virtually follow along and share in the adventure!

Nice vid of the updated fastpack gear as well. No kidding about the awful ingredient list on the instant mashed potatoes! Instant rice is good, but I also like instant refried beans. They are light, super tasty, quick and easy, but they also have a bit more protein than the rice.

stan said...

Superb! Excited for your quest.

Jon Harrison said...

Oh yeah!!

carl said...

warwoman dell at 4:15pm sunday....on track to sleep at the GA/NC border (mile 118) on night #3 - metronome matt :)

carl said...

there should have been plenty of battery for the spot, but maybe it died....if anyone gets a check in from matt, let us know here!:)

carl said...

Ok people, Matt called lily from the NOC Tuesday afternoon...
He said it's taking him a while to get "in to" this trek, but he's not stopping!
I'm on the iPhone traveling, but tomorrow I'll try to spent a few minutes trying to troubleshoot the map...(Andy??)

Jon Harrison said...

Matt! Awesome job so far, an incredible journey!

stan said...

That map is lookin' good! Go Matt!

Denise Davis said...

Wow! What an exciting adventure! Can't wait to hear about it!

Caleb Boyle said...

detour?

john.goodie said...

Sweet Matt! You are an inspiration!