WORK IN PROGRESS
First day out we met "Lateral" at the shelter we stayed at. An always smiling 20 something NOBO from Florida with a great personality. Claims in his current life he is just moving side to side (thus his trail name) so he hit the trail to move it forward! Considering that "Lat" was hiking 20-30 miles a day we surprisingly saw him saw several times over the next month. He told us he had a tendency to take zeros often:). What was unique about "Lat" was that he ditched his sleeping bag and tent at mile 700 and has Cowboy camped or "Shelter Blazed" ever since. Hope that works well for him once he is in NH and ME!!
Hermes – first SOBO we met (don’t let the closed eyes fool you. He was indeed awake while standing up. It was camera operator error 😊). In ancient Greek religion and mythology Hermes is an Olympian deity and is considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, merchants, and orators……all traits of a Long Distance Hiker!
“Bells Free” from Eastern North Carolina (back story on her trail name is that she use to hike with a bell to scare off bears….but people didn’t like the constant noise so much 😊) and “NDY” (means “not” dead yet”?) from Atlanta. Two section hikers out for a couple weeks. Their strategy is to “hopscotch” the trail by shuttling each of their cars. Let’s them slack pack every day and then sleep in their cars at the subsequent trailheads. Cool way to hike! We would see them several times over the next week or so.
Met this group of SOBO thru hikers at a hidden and vital water spot. Most have been together from the beginning of their thru hike in Maine....they really seem to have bonded quite well to the point where while taking a zero in New York City, all decided to buy the same 'very colorful" hiking shorts. I guess that is better than other things they could have done in the Big Apple! Their trail names from left to right are: "Podcast", Tang", Hippy Gandolf", "KT" and ......"Pleiadian"??
Coming back to the hiker "Pleiadin" above....I didnt have the courage to ask him what his trail name meant so I looked it up:
"Light-bodied humans residing in the 5th Dimension, ancestors to Pleiadian starseeds living on Earth, bringers of agriculture, givers of civilization, builders of megaliths, masters of inter-dimensional travels on space vehicles of light, returning to earth-human awareness as spirit beings to be seen by the spirit eye"
Well...okay then...probably MUCH MORE information than any of us wanted!!😊
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Hi Possum! MacGyver and I finished up on Sept.7th with 351 miles in this year. False alarm on MacGyver taking ill. He was dehydrated but recovered in about 2 days. Was great to meet you this year!
Hey Pinnacle! Great to meet and hike with you also! And great advice on the next section we did. Thanks!
Great meeting you and your Brother at Eagles nest.
It was great meeting you and brother at Eagles nest
Pinnacle