Fellowship With the WildernessTed's A.T. Trek!: September 2015

Monday, 21 September 2015

One Week

Only 6 days until the big event! As usual, I am wondering where the time has gone. This past week, I accomplished quite a bit, including finally being done with the DMV! However, I feel as busy as I've ever been. The stack of work is huge!

In meetings with Colin of the GWLT and Jess of the Barred Owl, however, the LEEP Project is taking shape. I'm continually reading through my journals, blog posts, LEEP Project proposal, and memories as it gets closer. There should be a lot of great material.

It looks like the first meeting will focus mostly on background. I want to talk about life on the trail and life since. Towards the end I'll be sure to get into some of the more theoretical parts of my thinking. I also want to talk about things y'all are interested in, so come with questions! Can't wait to see everybody.

Ted

DETAILS!

Appalachian Trail Dialogue Session

Saturday, September 26, 2015

12:00 PM

Barred Owl Retreat

88 Marshall Street, Leicester MA 01543

Monday, 14 September 2015

It's Not Over!!!

What is up?! I'm so sorry that I have not posted since finishing the trail. It's been a month since I summitted, and what a crazy month it's been crazy since then. Basically, I summitted August 13th, came home August 14th, and had about 2 days to do nothing. That was wonderful. It didn't take long, however. Pretty soon I was locked into a battle with the Connecticut DMV (still ongoing) and trying to settle into a new semester at Clark (not quite settled yet). Most difficult of all, everything seems so crazy since I've been used to worrying about very little. The way I see it, I spent five months essentially having to only worry about staying dry and warm, eating food, and hiking. Now, all of those things (ok, maybe not hiking) are pretty much taken for granted. So all of the "frilly" stuff, like classes and the LEEP Project, don't seem as important. Or at least, I have no real sense of urgency. But I have a LEEP Project to do...oh yeah...

THE LEEP PROJECT!!!

Okay, so believe it or not, I have still not put near enough thought into this. The good news, however, is that I have a date set. The project (which will be held in the form of a dialogue session) will be on September 26, 12:00 PM at the Barred Owl Retreat in Leicester, Mass (see below). I am wicked excited to have y'all over to just talk. What I want to accomplish with the dialogue session is to just give an overview of why I decided to hike the Appalachian Trail and to describe what I experienced. I want to tell you what I did this summer and hear your questions. The session is open to the public and there will be another one the next weekend.