Two weeks from now I will hopefully be in my sleeping bag on top of Springer Mountain in Georgia fast asleep. I don't know if you know, but each hiker on the AT has a trail name. Rarely does anyone use his/her own name. The trail names people come up with are limited only by their imagination. Here are some of the names I've read about: Sky King, Habitual Hiker, Jump Start, Cheshire Cat and Cool Breeze.
My trail name is Torch. It's a nickname I've had since my high school days. Back in those days when I had a full head of hair it was bright red. I ran track and cross country. One guy who was watching me run around the track said that I looked like my head was on fire....thus people started calling me Torch. The name stuck! So I will be known by the trail name Torch.
There is another hiker from Indiana who also goes by Torch. I saw his name on WhiteBlaze.net, a website for hikers. I'm sure that I'm older than him so I'm claiming that name!
When you're on the AT, "Life takes on a neat simplicity, too. Time ceases to have any meaning. When it is dark, you go to bed, and when it is light again you get up, and everything in between is just in between. It's quite wonderful, really."
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
So when you start, will we get pics of "Lighting of the TORCH"? Remember the ToiletPaper!!
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