Oct 31, 20201 minOver the PeakThanks 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 23, 20204 minPeaks For Parkinson's 2020 Dedicated to Jim "Rolling Thunder" HesterJuly 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 21, 20202 minOur Dad Was Diagnosed at Age 39Thanks 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 11, 20209 minWhat 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 5, 20203 minI 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...
Sep 25, 20202 min200 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 24, 20201 minOver 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 22, 20201 minPD Encounters on The TrailYesterday, I ran into two southbound section hikers, “The Hoon” and “Vintage,” and we started talking. I mentioned why I was hiking and...
Sep 19, 20202 minGreat Days, Cold NightsI’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 16, 20201 minI Made it 100 MilesService 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 12, 20201 minScenes From 55 MilesBerries at Harmon Hill Epic mud (trail) before Stratton Mountain Trail bridge and fall colors My dear friend, Deb, joined me for the hike...
Sep 7, 20201 minPeaks For Parkinson’s Has BegunDay 1: Today I began my long walk north to Canada. Hiking these first miles through the forest has already heightened my senses and...
Sep 3, 20201 minTrail Angels!Resupplies dropped off in the north. Thank you Ed O’Leary and John Predom.
