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Well, the old
axiom is certainly true—you can take the boy out of the
country, and oh yes; you can take him out of the woods,
too. Ahh, but from that day forth and forevermore, is
the adventuresome spirit deep in the heart of that lad
ever truly far away! And so it was surely destined to
be…that the old Nomad would venture forth again,
returning to the country and the woods, back to that
mysterious, ever-winding, far-off trail. For on June 3rd,
National Trails Day, even earlier perhaps if the ice
goes off the tundra in those mystic, far-away
Chic Chocs,
will he be standing in the sea at the base of the
spectacular
Cliffs of Forillon, Cap Gaspé, Quebec
Province Canada. From there will begin an incredible
journey: “Odyssey 2000,” a trek o’er the backbone of the
entire
Appalachian Mountain Range from the
Gulf of St.
Lawrence where the most-ancient of the Appalachians
plunge dramatically to the sea, thence, and from there,
way down south to near Porter Gap, where these venerable
old mountains spend their winter in Alabama. This trek
would be the first recorded southbound thru-hike o’er
these ancient and spiritual mountains.
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Cliffs of
Forillon, Cap Gaspé in Canada |
Long Range
Mountains of Newfoundland |
At the end of
his intended trek, Nomad learned that he hadn't actually
hiked the entire Appalachian Mountains. Friends pointed
out to him that the
Long Range Mountains of Newfoundland are actually a
part of the Appalachian Mountain range. Not being one
to leave things undone and itching for new ground to
stomp, Nomad later flew to Newfoundland. He then
put a new feather in his cap as the first to hike ALL of
the Appalachians, as he completed the journey through
the Long Range of Newfoundland. |
