In Episode 28, Sprinkles and NoKey tell us about their ultimate thru-hiking summer – walking 1400 miles on four major trails on the East Coast – including the Benton MacKaye, Finger Lakes, Northville-Placid and Long Trails. Forewarning, we spend the majority of the podcast discussing their 20 day, ~290 mile hike on the Benton MacKaye Trail – […]
REI Alpharetta – Over 800 people waiting in line at 10am
March 6, 2015 By Leave a Comment
REI opened their 5th store in the Atlanta metro area today in Alpharetta, GA and clearly their marketing folks have figured it out. There were over 800 people waiting in line at 10am when the doors opened. Yeah …. people love free stuff, and REI delivered. The first 200 in the door received a water bottle with a $25-100 gift card […]
A Thru-Hiker Looks At 20
March 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment
It’s been 20 years since I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. There’s no doubt, it was a different Trail back then – fewer thru-hikers, no cell phones, and no websites to research the A.T. prior to heading out. Thru-hikers today are better informed, better connected, and significantly better prepared than when I hiked in 1994. That […]
Even Hollywood Stars “Rock” Each Other's Backpacks
July 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It seems that even Hollywood movie stars get their backpacks “rocked” by mischevious friends. During the filming of Monuments Men which also stars John Goodman and Bill Murray, Actor George Clooney tricked his 'Monuments Men' co-star Matt Damon in to carrying a backpack that was filled with rocks during a gruelling hiking scene. Realbollywood.com reports that […]