by Gordon Webster | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
Gordon: We arrived in Kathmandu three days ago, after two flights totalling 17 hours in the air. We spent the first day in Kathmandu dealing with the administrative tasks of getting our trekking permits, cell phone plans, and sufficient local currency for...
by Gordon Webster | Oct 30, 2017 | 2017 Gord on the Appalachian Trail |
I finished my AT hike at Erwin, Tennessee, 343 trail miles (550 kms) from Springer Mountain. This is a little less than one-sixth of the entire trail. Was it a good experience? Would I do it again? The answer to both of these questions is...
by Gordon Webster | Oct 27, 2017 | 2017 Gord on the Appalachian Trail |
Early in the day yesterday I encountered a herd of five whitetail deer. They were about 50 metres away. In the quiet of the open woodland four of them raised their enormous white tails and ran away. Because they were moving west the tails were illuminated...
by Gordon Webster | Oct 26, 2017 | 2017 Gord on the Appalachian Trail |
Ruth: Gord is camped on the top of Bald Mountain tonight so here is a bed time story about the Hermit of Bald mountain, a man named David Grier. Now our best friend and house mate is a Don Grier who is the descendant of an unbroken line of David Griers. A man who...
by Gordon Webster | Oct 26, 2017 | 2017 Gord on the Appalachian Trail |
I met Tim at Walnut Mountain Shelter the night before I arrived at Hot Springs, N.C. He was out on a lengthy day hike and paused for a smoke and a drink. Tim thru hiked the AT a few years ago and tries to get back on the trail whenever he can. He...
