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Jun 2, 2015 : Ken Moffat Appalachian Trail

Heading for Katahdin

Nevis and I start our cross-country drive tomorrow morning.  The plan: Figure out which country Maine is in and hope they speak English there.  Climb 5200 feet to Baxter Peak and the start of the Appalachian Trial.  Turn to the south and put one boot in front of the other 4,400,000 times.  Such a simple plan, what could possibly go wrong?

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Ken Moffat
Jun 2nd : Ken Moffat
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Ken Moffat's Bio

Hi, I'm Ken. Nevis and I will be thru-hiking the A.T. as SOBOs, starting sometime in June, and assuming my ancient knees allow it, finishing around the end of the year. I've been wanting to do this ever since reading "A Walk in the Woods" long, long ago. Career (mostly overseas, 53 countries and counting), marriage, and life in general always made me say "later". Finally, retired, divorced and living in the States (WA) again, my time has come. I've done plenty of hiking, climbing and scuba diving around the world, but this will be my first backpacking. Everything in its own time. I look forward to meeting y'all on the Trail. Hi, I'm Nevis, named after Scotland's highest peak, and the incredibly handsome brains of this family. I'm a 2-year-old border collie, herder of sheep (my true love), goats, ducks, Agility dog (CPE Level 4), and bi-lingual (Turkish and English). I like all people and animals (although I know some sheep that might disagree), and I very rarely bark, and then only once. Baba only accepts low growls If I want his attention.

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  • penny : Sep 28th

    Ken are you on the trail, how is it going…just thinking of you back here in Washington

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    • Linda Swenson : Nov 30th

      Hi Penny

      Maybe you know by now, Ken didn’t hike the trail but just Katadin
      He headed home and passed away from brain bleed on Aug 28, So sorry to have to tell you this
      I sure miss him.

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