Cheryl "FourThirteen" Borek

Sola peregrina: trails & lists. Trails so far: AT, LT, NPT, Appalachian High Route, Camino Primitivo, OTL, most of the FT (still working on it by section). Lists: the NH 48, Winter 48, the White Mountain Grid, a White Mountain Direttissima. Attempting to thru-hike the Northeast 115 this summer, NOBO (list? trail? perhaps both...). Mother, grandmother, friend. Staving off the years by walking in the woods, teaching middle school boys, and ingesting a steady diet of K-dramas. Check out my other content on walkwithme413.org.

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Of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen

Of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen

Road Regret Welp, I'm out. 126 miles on asphalt was simply too much for my cranky hip to bear, and my attempt to thru-hike the 115 highest peaks

Jun 11, 2025 : Cheryl "FourThirteen" Borek
2 Down, 113 to Go

2 Down, 113 to Go

Robert Was Right As the prolific Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter once opined, the first days are the hardest days. After all the dreaming

Jun 4, 2025 : Cheryl "FourThirteen" Borek
In Defense of Frenzied Packing

In Defense of Frenzied Packing

No Woman Has Done This Route - Yet Last summer, I was listening to a podcast when I heard about an athlete who had completed the Northeast 115 - the

May 30, 2025 : Cheryl "FourThirteen" Borek
Why Thru-Hikers Are A Lot Like Middle School Boys

Why Thru-Hikers Are A Lot Like Middle School Boys

The Northeast 115 I’m not really good at sitting still. Not that I often have much time for that, working, as I do, at a boarding middle

May 29, 2025 : Cheryl "FourThirteen" Borek