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Debi

Hi there! I am Debi. While toiling away in the corporate realm, I read an in flight magazine article about the Appalachian Trail and thought "someday". Many years, career and lifestyle changes later, I have decided that "someday" is now. Cooking has always been my passion and now it is my profession. Some would say I live a nomad life. I say I live a blessed life with the support of a great family and framily. Planning my 2016 thru hike has been a borderline obsession for over a year now- let's do this!

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If not now, when?

If not now, when?

Washed out before the starting line... I had been drafting this post in my head for a while, with my original intent being a "Holy crap, I'm doing

Feb 1, 2016 : Debi
HYOH – Shakedown Edition

HYOH – Shakedown Edition

If you read my last post, you know that I was being a complete weenie about doing a shakedown hike. I won't get into all of my excuses again, but

Oct 27, 2015 : Debi
Shakedown – why am I being a weenie?

Shakedown – why am I being a weenie?

No Fear? It is without fear or hesitation that I began planning my 2016 thru hike over a year ago. Questions of "You are going into the woods,

Oct 19, 2015 : Debi
I see blazes…everywhere!

I see blazes…everywhere!

Blazes and obsession Since realizing sometime during the summer of 2014 that my thru hike (which has been on my "bucket list" for over 12 years)

Oct 3, 2015 : Debi