This Week’s Glorious Before-and-After Photos [One pic is NSFW]
From fresh gear and nervous excitement at one end, to the dirt-streaked finisher 2,000 miles later, here are this week’s thru-hike before-and-after photos.
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Happy Feet
April 29 – Sept 25
Kristin “Glowworm”
Michael “Nameless”
Cinzia
Patch
March 16th – September 21
Maddy
Wesley “Jaws”
AT March 17 – September 14
Lawrence
Kickstarter
Appalachian Trail: 3/ 23 – 8/17 2017
Josh “Aladdin”
April 15th – September 26th
Piers “Necktie”
Transformation Bonus!
Brian “The Flash”
Appalachian Trail: 2012
My name is Brian Carpenter, or on the AT I was The Flash. I thru hiked the AT in 2012 and lost 90 pounds. This picture was NC south of the NOC and New York (same shirt).
Erica “Spitfire”
Appalachian Trail: 2017
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