What is Ten Feet of Crazy?

Ten feet of crazy is a map, scanned from road atlases, resized to a 1 inch to 10 miles scale, plotted out, and laid out on the floor of our office. Imagine here a bunch of city planners, staring at a map covering Georgia to Maine, and ten feet long … and then I said, “well, that’s just ten feet of crazy, right there.”

But, those ten feet of crazy represents exactly what Shawn is going to do, starting in late March this year – leave Philadelphia, and Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail. It also shows the one-inch he will have to hike every day to finish by October. For those who were told there would be no math, that’s 2,175 miles in six months.

So with the majority of the gear purchased, and an itinerary in draft form, the trail has become a reality. This blog is intended to keep everyone up to date on his preparations, and his progress while he’s away – Shawn will be posting here while he continues to prepare, and I’ll be updating while he’s on the trail.