I know Couscous!

I forgot to post about this earlier, but I just remembered: I know Couscous!

Couscous became a trail "celebrity" after she was interviewed by NPR for an on-air segment about people hiking during the recession.

The audio for the six-minute piece is here. The interview took place in Harper's Ferry. I hung out with Couscous in Delaware Water Gap. She hadn't listened to the piece yet, and she didn't even remember what she talked about. She's just that groovy.

In the segment, you'll also hear Pusher, whom I've also been running into for a couple of weeks. In fact he zeroed for at least two days here in Unionville.

Here's the text of the story.

Launch

It was quite a wait to get this computer. Regrettably, I've sent ahead my camera's USB cable, so there won't be any art for today :(

I'm at the headquarters for the entire trail. So far, 287 thru hikers from Georgia have passed through, as have 31 flip floppers [Ga. to here, then Me. to here]. Just since June 1, 119 thru hikers have passed through. And the guy on duty here says he did trail work in Virginia last week and that there was a buttload of people still down there, so I will have plenty of company when I get to the shelter tonight. Hopefully not too much because it's supposed to rain and I'm tarping it.

I am section hiker No. 83, I'm proud to say. My picture is in the book. Just believe me until I get my camera cable back.

Between here and Port Clinton the trail is mostly flat and good for 2-3 weeks of getting my sea legs. That's good, because I just weighed my pack in at 33 pounds, without water. If you were wondering, I weighed in at 184 pounds, with clothes and stuff in pockets.

Now I will look for a power breakfast in Harper's Ferry. Then I will start walking.

Happy humpday,

-Jeremy H

Countdown

Five minutes until my ride gets here. Feeling hungry.

Next stop: Drop off my car and then to Harper's Ferry, 30 minutes away, where I will visit the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to browse through the photo album of this year's thru hikers, see about applying for a 2,000 miler certificate and get my pack weighed. I'm betting it's 30 pounds. It's pretty heavy.

Wrapping it up...