Monday, January 7, 2008
Prep Entry #5
Weighing down in my mind the last few days, as I prepare to hike across the state, is the 24-year-old woman believed to have been kidnapped on the AT near Blood Mountain, Georgia on New Year’s Day. She was a dayhiker, and my thoughts are with her and her family. These are the creeps and psychopaths that go bump in the night – the reason that my dad furrows his forehead every time I mention backpacking alone, and why I get scolded by plenty of surrogate parents while on the road for hiking alone. This is the unfortunate validation that despite all of the wonderful, kind people in the world willing to help the traveler, there are truly twisted, dangerous people. I hope that against all odds she is okay.
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Just posted a hello on your trailjournals guestbook as well. I've followed this tragedy in Georgia along with most other hikers and while it's terrible it won't keep me from going solo. I enjoy hiking in small groups but much prefer the times that I can go alone. Just raise your awareness level and use good sense.
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