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Maine Update

John McMath — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:21:50 +0000

Trill’s brother Ben has joined him on the trail at Stratton, ME and will hike with him to Monson. From there, Trill will have the 100-mile Wilderness and the climb up Katahdin on his own. Almost there! Ben normally does the updating to this site so you may have a few days of slow news but he will have lots of pictures later! Can’t wait to see if Ben acquires a trail name during the week. It didn’t take me long to get “+12″ but I had to work at it.

Katie Beasley has updated Trill’s hike in the Auburn Plainsman again. Thanks Katie! Here is the link to the latest article.

http://www.theplainsman.com/sports/2008/jul-17/mcmath_nears_trail_hike_finish

Keep the prayers lifting. He plans to summit sometime near the end of the month. Trail magic is still happening thanks to DaleAmerica and others that Trill doesn’t even know about yet. The journey has truly been the destination.

Encouragement

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:51:22 +0000

Trill was recently quoted in a Note of Encouragement from Ciloa.org. Chuck (trailname: Stryder) uses some of Trill’s thoughts and feelings on what it is like to hike the AT to relate to how we can and do look at life’s journey. One interesting quote from the Note:

Solomon once wrote, Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10) Notice that the real emphasis here is not on the “one”. It’s on the “two”.

I think Trill would concur that the friendship he has developed on the trail and the kindness he has seen in various towns by complete strangers has been one of the best experiences of his trip.

Trill hits the Presses

John McMath — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:39:05 +0000

Trill’s article came out in the Auburn Plainsman newspaper today. Thank you Katie for sharing his story. Here is the link which I hope will take you to the article. If not, Ben will post a link later.

Auburn students fulfill dream, venture up Appalachian Trail – The Auburn Plainsman