"Alabama Dave" is a retired school principal who is living out his dream to hike the Appalachian Trail. His hiking pace was a little slower than the 20 year olds, but I never saw anyone slurp up a half-gallon of ice cream faster than he could!

"ThunderChicken" acquired his trail name by living through the same storm that I survived!

Here's "Troll" preparing to sleep directly on the AT! We drug ourselves into a shelter late one evening so we can say that we have actually camped ON the AT!

From L to R it's the "Buckeye Duo" and "Wild Bill"!