BREAKING NEWS!!! JONATHAN AND YOLO TO FLIP-FLOP THEIR HIKE

Because of extremely hot weather and very poor water sources Jonathan has decided to FLIP-FLOP his hike. What this means in Appalachian Trail language is that you stop at a certain point and then jump to the northernmost end point of the trail which is Mt. Katahdin in Maine and begin to hike southwards.


Jonathan and Yolo stopped at High Point State Park, NJ (Mile 1327)(2123km), 852 miles (1363km) from Katahdin. Jonathan will begin his hike from Katahdin around August 19th after volunteering for 2 weeks at the National Association for the Deaf Young Leadership Camp (YLC) in Oregon. Jonathan is hoping to complete the AT in about 2 months.


Between now and YLC on August 6th they will relax and recharge their batteries at their home in Bethlehem, NH.


Watch here soon for Jonathan's plog when he will tell us more about the AT until now and about this big decision!!

11.25am
Finally got back on coverage, I just passed branchville, NJ. Going to stay at Gren Anderson Shelter (Mile 1315). Very bad water sources lately. Ugh! All because of dry season. Yeah my friend, Joshua Beckman, will pick me up at glenwood this wednesday. May will stay there for two nights.

Back on the AT!!!

After taking off a week to attend Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA) and National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conferences in Philadelphia and meeting with many friends Jonathan and Yolo returned to the AT at Wind Gap yesterday afternoon. At DYUSA Jonathan gave a presentation on his AT Experience
July 6, 2.10pm
DYUSA went longer than I expected. Weather is killing me so I decided to stay here for another night with friends. Will head back to trail tomorrow! The speech went very great! Everyone really enjoyed it and I have inspired most of them. I'm happy how it turned out!
Saturday July 10, 1.10pm
Small miles today to next shelter (Kirkridge Mile 1278) from wind gap (Mile 1268)
6.50pm
Yeah! Its nice to be back where you can pee anywhere!

The Hike to Wind Gap

After the big Water Adventure Jonathan and Yolo continue on to Wind Gap PA
4.11pm
Arrived wind gap!!!!(Mile 1268)
60 miles in 2 days!!!!!
From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Sent: Jul 3, 2010 16:30
Great going!!! Hope you had enough water with you this time!!!!
Oh yeah I have almost 1 gallon of water!!!!!!
4.37
Yeahhh!!! I'm with matty now. Will go to philly tomorrow with mcmillan who arrived back from finland!!!!!
In the last seven days starting Sunday at Duncannon, PA to Wind Gap, PA  131Miles (209km!!) which included two days rest!!!!!

With friend Matty!

A Little"Water" Adventure and some"Trail Magic!!!!"

READ FROM BOTTOM UP!!!


Monavie! Haha
------Original Message------
From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Subject: Re: IMG00043-20100703-0556.jpg
Sent: Jul 3, 2010 06:01

What can I say - just amazing this Trail Magic!!!! Any names on the chest???

Yeah ice chest!!!
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From: "Kessel, Martin (NIH/NCI) [E]" <kesselm@mail.nih.gov>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 05:53:06
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net@tmo.blackberry.net>

Wow!!! Amazing - just sitting there in bottles???? In an ice chest?

On 7/3/10 5:50 AM, "jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net" <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

I'm saveeddd!!! Trail magic!!! Lots of waterrrr!!
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From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Subject: Re:
Sent: Jul 3, 2010 05:49

1242.9 Powerline
1243.1 Lehigh Furnace Gap Ashfield Rd.
1247.5 George W. Outerbridge Shelter . Reliable piped spring 0.1N

On 7/3/10 5:45 AM, "jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net" <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

Any points (ie. Powerline) before shelter? Please list them with how many miles left

From: Dad
To: 'jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net'
Subject: Re:
Sent: Jul 3, 2010 05:34
Good morning!! Glad you are ok - enjoy your water drink when you get there!

From: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net>
To: Kessel, Martin (NIH/NCI) [E]
Sent: Sat Jul 03 05:31:37 2010

Yeah we r ok- just woke up- now heading to next shelter to drinkkkk waterrrr!!!

From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Subject: Re:
Sent: Jul 2, 2010 22:57

How's going? R U guys ok? (We did not get the message below until this morning - connection problem??)
9.12pm
Its dark now, we r camping out somewhere 2 miles north of oven bake shelter. Will head out early in morning. Very little water left for morning- we are both very thirsty! We d do anything to drink gallons of water right now! Jeez! Good experience though. 


On 7/2/10 8:21 PM, "jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net" <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:
8.21pm
I need ur help here- any water source in between shelters??
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8.19pm
This is really fucked up- no water here!!! (at Bake Oven) I only have very little water left!!! I have to go to next shelter!!! Sighs!  


7.11pm
Perfect! Thanks for everything!! Any water source in between?
7.5 miles to George W. Outerbridge Shelter
How many miles from bake to next shelter? Curious


From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Subject: Re:
Sent: Jul 2, 2010 19:02

Four miles from Powerline to Bake Oven Knob

On 7/2/10 7:00 PM, "jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net" <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

How far is it from powerline to shelter?
Yeah that's the shelter- how far is it from powerline?

From: Dad
To: jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net
Subject: Re:
Sent: Jul 2, 2010 19:02

Next shelter is Bake Oven Knob Shelter at Mile 1240.
Allentown Hiking Club Shelter is at 1230 miles


On 7/2/10 6:21 PM, "jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net" <jonk1@tmo.blackberry.net> wrote:

I forgot to take maps with me!!! Can u find out how many miles from allentown hiking club shelter to next one??

STARTED FRIDAY MORNING FROM PORT CLINTON (Mile 1208) (Slackpacking)

8.40am
Yeppp!! Relaxing day for meee!! I aim to catch up my plog!!
8.45am
Here as I promised- to explain my plan for week...

Tomorrow I will go on slackpacking for 2 days doing about 60 miles from Port Clinton to Wind Gap. I'm going to leave everything here at matty's home and take only food for one night and water bottles. Then come back here to matty's home on saturday evening to pack up everything and stay for a night. On sunday, mcmillan will pick me up and go to philly for two nights (during july 4th). There is an organization called Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA), you may remember it from last year at colorado before going to YLC. DYUSA is from july 3 to 6. I only will attend on 5th to give out presentation about my Appalachian Trail experience, about 30-45 mins. Then head out to trail again on tuesday morning.
(Slackpacking is walking without a full pack for a day or two and catching a ride to pick up the pack to continue)