In March 2019, one month before beginning a thru-hiking on the Appalachian Trial, I took time to write down my thoughts… Here they are… Excitement. Anticipation. Nervousness. Confusion. Stress. My mid-April start for thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail seemed forever away. This date that was looming over my remaining time in Atlanta was so distant. I […]
The following was written in August 2018. *** This weekend I am flying to Detroit from Atlanta to visit my college roommate. Once a year, I go to see her and she comes to me once a year. I had the window seat on my flight, which is my favorite! I get to control the […]
I am very happy to announce that Faraway Horizons has been nominated for its second award since go-live this past August! This honor is called the Sunshine Blogger Award. It is a blogger-to-blogger award that recognizes up-and-coming blogs that share positivity and spreads sunshine to its readers! (Read about Faraway Horizons’ first award nomination here.) […]
I am excited to announce that Faraway Horizons has been nominated for the 2018 Liebster Award! This is a huge honor! The Liebster Award is used to discover and recognize up-and-coming blogs that have a new, fresh perspective on the content that they create. Not only is this Faraway Horizons’ first nomination, but it is […]
I’ve been indoor rock climbing on and off for the past few years. Mostly off. I don’t have any new equipment. My shoes, harness, and chalk bag are second-hand from friends that weren’t using the gear. The hardest route I’ve ever climbed to-date was a 5.11 (on a scale of 5.1 – 5.15). I can’t […]
“When in Vegas…” That’s the phrase I think of when something crazy is about to go down. Typically, it’s something that most people, you know, the normal ones, wouldn’t necessarily do. It might even be considered the Hail Mary of bad decisions. But when this phrase skips across my mind or someone else utters these […]
William Shakespeare once wrote in his famous play Romeo and Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The only reason we call a rose a ‘rose’ is because someone over the course of history decided to assign a specific word to a specific thing. Curse words are similar. They are only […]
Scientifically (and very simply stated), rain is the part of the water cycle where evaporated H2O forms droplets that become too heavy for the clouds to hold, so the droplets are released and fall to the ground. Physically, rain is something that can ruin your hair, your shoes, and your electronics, but it also helps […]
Hey, you! Yeah, you! The one reading this screen! Thank you so much for checking out Faraway Horizons! You have no idea how much I appreciate it – I really can’t do this without you. I’ll be posting one new post every week, so be sure to check back next week for more! Don’t forget […]
The following was written in November 2017: It has been 82 days since myself and the five other Storm Runners have exited the John Muir Trail. Rather, it might be truer to say it has been 82 days since I have physically exited the trail. Mentally, I will never be the same. There is something […]