At twenty-two years old I had a gripping desire to find myself. I needed to know what stuff I was made of, my internal desire so significant that I sacrificed a college education to go in search of it. Five months, five million steps, and 100 pounds later, this poor city kid from the projects completed what only a hundred in the world had accomplished at the time, hiking the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.
This journey altered my mental and physical existence, changing my life forever.
– Mike Rayder
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