A 730-Mile Journey, Two Miles At A Time
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John Sheirer dreamed of quenching his thirst for adventure by taking a trip along the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine or the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. |
Since that first day, Sheirer - a professor of English and communications at Asnuntuck Community College - has walked along the 2-mile loop trail, known as the “Shady Brook Trail,” some time each day between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. On New Year’s Eve, Sheirer walked the trail and finished right before midnight. Then walked it again a few minutes later after toasting the new year. The walks take between 30 minutes and three hours and average about 45 minutes. Sheirer said some journeys take a little longer because he will do some trail work - pull out invasive plant species or other weeds, do some bird-watching, talk to people or just sit and admire Mother Nature. He estimates that 300 of the days he was all alone in the wilderness.
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