Jun 22, 2017
Kelly Anderson is a former professional tennis player from South
Africa. She came to the US to attend Georgia Tech in their tennis
program before taking up coaching positions, first at USF and then
as Head Coach at Stetson. She even has her own Wikipedia entry! A
chance meeting with a number of AT thru-hikers intrigued her and
planted within her a desire to take on the Appalachian Trail
someday. Deciding that she needed to do it sooner rather
than later, she divested herself of many of her possessions and
started from Katahdin 2016, heading south to finish at Harpers
Ferry in December. This year, she is back on the trail to
finish what she started. Her tale of grit and determination is
inspiring. The two pictures below are of Kelly on Mt Madison and,
bizarrely, Kelly in rather strange loaner clothes on a launderette
stop. 
There are a bunch of ways
to follow Kelly. You can email her, follow her on Facebook or
Instagram, and
go to her blog as
she reaches the conclusion of her journey. 
Jessa/Attie and Nick
continue to travel north, with the halfway point approaching
rapidly. You can also follow Jessa through her blog. As a bit of a
preview for next week's show, I promised to add Craig McPherson's
video to really whet your appetite for our interview. Once
you see this, you'll get some of the magic that we used to see on a
daily basis on the Appalachian Trail Don't forget that the
price of my two Kindle books will soon be increased from $2.99 each
to $3.99 each. Save a couple of bucks if you'd like to get the
Christmas price mistakenly left up for over six months!!