Jan 5, 2017
In this first episode of 2017, I'm introducing Jessa Hackman,
our very own member of the Class of 2017 thru-hikers. She is from
Madison, Wisconsin, is 25 years-of-age and has just qualified as a
lawyer. The picture below is of Jessa at her graduation with her
grandfather, the man Jessa credits with her decision to go to law
school in the first place. Jessa contacted me to get a copy of
Grizz's logistics spreadsheet from Episode #6 and I reached out to
her in the hope that she would share her preparations for the hike,
as well as give us regular shorter updates from the trail when
she starts on March 23. With a bit of luck, we'll be following her
all the way to Katahdin, sometime in August. In this first
interview, Jessa tells us her concerns for the trip as well as
recounting her current preparations. She is aware of the rite of
passage that will result in a trail name but is open to
suggestions from our podcast listeners, so please email me with any
of your ideas. Jessa has just started a blog that you may wish to
follow. You can find it here. If you'd like to
contact her directly, she is happy to share her email address,
jessahackman@gmail.com.
Given the fact that this initial interview was shorter than some
others, I've included the first of an intermittent series of
product reviews. This is based upon the things that I took with me
and starts with an interview with Henry Shires, of Tarptent. During
our conversation, I refer to a setup video for the tent. Click
here for
that. I'm sure that you can see why it was so attractive to me.
Henry provided me with great customer service, so if you have any
questions, I urge you to get in touch with him here. 