Warren's Pinhoti Flip-Flop

[angrysparrow]

I thought some of you that follow fellow AlaTrails member Warren's adventures might like a status update to say that he's doing well on his Pinhoti Flip-Flop double thru-hike.

This weekend my friend Hetairoi and I hiked the Pinhoti section from the Burns Trailhead to Pine Glen.  On Sunday afternoon at about 1pm we met Warren about 1 mile north of Pine Glen.  He was headed from Lower Shoals Shelter to Laurel Shelter, was in excellent spirits and looking well.  We didn't detain him long, but we really enjoyed meeting him and hearing a few quick stories from his travels.

Warren's Pinhoti Flip-Flop

For those that don't know Warren, he is the man that recently paddled the Alabama Scenic River Trail in both directions.

[montysano]

"Living free is not what I bargained for," he said. "But I decided I'm going to do this because other people can't."

What he lacks in money, he's gained in time and peace. His only real assets are friends who've helped him resupply along the way and encouraged him.

Which made me think of Thoreau:

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

[Skippy]

Thanks for the update Angrysparrow, Thats pretty cool that you ran in to him and I bet that you wish that you were able to walk a mile or two with him.

[DavidR]

Rock on Warren!

[Pathfinder]

Right on, right on...right on, right on!