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Watched you most of the way up the trail. Congrats on your accomplishment. Awesome stuff. Didn't know you were a Penn Stater. "WE ARE"..!!! Lived in State College from 1951 to 2007. Moved to Charlottesville. State High 68 grad. PSU class of 72. Bus Adm. Hiking the Maryland Section of the AT next week. Roan Highlands in late Sept.!!! Keep on keeping on.!!!

I buy waterproof socks, I wear my Injinjis underneath. I use them if rain is in the forecast.

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Very windy!! Amazing Views up there! Hope your dad is good 👍

I apologize for the delay in my comments. The Lowcountry had a monumental experience with “Debby”. Moncks Corner experienced 22”, a tornado and flooding. We are finally mobile since the flood waters have subsided. I had nothing to report, I am fine, secure and stayed ‘hunkered down’ until it was safe to be on the roads. My first excursion was “Chick Fil A”.. I needed my fix!! I pray your Summerville Family faired well and you too in PA since ‘Debby” travelled there too!! I love your posts on your channel and it was a joy to see you and your Dad on Mt Washington!! You have every reason to be proud of yourself! What an accomplishment!! Thank You so much for sharing your journey with us strangers. I sincerely appreciate it. I have even re-watched some of your videos from the beginning.. It is amazing to me that I can become so attached to a stranger, someone I have never met, and love to watch their journey on the AT. For me it is searching for real, honest life vs the garbage that is on most channels on TV. I am addicted to the thru hikers and are still following, I have not disconnected from their channels. I wish for you the best that life has to offer. Enjoy every minute you can, continue to add to your memory book and document all you can. Blessings, Marsha

Any bear sightings?

Any wild life encounters...bears , snakes, etc

Beautiful falls, take your time! Careful. Any bears?

You are awesome and energetic man. You are doing it!!! Yah🎉❤

Congratulations on the “official finish” . Good to keep your hiking legs going and you got some beautiful views.

You are great!

Epic finish! Spectacular views! Glad you cleaned up your missed miles so you won’t have that hanging over your conscience. Well done! Tough call but I’ll take the cold night over the snorer. Enjoy the football season!

Glad to see you popped up on my CZcams and your cleaning up your missed miles! (I missed eight tenths leaving Pearisburgh, VA and went back to clean it up, couldn’t leave it unfinished! That sure is some rugged and beautiful terrain, hard to imagine the event that left all those huge boulders scattered on the mountain side.

This just popped up in my feed. Thought I'd drop in just to congratulate you good Sir. Heck of an accomplishment.

So awesome you’re getting finished❤❤❤❤❤ beautiful day!!

So awesome you’re getting finished❤❤❤❤❤

Congrats on filling in the gaps and completing the AT; looks like it was two beautiful days in those mountains. Good luck with the Plantar Fasciitis!

Congrats, again. Loved following your adventure. A tremendous accomplishment, indeed.

John what a difference weather makes! When we came over Madison the wind was blowing so hard, the AT had been closed. We waited at Madison and it finally opened but was so windy we had to hold on to rocks at the top. Felt so beat up we camped at Oswald campground. God surprised us with a Mama and baby moose as we ate supper. So fun!! Glad you got to see Nickels!

Congratulations John!!!

🎉👏👍. It was an epic adventure for sure. What an accomplishment! Congratulations. Glad I could tag along. Since your Dad lives in SC, consider doing the Foothills Trail. It’s 78 miles. Lots of Videos about it. I could shuttle you. Nice in winter too. Not in late spring or summer.

Woohoo! Congratulations on connecting the dots! Beautiful pictures! You are the best! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Great to see you again! You are amazing!

Lifetimetime achievement. Answer my question, how many years do you suspect this epic journey took off your life? Write a frigging book about it. LEGACY

Congratulations on finishing up! I look forward to future hikes from you. And a gear review. Glad the weather was perfect. Those views up high were amazing. I slept freezing a few nights and it was miserable. Snoring for me.I will miss your WYR. 😊❤

Nice shout out to Nickels and Rocky. Did Nickels tell you about my neighbor and Rocky? If not, let me know and I'll tell you the story. Three consecutive wins for the Phillies, finally. You're a busy guy. Enjoyed the ride.

Congratulations 🎉

Couldn't get enough of the Whites eh? Glad you were able to get closure there.

Well done! Glad to see you fill in the gap. It's a beautiful area. I've only experienced the snoring, and that nearly drives me insane. I'm going with the cold.

Well done!!

Congrats on the DONE. On the WYR: I've done both and I'll take cold over snoring any day!! I can get out of the tent, do jumping jacks to warm up and return to sleep. But I can't go over and whack the person snoring or shake him/her awake to change sleeping position. I was overnight this past July 6th at Madison and kept awake nearly all night by a snorer. As were the people in the same bunkroom (AND the next bunkroom, that's how loud!!) 'cause we discussed it at breakfast. I forgot about the free earplugs which would've helped some.

Good job finishing your thru hike. It shows what you can accomplish if you stick to it. Also your mood is much lighter on these day plus hikes compared to some of the stretches of the AT thru hike.

Yeah! One last “no bueno “ for the road ! Job well done !

Nice finish -- glad the weather cooperated perfectly. I can sleep through the snoring, which is why I don't camp alone -- a predator could easily sneak up on me. Again, congrats on being done DONE!

Missed no bueno glad to see you!

Would you rather will nothingness of have nothing to will.all the best from saugus.mass. and again congratulations

You’ve probably already done this, but be sure to let Ramdino know you were back and now you’re gone ‘for good’ , at least for now. 🤔 Was good to see your last two posts and I am on notification for future adventures.

If your foot was unhappy with you on the Gulfside trail, it's really going to hate you going down Osgood trail. I did Osgood once (down); never again.

3 Amish guys were right behind you at County rd. I’m assuming they made it! 😊

Warm and snoring 😮

Epic ending! Thanks for bringing us along!😊🏔🏕👍👍👍👍✌️ Bacon Wrap

Back in the saddle again! Small sample, but it appears that if youre hiking the AT, the Phillies tend to win. I guess Nickels is planning to hike with Stick when he completes his hike. Good to hear from you.

You picked a pretty nice day to get back on trail. The views were amazing. Hope you get your heel pain resolved.

Good to see anther hiking video from you . I guess you must have missed hiking since your completion of the AT recently. Good luck with your foot issue. You may need to rest it for a while so that it heals completely.

Good to see you got nice weather and that you stayed at the hut. Miss your daily videos. Hope your foot improves quickly.😊❤

What a beautiful day! Much different from last hike there. I’d forgotten you had some makeup miles. Beautiful! Too many rocks.🪨

Baldpate and Treepate, I called them. Good stuff.

It was such a pleasure following your adventure. So many people would have quit when they hit any of the hundreds of walls you broke through, climbed over, knocked down, or walked around. When you started in GA, I had a fleeting moment of doubt, "can he do this at 60?" But I quickly came to my senses and remembered how stubbornly determined you can be. Great follow up video. Two not-famous grads of the Creamery Ice School are Drew & Ross of the famous Sweet Cow Ice Cream in Colorado. I look forward to your next adventure. Way to GOOOO. I love you. This is a good time of year to get out on that bike of yours (nudge, nudge). PS, I thought this was turning into a sci-fi clip at 24:07. WTF was that bug on you?!?!

JR superb wrap up and thank you for sharing your thoughts. What a huge accomplishment and it brings much joy and inspiration to hear your thoughts and feelings following such a feat. BRAVO Rooney!

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