like i said, shes so out of it she doesnt even realize she got shuttled ahead, and i doubt thats the only time it happened.
anyone else also think its odd that she was doing all of these big mile days while, it seems, still hiking with the same group of people? so what, they were all doing that many miles that quickly? really?
she doesnt even realize she got shuttled ahead, and i doubt thats the only time it happened
I didn't buy this at first but it's looking more and more as if you're correct... she can't see these glaring contradictions even as she writes them. Dovetails perfectly with Bryson (Oriole) first-hand observations earlier.
If she has an Android phone, we could put this to rest really quick if she gives us each days location history from Google: https://www.google.de/maps/timelin
Correct URL: https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
She claims the hitch was from Rockfish Gap, not Swift Run Gap, to dispute the one documented skipped section.
Not sure how she goes from Waynesboro to walking into Andover a second time, but it seems she just started free associating in the middle there.
If she has any hope of convincing anybody, she would need to publish a day by day account, stating where she slept, ate and resupplied, as opposed to scattered and rambling account like this.
There has to be more people who crossed her path than the few we have heard from. And many more hostels along the way that might know something.
She says she managed this achievement because she was "willing to make herself uncomfortable."
Well, I'll be damned!
Had Karl only been willing to do the same, he might've held onto the record a little longer!
I'm glad Billie is challenging this
She was offered a spot on her Facebook page 12 hrs before she writes :
put a camera, spot device, and new pair of shoes in my hand and I’ll show the world how you walk all day and night
I'll gladly give her an old phone/camera to see her do it. Verizon moto g.
One pair shoes, new, is all she needs people. Can't we get behind this gal?
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But really, if she has any Google apps installed on her phone that she took with her everywhere, with location services turned on (90% chance), she already has every day cataloged and breadcrumbed. She could just use this as evidence: https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
I cannot name this
I cannot explain this
And I really don't want to
Just call me shameless
I can't even slow this down
Let alone stop this
And I keep looking around
But I cannot top this
If I had any sense
I guess I'd fear this
I guess I'd keep it down
So no one would hear this
I guess I'd shut my mouth
And rethink a minute
But I can't shut it now
'cause there's something in it
We're in a room without a door
And I am sure without a doubt
They're gonna want to know
How we got in here
And they're gonna want to know
How we plan to get out
We better have a good explanation
For all the fun that we had
'cause they are coming for us, babe
And they are going to be mad
Yeah they're going to be mad at us
This is my skeleton
This is the skin it's in
That is according to light
And gravity
I'll take off my disguise
The mask you met me in
'cause I got something
For you to see
Just gimme your skeleton
Give me the skin it's in
Yeah baby, this is you
According to me
I never avert my eyes
I never compromise
So never never mind
The poetry
I gotta cover my butt 'cause I covet
Another man's wife
I gotta divide my emotions
Into wrong and right
Then I get to see how close I can get to it
Without giving in
Then I get to rub up against it
Till I break the skin
Rub up against it
Till I break the skin
They're gonna be mad at us
Thy're gonna be mad at me and you
Thy're gonna be mad at us
And all the things
We want to do
Just please don't name this
Please don't explain this
Just blame it all on me
Say I was shameless
Say I couldn't slow it down
Let alone stop it
And say you just hung around
'cause you couldn't top it
"Shameless" Ani DiFranco
Dear Kaiha...
https://vid.me/2VKz
Where are her personal friends in all of this? It would seem someone who knows her would take this misguided girl and try to steer her in a better direction. She really does need help and if she's as unbalanced as I'm thinking her to be, this thing could very well end in a manner none of us wants to see...
Kaiha, if you are reading this, reach out to a professional and get some help. Not your friends or people on social media, a professional...
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” –Socrates
FKT claim or not, she'll need to do some convincing to get publicity, and that is on her. Our trail community has a long tradition of open arms and healing, and it is clear that this young lady is in trouble. I would love to see this thread offer help instead of ostracizing.
(off soapbox)