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Zero Day – Heaps of Prayer

by Gerry Palermo, posted in AT, ATNOBO25, Pilgrimage

A Zero Day is when you come off trail for a day and give your body a rest. The recommended interval is every seven days. I chose to take an Uber to Stroudsburg, PA. For you purists, of which I am not, I’ll Uber back to mile marker 1290.4 to recapture the distance.

What do you do with a day off trail?

  • Sleep from my late arrival (10 PM) until 2 PM.
  • Treat injuries, nasty abrasions from pack log soaked. My knees knock. My feet ache. I’m having a great time!!! Let’s hear it for Advil.
  • Resupply
  • Go to Church, pray for those who ask for prayer or need prayer, of which I am a member. The priest was kind to open the Church for me, a special accommodation. A Deacon has the task of presenting the prayers of the human family as a precious gift to the Father. An evening oblation that the life course of these I know may be peaceful.
  • Tomorrow early AM Mass.

Photos from my zero.

Church of Saint Luke
Friends Cemetery, Quakers
Ground in abrasions

Days 11-12-13 5/12/25

by Gerry Palermo, posted in AT, ATNOBO25, Pilgrimage
Bramble encounter
Cool guy injury
Lookout, Overlook or just plain look-see.

Bake Oven Knob

Love lost
Rocks-ylvania straight up. This is the Knife’s Edge.
The white Blaze in foreground and a double in background. That’s how you know where to go.
Rattlesnake
Not a Rattlesnake
A totally random pile of rocks by the Pinnacle. Manmade.
The Pinnacle
Kaleidoscope trail name
Preachers Knob
Trail is a river

AT SOBO Damascus VA End of Trail

by Gerry Palermo, posted in AT, ATSOBO, creation, Pilgrimage

30 Days on the trail coming to the end early, 10 days early. The trail is compromised south of Marion. The roads are sketchy but slowly being repaired. Nasty falls besides, more experienced hikers report 1 MPH trail speeds. More obstacle course than trail. It was a good year. 1,034 mikes. Let us see what 2025 offers.