Frozen
eyelids and struck by
lightning
The Women’s Appalachian
Trail Record Holder
and Blue Ridge Outdoors
2008 Outdoors Person
of the Year, Jennifer
Pharr Davis, right,
demonstrates her gear
to interested hikers
during a presentation
Wednesday, Oct. 14,
at Southwestern Community
College. Davis completed
the AT, which spans
14 states, in 57 days,
eight hours and 35 minutes,
averaging 38 miles a
day. “I loved
the simplicity of the
adventure because everything
you need, you carry
on your back,”
she told, from left,
SCC outdoor leadership
students Emily Luebs
of Bryson City and Will
Butler of Whittier and
SCC arts and science
instructor Chad Hallyburton.
Hallyburton, who is
the record holder on
SCC’s hiking trail,
said he was impressed
with the lessons Davis
learned on the trail
and how her experience
restored her faith in
humanity because of
the kindness of people
she met along the way.
“It wasn’t
easy,” Davis told
the large crowd in attendance.
“Much of it was
a struggle, like the
time my eyes froze shut
in a blizzard, or when
I was struck by lightning.
But I kept visualizing
the finish and that
visualization kept me
going.” The event
was part of SCC’s
Discover America Series. |
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As
part of SCC’s
Discover America
Series, on Oct.
14 Jennifer Pharr
Davis, the Women’s
Appalachian Trail
Record Holder,
will share what
hiking has taught
her about goal
setting, sacrifice
and achievement.
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The Women’s Appalachian
Trail Record Holder and Blue
Ridge Outdoors 2008 Outdoors
Person of the Year, Jennifer
Pharr Davis, will be at Southwestern
Community College on Wednesday,
Oct. 14, to speak to students,
faculty and the community
about how her journeys and
adventures. She’ll share
her insight on what hiking
more than 8,000 miles of trails
has taught her about goal
setting, sacrifice and achievement.
“Jennifer will inspire
and teach you to experience
the woods and life in a
new and exciting way,”
said SCC’s outdoor
leadership director Paul
Wolf. “In her presentation
she stresses ‘you
are never too young to set
goals and never too old
to dream.’”
This two-session event,
a part of SCC’s “Discover
America Series,” will
take place in the Balsam
Building on the Jackson
Campus. Following pizza
at noon, the program titled
Life Lessons from the Appalachian
Trail will be from 12:30-2
p.m. in the auditorium.
In session two, How to
Plan, Prepare for and Execute
Adventure Events, from 2-4
p.m. Davis will provide
in-depth discussion about
the logistics, planning
and execution of such adventures,
including nutrition, gear,
training, schedules, budget
and more.
All students, faculty and
the public are invited to
this event which is sponsored
by SCC’s Student Life
Committee.
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