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Written by JDS on 2025-01-31 at 18:21

This video was shot and shared by Andrew Skurka on IG long ago (someone get Andrew on Fedi).

It’s a beautiful poem by a well known and well loved thru hiker Nimblewill Nomad.

"Here's to the hearts of that cold, lonesome track,

To the life of the wanderlust... Free.

To all who have gone and have never come back,

Here's a tribute to you and me.

With our feet in the dirt, we're the grit of the Earth,

Heads a-ridin' the heavens o'erhead.

And they won't find a nickel of value or worth,

When our fortunes are tallied and read.

But no richer clan has there ever been known,

Since the times of all ruin and wrack;

Than those of us lost to the dust outward blown,

Who have gone and never come back."

-Nimblewill Nomad

[#]Hiking #ThruHiking #WanderLust #Freedom

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Written by Andrew Briscoe on 2025-01-31 at 19:28

@jds Both legends. Great poem!

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