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Amanda Jaros Champion

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Writer. Mother. Hiker. Treehugger. www.amandakjaros.com #Binders Editor of Labor of Love: A #LiteraryMama Staff Anthology Author of 100 Things to Do in #Ithaca Before You Die and In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the #AppalachianTrail

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Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Feb 27

It's here! In My Boots Publication Day! And what a journey it has been. Thank you to all the good, kind, generous, lovely folks who helped me get to this day. You know who you are. My gratitude is unending.
tinyurl.com/2r22s5bt
#bookrelease
#appalachiantrail
#hikeyourownhike
#writingcommunity

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Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 25

Thank you for following along with the pictures of my 1999 Appalachian Trail thru-hike. It was an incredible adventure to walk the trail, and quite another to have my book about the experience published. The support of so many friends, family, readers, and fellow hikers means so much. Hike on!

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 21

September 1999. A few days after I complete my thru-hike, I hiked Katahdin again on a blue-sky day with my dad and friend Don. Also caught up with some #hikertrash in Millinocket to celebrate the end of the trail.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 17

Thank you so much to all the readers, supporters, reviewers, and book lovers. At points, I wasn't sure my story would ever see print. To get this far means so much.

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 14

September 14, 1999. Twenty-six years ago today, I completed my thru-hike on the #appalachiantrail on a cloud-covered and socked in Katahdin. I ended my hike as I began it, alone, summitting by myself. I was grateful to celebrate afterwards with so many other amazing hiker trash friends.

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 12

September 12, 1999. There she is! KATAHDIN!
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 9

Good for you! Wish I could get there and do that.

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 9

September 9, 1999. White Cap Mountain, Maine. Hillbilly, Towhee, Magellan, and I were so ready to get to the end, we celebrated early!
#appalachiantrail
#hikertrash

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 9

September 6, 1999. Cloud Pond Leanto, a few days into the 100 Mile Wilderness. Step by step, getting there.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 8

September 4, 1999. Monson, Maine - Last town stop on the trail. Heading into the 100 Mile Wilderness was a feeling like no other.
#appalachiantrail
#hikertrash

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Sep 2

September 1, 1999. Making my way through Maine. The days getting shorter, and the miles. Hoping to see Katahdin any day now.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 26

August 26, 1999. Walking through the wilds of Maine you come across a lot of water. So many ponds, so little time.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 25

I didn't even know I was getting a Hardcover version! But it's available now for all you old school book lovers.

You don't have to shop on Amazon! It's also available in Hardcover at the Black Rose Writing publisher site and Barnes and Noble. Should be on Bookshop soon too.

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm thrilled to be returning to Chatham University to do a book reading with the amazing Laura Jackson. We'll be there on Sept 4th at 7pm. All are welcome!

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 19

August 19, 1999. WELCOME to Maine! Thankfully, Indiana and I managed the hardest mile on the trail, Mahoosuc Notch, together. I couldn't have done it alone!
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 15

August 15, 1999. Gorham, New Hampshire was a great place to relax, rest, and recuperate. And catch up with my friends. Onward to Maine!
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 10

August 10, 1999. Through the rugged White Mountains with Mark Dillon. I was exhausted and hungry all the time! But damn, that scenery.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Aug 5

August 5, 1999. 1771 miles hiked. Into New Hampshire and the White Mountains! Colder, steeper, more rugged - getting out the winter gear again.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 28

July 27, 1999. Just a short side trip to Mecca, aka Ben & Jerry's factory. Essential stop for the tired backpacker.
#ifitsnotfunwhydoit
#appalachiantrail
#benandjerrys

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 21

July 21, 1999. Vermont! Lovin that Long Green Tunnel.
#appalachiantrail
#greenmountains

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 14

July 14, 1999. One of the best stops on the trail - Tom Levardi's house! All that ice cream sure made the heat more bearable.
#appalachiantrail
#hikertrash

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 7

July 7, 1999. 1,444 miles hiked. Excessive town stops through Connecticut and Massachusetts slowed hiking progress, but that air conditioning saved me.
#appalachiantrail

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 5

July 4, 1999. I'm still grateful to the Merry Hiker and his wife for taking in four smelly hikers on Fourth of July for food and fireworks. Such generosity in the world.
#appalachiantrail
#fourthofjuly
#hikingcommunity

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jul 2

July 2, 1999. 1387 miles hiked. Stopping at the Graymoor Friary, where a truly generous group of monks offered another group of seekers a place to rest and refuel.
#appalachiantrail
#hikercommunity

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jun 25

June 25, 1999. Still in NJ, doing a day hike with some fam and friends. Just a little taste of what the AT is like.

#appalachiantrail
#dayhiker

Amanda Jaros Champion @amandakjaros.bsky.social · Jun 24

June 23, 1999. Slacker in NJ! Some nice easy days.
#appalachiantrail