Elsye Walker, known as Chardonnay on the trail, is looking to be African American Woman to Triple Crown. She will be finishing up the Appallacian Trail this Summer.

She tells a great story about crossing a river in the Sierras. Worried about falling in, she walked around to find a log crossing and fell, spraining her ankle. Read her post here- wanderingchardonnay.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/high-sierras/#more-328

She read blogs by both Carrot Quinn and Not-a-Chance before creating a blog of her own at wanderingchardonnay.wordpress.com/blog-posts/

She is also inspired by Heather "Annish" Anderson find her episode here- northcascadehiker.com/cascade-hiker-podcast/095

Instagram- instagram.com/elsyew/

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