It took seven years, but Clark Wright finished walking the entire Appalachian Trail, all 2,100 plus miles of it, from Springer Mountain, Georgia to the summit of Mt. Katahdin, Maine.

During his several visits to the Trail, Clark managed to successfully practice law in New Bern, North Carolina and become the proud father of two daughters.

On the last five miles to the end, he started at midnight, finding his way with a headlamp, climbing to the top of the tree line on Mt. Katahdin, until the sun broke through.

He stayed there a little more than an hour before carefully descending and returning home. Still, during all this time, Clark learned that an important part of his life was to live outdoors, hiking and exploring the world.

He went to Tanzania and Mt. Kilimanjaro, climbing the highest peak in Africa. From there it was hiking and canoeing some of the 1,100 lakes in the Boundary Waters in the northeast part of Minnesota.

And there are of course many more. But in this podcast, Clark talks with me about these three journeys. I hope you will join us, starting Monday, May 13.