Blind Hiker on the Appalachian Trail

Last week I got to interview a man who is about to do an amazing thing.

He is blind and he is going to hike the Appalachian Trail without a guide or a guide dog. His name is Michael Hanson and he is the Blind Hiker.

He is kicking off his hike in Georgia in March and hoping to finish the hike by arriving in Maine in September. He'll be blogging about his journey along the way whenever he reaches available Internet.

He's going to be carrying technology downloaded onto his cell phone that will guide him on the route.

A documentary film maker will be following him. Even though the film maker can see, he plans to stay out of the hiker's way. In our interview he joked that the worse the hike goes, the better his material will be.

I was really inspired by my meeting with Michael Hanson, the blind hiker. I'll be following his journey on Facebook, too.

If you'd like to learn more about him, you can read my article:


Blind Hiker to Tackle the Appalachian Trail


Photo by Mark Trockman.