5 yo completes Appalachian Trail

[wayno]

Buddy Backpacker', 5, becomes the youngest hiker ever to complete the grueling 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail
Long Island, New York youngster Christian Thomas, AKA Buddy Backpacker, started the trek with his parents in April

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Trail.html

[kanangra]

I know kids can cope with much more than is usually asked of them but I have a lot of difficulty accepting this story.

K.

[wayno]

doc in new zealand specify on the great walks children should be at least ten years of age...