Ten Million Steps: Nimblewill Nomad's Epic 10-Month Trek from the Florida Keys to Québec

by M. J. Eberhart

Overview

A gripping true tale of one man’s journey along the Eastern Continental Trail

M. J. Eberhart, aka the Nimblewill Nomad, was a 60-year-old retired doctor in January 1998 when he set off on a foot journey that carried him 4,400 miles (twice the length of the Appalachian Trail) from the Florida Keys to the far north of Quebec. Written in a vivid journal style, the author unabashedly recounts the good (friendships with other hikers he met), the bad (sore legs, cutting winds and rain), and the godawful (those dispiriting doubts) aspects of his days of walking along what has since become known as the Eastern Continental Trail (ECT). An amazing tale of self-discovery and insight into the magic that reverberates from intense physical exertion and a high goal, Eberhart’s is the only written account of a thru-hike along the ECT. Covering 16 states and 2 Canadian provinces, Ten Million Steps deftly mixes practical considerations of an almost unimaginable undertaking with the author’s trademark humor and philosophical musings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897329798
Publisher:	Menasha Ridge Press
Publication date:	03/22/2007
Edition description:	First Trade Paper Edition
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	906,079
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Best known by his trail name, Nimblewill Nomad, M. J. Eberhart, the son of a country doctor, grew up in a little village in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. He’s an Armed Forces veteran. After serving, he settled in as the senior practitioner in a busy three-doctor optometric practice in Florida. He’s divorced, has two sons, Jay and Jon, and two dear granddaughters, Jillian Amber (Jay and Theresa) and Mia Simone (Jon and Terri). He now resides near his childhood home with his schoolmate and sweetheart, Dwinda. Eb, as most off-trail friends know him, began hiking and backpacking in the early ’80s. Always an avid outdoorsman, now retired, he’s making up for lost time after being cooped up in examination rooms with no windows for nearly 30 years.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

About the Author

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Map

Introduction

Chapter 1: Florida National Scenic Trail

Chapter 2: The Grand Connection

• Section 1: Florida/Alabama Roadwalk
• Section 2: Alabama Pinhoti Trail
• Section 3: Georgia Pinhoti Trail
• Section 4: Benton MacKaye Trail

Chapter 3: Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Chapter 4: Le Sentier International des Appalaches/International Appalachian Trail

Chapter 5: Keys/Everglades Roadwalk

Credits

Index