For the past three decades hikers arriving at the midway point of the 2,180-mile Georgia-to-Maine Appalachian Trail have made it a tradition to stop at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in south-central Pennsylvania near Gettysburg and eat an entire half-gallon of ice cream.
The reward: bragging rights, a small commemorative wooden spoon stamped in red letters with "Member of Half Gal. Club," together with an upset stomach.
A Parkesburg man recently took on and overcame the challenge:
Click here to read the entire article in The Daily Local News.Josiah "Mehap" Cilladi of Parkesburg, Pa., and Tim "Grasshopper" Trickel of Raleigh, N.C., had no such trouble with the Half-Gallon Challenge. Having just completed a 22-mile stretch of trail, they arrived at the Pine Grove Store at mid-afternoon Thursday and popped open fresh cartons of chocolate. Grasshopper finished in 42 minutes, Mehap right behind him in 45, and they didn't even soil their trail beards.
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Josiah will be finishing his AT trek on (or about) August 20. His mother, Francine, is planning on hiking to the top of the final mountain with him.
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