Southbounders

I spent a little time on the Appalachian Trail this last weekend, hiking a section around Dutchess County, NY. At one of the shelters was a Southbounder (a thru-hiker going from Katahdin to Springer instead of the more popular route, Springer to Katahdin) who, quite literally, didn't stop talking from the second I arrived until the second he left the following morning at 9 am. And dude was up at 5 am, shouting to his trail buddies about the point system at REI that allowed him to get all of his awesome equipment. It was painful. But that is neither here nor there..Cracker Jack, the chatter box's trail name, reminded me Southbounders, a 2005 film about Olivia, a gal wandering down the 2,000+ miles of the AT, finding herself along the way. It's, well, not the greatest form of entertainment you'll ever come across (see the trailer after the jump) but it's streaming on Netflix and you don't exactly see a fictionalized version of something like this everyday. Do whatever you'd like with this information, but if you're at home and need a little motivation to get outdoors this summer, attempt to watch it. Although I'm not sure what's harder, hiking the entire length of the trail or watching Olivia romantically explain her self-given trail name for the first time, Next Step, right before she kisses Rollin, her love interest that she's fallen in love with after reading his journal entries at each lean-to.Rough.