Last month I featured and interview with Michael Brown, the author of the beer blog ONE BEER BET. At the time, Michael was in South Korea, where he taught English for the past 3 years.
Starting today, May 1st, Michael will begin a 4,000 mile hike from San Francisco to Delaware, based on a bet his friend made him that he would neither start nor finish such a feat. The wager for such a monumental hike? One beer.
Yes, folks. That is correct. 4,000 miles of hiking across the entire United States for ONE. SINGLE. BEER.
Even The Beer Wench is not THAT crazy.
In addition to proving his friend wrong and earning that one beautiful beer, Michael has several other goals for the voyage. He hopes to entertain people with his follies along the way, drinking different beers with locals he has never met. Being removed from the US for 3 years, Michael hopes to re-learn America and meet as many people as he possibly can.
Three of Michael’s biggest passions in life are Travel/Adventure, Good Food, and a Quality beer with friends and friends not met. Beer was the catalyst for this hike and it has really shifted his thinking. Michael hopes to inspire others who maybe are looking for a catalyst of their own for a more self fulfilling journey.
I am rather nervous, quite proud and very honored to say that I will be joining Michael on his first leg of the hike: San Francisco to Berkeley, CA. We are meeting, bright and early this morning, at The Golden Gate Bridge. The mapped out trek is roughly 14-15 miles and is assumed to take all day.
The goal is to make it to Berkeley in the early evening, where we will most definitely kick off our shoes and sit back and relax with a few — scratch that — MANY beers. (Hopefully, we find beers along the way as well).
I can’t say that I’ve ever hiked that many miles before in one day. I think the biggest hike I’ve ever done was 10 miles, with my family, many many years ago. I cannot lie, I am a bit nervous because I have not truly exercised in 5 years, which means I will be tremendously out of shape and probably wanting to die by the end. But who knows, maybe all the fresh air and exercise will motivate me to get into a routine again and try to lose my Beer Wench gut. Ya never know!
Well kids, here goes nothing. I wish Michael the best of luck in his hike. If only I was brave enough to commit to the whole journey! At least I get to partake in a small part of it.
CHEERS TO ONE BEER BET!
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May 6, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Did you make it???