Trail Blazer: Butler grad enjoys taking the road less traveled
We are living in a time of social isolation.
Butler graduate and former Golden Tornado wrestler Jesse Spohn doesn't mind.
In fact, he thrives within it.
“I love experiencing solitude with the wonders of nature,” Spohn, 26, said.
And he does so — for days, weeks and months at a time.
Spohn spent nearly four months completing the Appalachian Trail — a 2,184-mile hike from Maine to Georgia — in 2017. He completed the Pacific Crest Trail — a 2,654-mile hike from the United States-Mexico border to Canada — last year.
“He started on April 4 and finished up at the end of August,” Spohn's mother, Kelli McGaughey, said. “He hiked through snow up to his waist, got across swollen rivers, dealt with the wild every day.
“Was I nervous as a mother? Yes and no. You always worry, but I knew he was in his element. He was being Jesse.”
This is an excerpt from a larger article that appeared in Sunday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read more about Spohn's adventures.
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