Okay, seeing as there have already been two folks who either figured out the answers or are helluva guessers, here are the three answers. These three have never taken place to the best of my knowledge:
#2 - Walk only in the rain
#8 - Marriage/divorce/reconcile
#9 - Prison interrupted thru-hike
Congrats go to “1/4 of the way” and “Mindi” for getting it right. Your prize (if you are male and female) is to get married on your upcoming thru-hike, divorce, and then reconcile.
The one about hiking in the rain seems impossible. Yes, I remember in '03 the month of rain through Virginia. But even that rain eventually ended.
The marriage one - There have been couples get married on the trail. I believe there is also a case where a married couple started the trail and broke up - both finishing their thru-hike, but not together.
The prison one - if I had been in prison for 12 years and just got out, my priority would not be finishing a thru-hike. Go watch the “Blues Brothers.”
Walking backwards - it’s been done at least once. Hiker wore a headband with a mirror(s). He did only hike that way on flat ground. So maybe that should be a qualified “true statement.”
Walking at night - This has been done more than once. One of the night hikers went to the ALDHA get together afterwards. He said his biggest problem was trying to sleep during the day, what with the light and all the hikers who stopped to check if he was okay.
Slept in every shelter - An earlier message demonstrated it could be done in about 250 nights.
Hiked with one leg - Some of you know the name of who did this. I do know that a year or two ago there was a guy who started to hike with a new type of prosthetic. I believe he was from Israel. There was some kind of news interview/picture of him at Mountain Crossings. I don’t think he got as far as Damascus, though.
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