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theTrek.co Interview – Closing the Gaps by Colleen Goldhorn

  theTrek.co article by Colleen Goldhorn: Recently  Jim spent about an hour speaking with Colleen Goldhorn with theTrek.co. theTrek.co is a website dedicated to shining the spotlight on current hikers’ journeys, helping future hikers and celebrating our nation’s longest trails. As …

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HIKING THE FLORIDA TRAIL WITH JIM KERN

St. Augustine Social, June 2015 by Meeka Anne Armed with a backpack and a camera, Jim Kern tells stories, forges footpaths, and pioneers preservation efforts for America’s hiking trails. You never know who you might meet in St. Augustine. Jim …

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Jim Kern started the Florida Trail five decades ago; he’s still waiting for the Legislature finish it

Tampa Bay Times, June 2017 Look how far you can get just by putting one foot in front of the other. Jim Kern has hiked trails all over the globe. He just got back from walking around Corsica. He’s clambered …

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Filling the GAPS – Jim Kern’s path to complete the Florida Trail

Folio Magazine, May 2017 story & photos by CHLOE EMORY The only thing larger than Jim Kern’s fascination with nature is his desire to see the Florida Trail completed. In 1961, on a miserable, rainy day in the Great Smoky …

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Guest Blog – Jim Kern’s Speaking Session Video, by Laura Abel, Digital Media Consultant

Many thanks to all who have signed our petition to close the gaps in our national hiking trails. Keep sharing the petition link with others.  This is a long term mission and there is progress each day. Important news!  We …

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Congratulations to Sandra Friend and John Keatley

New Year’s Eve weekend I was with 60 or 70 avid Florida Trail members at Doe Lake Campground in Ocala National Forest.  The iced tea froze in my cup just outside my tent Friday night, but hikers are usually pretty …

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Mark Woods: A walk in woods 50 years after Jim Kern founded Florida Trail

PALATKA | Jim Kern led the way. He laced up his hiking shoes — the right shoe with an extra 1¼ inches in the sole to compensate for a hip replacement that left one leg shorter than the other — …

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