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The Eastern Continental Trail Route Map. Map: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n
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The mammoth trail is a link-up of seven already established trails, including the well-known Appalachian Trail, and the less-publicized International Appalachian Trail, which connects Mount Katahdin in Maine to the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula in Quebec.<\/p>\n
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- Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail \u2014 174km<\/li>\n
- Florida Trail \u2014 2,268km<\/li>\n
- Alabama Road Walk \u2014 322km<\/li>\n
- Pinhoti Trail \u2014 565km<\/li>\n
- Benton Mackaye Trail \u2014 97\u2013129km<\/li>\n
- Appalachian Trail \u00a0\u2014 3,535km<\/li>\n
- International Appalachian Trail \u2014 2,543km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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International Appalachian Trail sign in Quebec’s Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula. Photo: Jerry Kobalenko<\/p><\/div>\n
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The ECT has no official record of how many hikers have completed it. In 2024, Madison Blagden suggested she was only the second woman and ninth person overall to finish the route. Endpoints vary, with some hikers finishing at Quebec\u2019s Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula and others continuing, like Pepper, to Newfoundland. One website tracking voluntary submissions lists 40 finishers, beginning with John Brinda in 1997.<\/p>\n
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The knife edge trail on Mount Katahdin on the northern section of the Appalachian Trail. Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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Snow in the subtropics<\/h2>\n
Pepper experienced nearly every North American climate, from subtropical heat to progressively wetter and cooler conditions. His time on the trail featured unpredictable weather, particularly at the start.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re starting in the Florida Keys, which is like, subtropical. It’s beautiful. When you hit the trail, you’re wearing shorts, you’re getting sunburn, you’re in the islands, it’s like, ‘Man, this is going to be easy’.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Florida section is also home to plenty of swamps. Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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That early comfort didn\u2019t last, though.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt snowed in Florida, which is just unheard of,\u201d Pepper explained.<\/p>\n
From there, he faced freezing rain, frequent thunderstorms, and long stretches of wet and cold conditions were common in the southern states.<\/p>\n
His trail name became “Bad Timing” because Pepper had picked a year to hike the ECT when the thunderstorms and rain just kept coming.<\/p>\n
Recurring health issues<\/h2>\n
Despite suffering a serious neck injury in a 2022 car crash that left him at risk of paralysis with any future whiplash, he has since put many thousands of kilometers on his legs. Remarkably, it wasn\u2019t the old injury that troubled him on the Eastern Continental Trail, but a mysterious gastrointestinal illness that cost him nine days on the hike.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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“I passed out in broad daylight, right next to the trail, for eight hours,” Pepper said of one occasion of the mystery illness.<\/p>\n
“It felt like somebody was grabbing my intestines and squeezing them. You know, there was this crazy cramping, inflammation, bowel inflammation going on, and it was terrifying. I didn’t know if I was going to wake up in the hospital. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to finish my hike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Six pairs of shoes<\/h2>\n
Over the 250 days of hiking, Pepper averaged a whopping 37km a day, and over 50km on some days. Over time, he has developed a more efficient walking gait, he says, that reduces the burden on his feet. As a result, he wore through only six pairs of trail shoes, stretching them out to nearly 1,600km per pair.<\/p>\n
Like many thru-hikers, he ruthlessly edited his pack weight, carrying just around 4kg without food and water, and resupplying along the way. With a neck injury to manage, traveling ultralight was particularly important.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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\u201cTypically, there\u2019s a town within reach of the trail every 150 kilometers max. On the Appalachian Trail, it\u2019s almost like every other day you can access something,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Sticking to ultralight principles, Pepper cold-soaked his meals, foregoing a stove and hot food. Not surprisingly, he spent hundreds of days eating a trail favorite – mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n
Pepper had to make several boat crossings — for example, from mainland Nova Scotia to the island of Newfoundland, where he finished.<\/p>\n
Hiking mainly solo<\/h2>\n
On previous thru-hikes, Pepper had spent long sections bonding with other trail goers, soaking up the camaraderie that only time on the trail can foster.<\/p>\n
The biggest takeaway from through hiking is the depth and intensity of real human connection that you can make in that context. When you are broken open, totally exposed to reality, and you’re sharing that survival with other people, it’s hyper bonding. And I’ve always said that, thru-hiking is an accelerated existence. You live an entire lifetime in the course of a trail. You are born, you live, and you die…When you share that with other people, you are bonded with them for life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Pepper chose to hike solo on the ECT, though, joining others for only a day or two. He shared one 50km stretch of the Appalachian Trail with another hiker, who remained about 160km behind for the rest of the journey. The two stayed in regular contact via smartphone, maintaining a sense of connection while respecting each other\u2019s independence — what thru-hikers call \u201chiking your own hike.”<\/p>\n
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On the Newfoundland section of the ECT. Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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Fulfilment through hiking<\/h2>\n
For Pepper, the highlight of the Eastern Continental Trail came not at the finish line, but in a quiet moment of reflection in Quebec. After enduring some of the toughest days of the hike, he camped below Mont Matawees and took time to appreciate where he was.<\/p>\n
\u201cI parked it at this gorgeous overlook for a full hour and just stared out at the St. Lawrence River,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was really hitting me that I was actually accomplishing my goal, and that this beautiful moment was my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The spot where Pepper soaked it all in. Photo: Jacob Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n
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That pause, he explained, captured the essence of why he hikes. \u201cIt\u2019s rare on these long hikes that I have the opportunity to really sit, meditate, reflect, and appreciate the moment in full,\u201d Pepper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve hiked 16,500 miles [including the ECT] so that I can feel fulfilled in this life, in this body, in this reality, and it\u2019s those moments that make it worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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