Monday 28 January 2008

Granny, you rock!

When I read about this Singaporean granny who completed the world's longest foot trail at the age of 55, all I want to do is follow her foot steps.

Amy Lam is the first Singaporean to hike the United States' 3,500km Appalachian Trail. She set off on April 30, 2005, starting in Georgia's Springer Mountain before winding her way through six national parks, eight national forests and touching on 14 states.

It took her 127 gruelling days, 5 million steps and one heck of an attitute. This granny rocks!

Read all about it here:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_200581.html

13 comments:

WaterLearner said...

Hey Ting,

When we are old, maybe we can do the same .. together?

Blur Ting said...

Yes! I'm planning to do this too. If I grumble and nag at you, just throw a rock (small one please) at me!

WaterLearner said...

Okie. Looking at how many marathons under your belt, most likely you would be the one throwing pebbles at me :-)

Juliana said...

WOW...applause for her :D

Nick Phillips (15/03/1967 - 04/11/2022) said...

Whoa, that's one cool granny. I hope to be a grandpa that rocks one fine day too ... :D

La delirante said...

Hi!! What a nice story :) Thanks for sharing. I must admit that when I read it I was thinking that 55...well, it is not that old...maybe because with the product I work with those are the youngest applicants...for me someone very old is about 80 or 90...but then again, to do that when you are 55...it musn't be easy, so an applause for the granny :)

Have a lovely day!

Amel said...

WOW...that's AMAZING indeed!!! I remember my Mom saying that her energy depleted once she reached the age of 50.

The World According To Me said...

She is super granny!
Sounded like a real adventure!

The Real Mother Hen said...

What a great story. I followed your link and read the full story and am now really inspired.

The 2650-mile Pacific Crest Trail (from Maxico border to north of Washington) passed through here. If I have 6 mths off, I may want to do that one day. (Usually people start in April down in the border and finish in end Sept)

fishwithoutbicycle said...

That's really inspiring!! I'm not that far away from 55 ;-)

Anonymous said...

The granny's holding a talk at the Nature Society (Singapore) this Friday. We might go listen, then Blur can meet her heroine in person!

Blur Ting said...

Yup Yup! I'm gonna meet her! Water, you wanna go? 7.30pm at 510 Geylang Road.

Blur Ting said...

Oops, the talk was last Friday 23 Jan. Missed it. What a shame!

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