Great Appalachian Trail Hike of 1999

Cape Codder Newpaper Article 10/8/99 (pdf)


Hiker 1 5/29/99
Day 53
Lunch at Wind Rock
Potts Mt, VA
6/1/99
Day 56
McAfee's Knob
Catawba Mt, VA
Hiker 2
Hiker 3 6/12/99
Visit Home
Off the trail
4 days
7/7/99
New license plate
for the hiker
(It's a surprise!)
Georgia to Maine
Hiker 4
Jim and Jacques 8/3/99
Gentleman Jim and Jacques d'Amboise

Jacques d’Amboise, former principal ballet dancer of the New York City Ballet and founder of the National Dance Institute (NDI) is hiking the 2,160 mile Appalachian Trail and turning 65 during his trek. His journey is two fold - to fulfill a life-long dream to back pack the entire Appalachian Trail while raising money for arts education. Read the story of Gentleman Jim's and Jacques' meeting!

9/20/99
Gentleman Jim at the Summit of Katahdin.
The end of the long journey.
end

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Last update: October 12, 1999