{"id":7954,"date":"2021-05-14T19:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/2021\/05\/14\/hansel-and-gretel-took-off-on-the-nst\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T08:39:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T06:39:16","slug":"hansel-and-gretel-took-off-on-the-nst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/2021\/05\/14\/hansel-and-gretel-took-off-on-the-nst\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hansel and Gretel&#8221; took off on the NST."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]After &#8220;Splinter,&#8221; an experienced PCT thru-hiker, is already on the NST, now &#8220;Hansel and Gretel&#8221; are also starting on May 13, 2021. The two are Appalachian Trail thru-hikers and are now attempting the North South Trail. Markus &#8220;Fernwanderer&#8221; and I had the pleasure of meeting them during my North South Trail thru-hike in 2020. \ud83d\udc4d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1838&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690391288154{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\r\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex items-start overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words flex-col gap-4\">\r\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Hello, we are Hansel and Gretel, and these names were given to us by an Australian family who started the Appalachian Trail with us in March 2015.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Now, we want to embark on another adventure of more than 3000km. We are 6 years older, but still addicted to this simple way of life, even though we are now 71 and 65 years old.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We are more than amazed and excited about the project that Soulboy and Hikingmachine have initiated, with surely great support from Fernwanderer and Trailroads. This thing is well-planned and well-organized.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Please support the NST hikers in this challenging year. On the AT, you could at least enjoy the amenities of civilization once a week if you wanted to.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nThank you, and good luck on your long journey through our homeland. And never forget, &#8220;no pain, no dirt, no Haldenwanger Eck&#8221; \ud83d\ude01\r\nIf you want to follow &#8220;H\u00e4nsel &amp; Gretel,&#8221; you can do so on <a href=\"https:\/\/findpenguins.com\/7ytytjqd7lgej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FindPenguins<\/strong><\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<br \/>\nWe are Hansel and Gretel, and these two names were given to us by an Australian family who started the Appalachian Trail with us in March 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thru-hikes-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xn--nordsdtrail-xhb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}