Warrior Hike is a walk back to civilization, back to a life left behind and back through history.
Sean Gobin, a combat U.S. Marine Corps veteran, started the nonprofit organization after he returned from multiple deployments to the Middle East, undertook a four-month through hike of the Appalachian Trail, and realized this could provide the ideal way for soldiers returning from a war zone to process their experiences, adjust to civilian life and reintegrate themselves into society.
Begun on the Appalachian Trail (AT), and then expanded to encompass the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, now Warrior Hike is operating in Florida. As you read this, two veterans, Rick Cardona of Deltona, Florida, and Daniel Parkison of St. Petersburg, are hiking the Florida Trail, plodding northward on a quest to cover its entire l,000-mile plus length. Cardona was an armor crewman in Iraq, and Parkison an infantryman in Afghanistan. Both served in the U.S. Army.
“Traditionally, soldiers walked home from battle. It gave them a chance to think,” said Gobin. “After my last deployment, I was on a plane within hours.” “Walking a trail eight hours a day for weeks and months helps you get grounded and decompress,” he said. “The brain has no choice but to process. It’s sort of a mental clearinghouse.”
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