Buzz Trexler's Recent Columns
Politics today has roots in Campaigns Inc.
We certainly would not vote for anyone whom we found knowingly twisted the truth and took statements out of context, or allowed to go unchallenged political gunslingers to do the dirty work for them — or, would we? Read more...
Found ring spurs memories of ’74
It was nearly 40 years ago that a lost class ring was picked up in a Pigeon Forge parking lot. With the advent of the public Internet, maybe someone will claim this piece of nostalgia.Read more...
A Walk in the Smokies: Severe weather alerts don’t deter mountain hikers
As Buzz Trexler and friends hike the Appalachian Trail they find shelters are full of through hikers.Read more...
Through hikers filling shelters along the way
We start the day in the clouds, but are thankful that there is no rain. Still, lots of through-hikers filling shelters along Appalachian Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Read more...
There was something cosmic about deciding to take ‘A Walk in the Smokies’
Buzz Trexler was well into Bill Bryson’s "A Walk in the Woods" when he was jolted by a turn of events in the book: Bryson and his trailmate, Katz, jumped off the Appalachian Trail at Clingmans Dome, leaving Buzz to wonder, “What did they miss in the Smokies?”Read more...
Getting over the Humps not always easy
A group of careless hikers encounter the Griz after failing to fully extinguish a camp fire near Little Hump Mountain on the Appalachian Trail -- a lesson they’re not likely to soon forget.Read more...
Filling in ‘Missing Link’ on a fall weekend
In this part of the world, when you mention the “Missing Link,” people instinctively think about that half-mile section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley still awaiting construction. For me, in fall 2010, the “Missing Link” was the 13.4-mile section of The Appalachian Trail that traverses what is known as Roan Highlands.Read more...
View from the Capitol hilltop: It's not that clear to some
The annual winter gathering of Tennessee Press
Association in Nashville is an opportunity for lawmakers and other politicians to stop by and
share a few thoughts with newspaper reporters, publishers and others who are a part of the
industry. This year, education, open meetings and presidential politics were part of the
discussion.
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He ain’t heavy; he’s my hiking brother
Sometimes we want to give up on the journey, but maybe we just need to shed a little pride and let someone help us along.Read more...
It was time to ‘walk on by faith’
Buzz Trexler, pastor and journalist, decides to “walk on by faith” with those who journey in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Read more...
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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
