Appalachian Trail hikers face sweetest challenge in a box of ice cream. All sinew and muscle, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Alan Downs figured it would be a breeze to down a half-gallon of Hershey’s chocolate ice cream. MICHAEL RUBINKAM, The Associated PressJosiah "Mehap" Cilladi of Parkesburg, Pa., finishes a half-gallon of Hershey's ice cream at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Gardners, Pa.
He plunked his money at the Pine Grove Furnace Store, took his carton to a nearby lake and tucked in. “If I can make it through this, I can make it to Maine,” he told himself. With that, Downs began the Half-Gallon Challenge. For three decades, long-distance hikers arriving at the midway point of the 2,180-mile Georgia-to-Maine footpath have made it a tradition to stop at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in south-central Pennsylvania and eat an entire brick of ice cream. The reward: bragging rights, a small commemorative wooden spoon stamped in red letters with “Member of Half Gal.
She had no regrets, though. “It’s a hiking tradition I did not want to miss out on.
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