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 Interesting Video Link

with Glimpses of Titanium & Rocky

One of Titanium's (Dan's) cohorts on the trail, Commando, has been keeping a video log for his website, and his latest episode includes several glimpses of Titanium and Rocky.  It is also an intriguing look at trail life.  Many thanks to Commando for allowing us to post a link here to his "5 million steps, Appalachian trail 2024 episode 2":

https://youtu.be/9_Wp4O6CUVA?si=2cYoUviI6emAyWTF



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