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Brepresents
Battery B.
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(narrator)
...we'll meet Fred Johnson
of Wilmington,
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whose ancestors
fought in the Civil War
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and who works tirelessly
to honor their service.
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And we'll watch Trevor Thomas
take the trek of a lifetime
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against almost
impossible odds.
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Once I decided
I was gonna do it,
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there was gonna be no way
on earth that I wouldn't go
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and, number two,
that I would quit.
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(narrator)
Here in the quiet pinewoods
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south and east
of downtown Wilmington,
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a battle was fought
nearly 150 years ago,
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a battle that turned the tide
of the Civil War
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in favor of the Union.
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[gunfire ringing]
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[snare drum introduces
sustained strings]
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Fort Fisher had fallen
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after a huge, sustained
bombardment from the sea.
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The fort guarded access
to Wilmington to the north,
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the last Confederate city
open to trade.
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Eventually, defenders
south and west of Wilmington
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were forced to retreat
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and chose to make their
last stand here at Forks Road.
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Although outnumbered
three to one,
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the Confederates
nearly wiped out
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the first assault
by Union troops,
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but they could not hold
and had to abandon Wilmington.
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♪
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Obscured in the smoke
of battle
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and largely lost
to the times
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was an astonishing fact.
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The wave of Union troops
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who first assaulted
the Confederate earthworks,
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the troops who had done
most of the fighting
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on the east side of the river,
were colored soldiers.
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(man)
There were more than 179,000
African Americans who fought
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for the United States
military, um.
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Here, there were
two brigades of, uh,
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United States Colored Troops,
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comprising about 3,300 men.
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One brigade was, uh,
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principally
the combatant unit here--
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1st, 5th, 10th, 27th,
and 37th U.S. Colored Troops,
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and about 50 of them
were casualties here.
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[gentle piano melody]
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(narrator)
The Battle of Forks Road
was small
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as Civil War combat went,
despite its significance,
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and it was little noted
as the war came to a close.
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In time, Wilmington
got back to business
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and grew into the city
that it is today
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while the battlefield
slumbered beneath the pines.
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(Fonvielle)
I got very interested
in the site.
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We were able, through
archaeological surveys,
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prove that there was,
indeed, a battle here,
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but there was not much, uh,
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known about the battle
through documentation.
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And so I started un--
you know,
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turning over every stone
that I could find,
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looking
in the official records,
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newspaper articles,
regimental histories,
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and didn't find much,
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but I found enough to prove,
uh, that, uh, indeed,
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this is where the Confederates
made their last stand
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and that the principal
Union combatants
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were United States
Colored Troops.
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United States Colored Troops
fought in 39 major battles,
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and they fought
in over 400 minor skirmishes
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and other smaller battles,
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but this particular one here
in, uh, Forks Road
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is important
because the majority
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of the federal troops, uh,
were USCTs.
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Coming up from, uh,
Fort Fisher,
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this was the next stop
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before the fall
of Wilmington,
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and Wilmington,
of course,
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was a major, uh, asset
to the Confederacy
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in keeping
their supply line open.
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So the fact that the, uh,
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USCT were victorious
here at Forks Road
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is a very important part
of our history.
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[cannon fire resounding]
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And I must honestly say that,
within the black community,
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the stigma of the Civil War
still runs deep.
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It still runs deep.
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I've been a reenactor
for over, uh, ten years,
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and a friend of mine
came to me some years ago
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and said they had a traveling
Underground Railroad show
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and they needed some blacks
to portray the slaves.
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And I told him,
I said, uh,
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"I'm not--I don't--I'm not
portraying slaves this week."
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You know, it's--"I'm not
doin' slaves," just honestly.
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And after I hung up
and I thought about it,
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and I said, uh,
I could be a soldier,
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but I couldn't be a slave.
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(narrator)
Every February,
the patch of Wilmington woods
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that was the battlefield
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is transformed
into a Civil War encampment
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with all the accoutrements
one would expect of the era,
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Confederate and Union.
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[easy banjo and bass tune]
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♪
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[clanking]
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(man)
This is my tent here,
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and I have all the equipment
that goes along with it.
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Every--every person
has their own equipment,
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and we come out,
and we just have a good time.
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(narrator)
Fred Johnson
is tightly woven
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into the fabric
of Forks Road.
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(Fonvielle)
He is so active
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in the historical community,
uh, around Wilmington
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and has done so much to, uh,
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not only investigate
but further interest
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in the role
of African Americans
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during the Civil War, uh.
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He is an active participant
in Civil War reenactments,
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serving on an artillery crew,
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but he goes around
to local schools, uh,
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and portrays, uh,
an African-American soldier,
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dressing out in uniform,
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even going so far
as to make hardtack,
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which was kind of
a staple among, uh,
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Civil War soldiers
for eating--
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it's like a hard biscuit--
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and, uh, encouraging students,
uh, black and white
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to take a greater interest
in their--in their past.
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So have a good trip;
I hope you learned
somethin'.
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(group)
Thank you.
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So anyhow, I asked
this one young girl
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that was in this class,
"How would you like
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to have eaten hardtack
all the time?"
07:14.133 --> 07:15.535 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5%
She says,
"I wouldn't."
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I said,
"What would you have did?"
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"I'd go
to Burger King."
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[group laughing]
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(narrator)
Fred is full of stories,
like the one
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about how the shoes
Civil War soldiers wore
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didn't come
in lefts and rights.
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The reason bein',
they only had to make one shoe.
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They didn't have
to make a left or right.
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If I were to get shot,
fall dead,
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you come by and see my shoe
was better than yours--
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your left shoe
or right shoe--
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you'd put my shoe on
and wear it.
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(narrator)
For Sergeant Johnson,
Battery B 2nd Regiment
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United States Colored Troops
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and a 79-year-old veteran
of the Korean War,
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Forks Road and the Civil War
run deep in his blood.
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Fred's roots
are in Pennsylvania,
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and two of his ancestors
fought with the USCTS.
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I learned that
my great-great grandfather,
08:02.882 --> 08:06.586 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
Peter Quomony, he was
with the 3rd U.S. Infantry,
08:06.686 --> 08:08.888 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
his brother, Abraham Quomony,
08:08.988 --> 08:11.757 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
with the 24th USCT Infantry,
08:11.858 --> 08:13.926 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
and then I did learn later on,
08:14.026 --> 08:17.497 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
they had a brother-in-law,
Edward Ford,
08:17.597 --> 08:21.400 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
with the 25th USCT Infantry.
08:21.501 --> 08:23.870 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(narrator)
The first day
of this year's reenactment
08:23.970 --> 08:27.573 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
dawns gray and chilly,
and the camp awakens slowly.
08:27.673 --> 08:29.742 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Reenactors are sticklers
for detail,
08:29.842 --> 08:32.011 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
sharing a cup of morning brew
08:32.111 --> 08:34.413 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
made right here in the field,
08:34.514 --> 08:37.250 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
practicing formations
and skirmish lines...
08:37.350 --> 08:40.653 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
(man, distantly)
Ready, aim, fire!
08:40.753 --> 08:43.055 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
[gunfire ringing]
08:43.155 --> 08:44.991 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5%
(narrator)
...and even drawing
soldier's pay.
08:45.091 --> 08:46.792 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45%
Hey, have you boys
been paid?
08:46.893 --> 08:48.528 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
(group shouting)
Hip, hip, hooray!
08:48.628 --> 08:50.696 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
Hip, hip, hooray!
08:51.964 --> 08:55.268 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(narrator)
But what of the real men
who fought and died here,
08:55.368 --> 08:58.004 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
many of whom rest
in unmarked graves,
08:58.104 --> 09:00.006 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
the U.S. Colored troops--
09:00.106 --> 09:02.074 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
who remembers them?
09:02.174 --> 09:03.876 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
The answer,
of course, is Fred
09:03.976 --> 09:05.845 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
and other USCT reenactors.
09:05.945 --> 09:07.580 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
[woman singing
"The Star Spangled Banner"]
09:07.680 --> 09:10.983 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Later in the spring, they don
their uniforms one more time
09:11.083 --> 09:13.219 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
for some long-overdue
formal recognition
09:13.319 --> 09:16.822 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
of soldiers who fought here
in the Battle of Forks Road
09:16.923 --> 09:18.291 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
and were buried
09:18.391 --> 09:20.426 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
in Wilmington's
National Cemetery.
09:20.526 --> 09:24.096 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
(Fonvielle)
And they really have not
gotten the due recognition
09:24.196 --> 09:25.565 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
that they deserved,
09:25.665 --> 09:28.267 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and Fred Johnson
applied for and, uh,
09:28.367 --> 09:31.103 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
a highway historical marker
has been approved,
09:31.203 --> 09:33.973 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and that will be erected
sometime this spring.
09:34.073 --> 09:36.809 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
So, uh, Mr. Johnson, uh,
is, again,
09:36.909 --> 09:38.244 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
as an African American,
09:38.344 --> 09:40.379 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
in the vanguard
of our Civil War history.
09:40.479 --> 09:42.281 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
(narrator)
It took many trips to Raleigh
09:42.381 --> 09:45.051 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
to meet with the state
archives and history division
09:45.151 --> 09:47.954 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and long talks with the
Wilmington National Cemetery,
09:48.054 --> 09:49.722 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
but he got it done.
09:49.822 --> 09:51.891 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Just like Fred's
great-great-grandfather
09:51.991 --> 09:54.894 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
who walked from Florida
to Pennsylvania after the war
09:54.994 --> 09:56.662 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
to return to his family,
09:56.762 --> 09:59.098 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
Fred persevered.
09:59.198 --> 10:01.167 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
And thanks largely
to his efforts,
10:01.267 --> 10:04.070 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
a highway marker now informs
the thousands of people
10:04.170 --> 10:06.072 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
who drive by this cemetery
10:06.172 --> 10:09.709 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
that brave men
of all colors rest here.
10:09.809 --> 10:13.212 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(Johnson)
Today's event centered
around the many tombstones
10:13.312 --> 10:14.981 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
that are
in the National Cemetery
10:15.081 --> 10:17.283 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
that have never been given
any type of recognition.
10:17.383 --> 10:18.951 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
As the mayor stated today,
10:19.051 --> 10:21.287 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
thousands of people drive
up and down Market Street.
10:21.387 --> 10:22.755 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
They never know.
10:22.855 --> 10:24.490 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
Why did it take so long?
10:24.590 --> 10:27.660 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
No one made any effort
or had an interest to step up
10:27.760 --> 10:29.495 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
and start to do somethin'.
10:29.595 --> 10:33.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Well, I did; I'm very proud
and happy that I did.
10:33.466 --> 10:35.134 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
[fading trumpet note]
10:36.435 --> 10:38.371 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
[sparse
10:36.435 --> 10:38.371 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
pi
10:36.435 --> 10:38.371 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
ano melody]
10:38.471 --> 10:46.846 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
10:46.946 --> 10:49.982 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(narrator)
Life's trails
are filled with surprises.
10:50.082 --> 10:52.585 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
10:52.685 --> 10:55.755 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
The more interesting
and memorable ones
10:55.855 --> 10:59.058 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
offer twists and turns
to negotiate
10:59.158 --> 11:01.827 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
and steep summits to climb...
11:01.927 --> 11:03.429 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
sometimes after you think
11:03.529 --> 11:05.531 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
you've found
your footing at last.
11:05.631 --> 11:07.400 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
Do you wanna hike
in the rain?
11:07.500 --> 11:09.301 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I don't care--
either way.
11:09.402 --> 11:11.103 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Thank you
again.
11:11.203 --> 11:13.839 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75%
(narrator)
But it's the most challenging
of life's trails
11:13.939 --> 11:16.242 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
that play forever
in your mind,
11:16.342 --> 11:20.012 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
the ones that both frustrate
and enliven your journey
11:20.112 --> 11:22.481 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
in undreamed-of ways.
11:22.581 --> 11:24.950 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
Just ask Trevor Thomas.
11:25.051 --> 11:27.920 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(Trevor)
Yeah, 2004
was a good year for me--
11:28.020 --> 11:29.522 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
got out of law school.
11:29.622 --> 11:32.591 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
I was going to go into
the JAG Corps with the Navy.
11:32.692 --> 11:35.494 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
The only thing I had to do
was take a physical,
11:35.594 --> 11:37.363 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
which included an eye test.
11:37.463 --> 11:39.031 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
(narrator)
The news was shocking
11:39.131 --> 11:40.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
and came out of nowhere.
11:40.966 --> 11:43.302 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5%
(Trevor)
She said, "Glasses
are not gonna help you.
11:43.402 --> 11:44.870 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
"I can't help you.
11:44.970 --> 11:48.441 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
I would recommend highly
that you go see a specialist."
11:48.541 --> 11:51.177 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
He said it could be central
serous chorioretinopathy.
11:51.277 --> 11:53.979 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5%
He said, "but not like
anything I'd ever seen.
11:54.080 --> 11:56.482 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Twenty-five percent
of my eyesight, one week,
11:56.582 --> 11:58.350 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
gone just like that.
11:58.451 --> 12:01.787 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(narrator)
And soon, probably gone
entirely...with no cure.
12:01.887 --> 12:04.256 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
I never met a blind person.
12:04.356 --> 12:07.626 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
I certainly didn't ever
envision myself being blind.
12:07.727 --> 12:11.363 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
God knows, I didn't know
how to exist as a blind person.
12:11.464 --> 12:13.099 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
First two or three years,
12:13.199 --> 12:14.734 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75%
as he was realizing
12:14.834 --> 12:16.502 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
that blindness had occurred,
12:16.602 --> 12:19.572 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5%
uh, one, we didn't know
what to expect at all.
12:19.672 --> 12:21.640 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
I'm not sure
he knew what to expect,
12:21.741 --> 12:23.242 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
but it was
pretty harrowing.
12:23.342 --> 12:25.311 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I did not want
to leave my house.
12:25.411 --> 12:27.880 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I didn't even
know how I was going to get
12:27.980 --> 12:29.749 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
to the mailbox
without getting hurt.
12:29.849 --> 12:32.084 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
You know, in my eyes,
you know, life--
12:32.184 --> 12:33.719 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50%
life was over.
12:33.819 --> 12:35.454 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
So then you gotta
figure out,
12:35.554 --> 12:37.556 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
am I just gonna
curl up and die
12:37.656 --> 12:40.860 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
or am I gonna just,
"OK, what am I gonna do?"
12:40.960 --> 12:44.063 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
One friend called and said,
"You are going out,
12:44.163 --> 12:47.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and we're gonna go see
a blind guy speak."
12:48.033 --> 12:50.736 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
The same problems I had
and I was going through,
12:50.836 --> 12:52.171 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5%
he'd already gone through,
12:52.271 --> 12:54.707 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
so I instantly
could identify with him.
12:54.807 --> 12:57.877 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75%
Turned out to be
a very, very monumental point
12:57.977 --> 12:59.245 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5%
in my life.
12:59.345 --> 13:00.846 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
[piano chords rise]
13:00.946 --> 13:03.616 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Well, uh,
he climbed Everest.
13:03.716 --> 13:06.051 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
If this guy can climb Everest
and he's blind,
13:06.152 --> 13:08.053 align:left position:52.5%,start line:83% size:37.5%
why can't I do
whatever it is
13:08.154 --> 13:09.955 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
that I wanna do
in life?
13:10.055 --> 13:13.159 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
It was like a catharsis;
it really was.
13:13.259 --> 13:15.327 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
[door squeaking]
13:15.427 --> 13:18.731 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(woman)
He realized at that moment
that he could be
13:18.831 --> 13:20.900 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75%
a blind person
that could do something
13:21.000 --> 13:23.669 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5%
other than sit on the sofa
and do nothing.
13:23.769 --> 13:27.339 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(narrator)
With the help of an orient
and mobility instructor,
13:27.439 --> 13:29.708 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Trevor took
those critical first steps.
13:29.809 --> 13:31.877 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
(Trevor)
The first time was terrifying.
13:31.977 --> 13:33.879 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
[traffic noise]
13:33.979 --> 13:35.981 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
[resonant arrangement]
13:36.081 --> 13:38.851 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
She would make me
go up and down the streets
13:38.951 --> 13:40.853 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
all around
in the neighborhood.
13:40.953 --> 13:43.989 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
You push that comfort zone
a little bit.
13:44.089 --> 13:47.993 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Then you push it again,
and then again and again.
13:48.093 --> 13:50.296 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
I've done
so many miles hiking.
13:50.396 --> 13:52.765 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
I know by the speed
that I'm walking
13:52.865 --> 13:55.067 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and time basically tell me
how far I've gone,
13:55.167 --> 13:57.670 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and how far I've gone
will get me to markers
13:57.770 --> 13:59.538 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
and let me know
where to turn
13:59.638 --> 14:02.508 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
to go different places--
down the street,
14:02.608 --> 14:04.977 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
up the hill,
turn right,
14:05.077 --> 14:07.880 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
then turn left,
then walk down that street,
14:07.980 --> 14:11.250 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and the minute
we hit the greenway,
14:11.350 --> 14:13.252 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
it was freedom.
14:13.352 --> 14:14.720 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
(narrator)
A Charlotte greenway
14:14.820 --> 14:16.889 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
was Trevor's ticket
to a future
14:16.989 --> 14:19.925 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
he couldn't have imagined
at that time.
14:20.025 --> 14:22.494 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5%
(Trevor)
There's not a day
that I don't go out
14:22.595 --> 14:24.964 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and hit the greenway
for either training,
14:25.064 --> 14:26.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
enjoyment,
or for transportation.
14:26.966 --> 14:28.868 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
(narrator)
Trevor's home away from home
14:28.968 --> 14:31.470 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
often meant
20 to 25 miles a day
14:31.570 --> 14:33.038 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
of disciplined effort.
14:33.138 --> 14:36.041 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(Elizabeth)
He had to find something
that worked for him,
14:36.141 --> 14:39.311 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
and the hiking was, you know,
what was the answer.
14:39.411 --> 14:41.447 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
(narrator)
But not just any hike.
14:41.547 --> 14:44.450 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
Trevor decided
to take on the big one,
14:44.550 --> 14:47.253 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
the Appalachian Trail,
end to end,
14:47.353 --> 14:49.788 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
all 2,175 miles of it,
14:49.889 --> 14:53.726 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
from Georgia to Maine,
through 14 states.
14:53.826 --> 14:56.795 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I do think my parents
wanted to have me committed.
14:56.896 --> 14:59.565 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
And I said, "You didn't
join the Boy Scouts.
14:59.665 --> 15:01.800 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
"You didn't--
you never camped in your--
15:01.901 --> 15:03.402 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
never did any of that."
15:03.502 --> 15:05.271 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Yeah, I thought
he lost his mind
15:05.371 --> 15:07.573 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
and his eyesight
all in the same pipe, yep.
15:07.673 --> 15:10.376 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
Once I decided, there was
gonna be no way on earth
15:10.476 --> 15:14.380 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
that number one,
I wouldn't go
15:14.480 --> 15:16.782 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
and number two,
that I would quit.
15:16.882 --> 15:18.384 align:left position:52.5%,start line:83% size:37.5%
We still didn't
really think
15:18.484 --> 15:20.419 align:left position:60%,start line:83% size:30%
he was going
to go.
15:20.519 --> 15:22.755 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5%
(narrator)
A thru-hike
of the entire trail
15:22.855 --> 15:24.757 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
typically takes
five to seven months.
15:24.857 --> 15:27.860 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
It's best to start
in Georgia in the spring
15:27.960 --> 15:31.397 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and walk north to Maine,
following the warm weather
15:31.497 --> 15:34.767 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
up the spine
of the Appalachians.
15:34.867 --> 15:37.336 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(Trevor)
When it became real
that I was gonna go,
15:37.436 --> 15:39.905 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
my sister was the only one
that would take me.
15:40.005 --> 15:41.774 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
(Elizabeth)
I watched him as he went,
15:41.874 --> 15:44.843 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and I thought, "OK Trev, this
is your one and only chance
15:44.944 --> 15:46.745 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
to show that you
can do this."
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Part of me was like, you know,
as much gumption as he had,
15:50.249 --> 15:51.750 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
yeah, he could do it,
15:51.850 --> 15:54.086 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
but then the other part of me
was thinking,
15:54.186 --> 15:56.989 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
"Oh my gosh, you know,
have I just sent him off
15:57.089 --> 15:59.625 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
in the sunset
to come home in a pine box?"
15:59.725 --> 16:01.193 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
[harp introduces
bright droning]
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(narrator)
D-day was April 6, 2008,
16:03.529 --> 16:05.164 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and the way
Trevor figured it,
16:05.264 --> 16:07.032 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
it would work
to ask other hikers
16:07.132 --> 16:09.101 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
if they would trust
having a blind guy
16:09.201 --> 16:10.469 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
tag after them.
16:10.569 --> 16:12.671 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
(Trevor)
The first 24 groups of people
16:12.771 --> 16:14.506 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
that I asked,
absolutely not.
16:14.606 --> 16:17.309 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
Most people did not want
to be responsible
16:17.409 --> 16:19.945 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
for getting
the blind guy killed.
16:20.045 --> 16:23.716 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75%
(narrator)
Finally, a hiker named Kevin
took up his challenge,
16:23.816 --> 16:27.086 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and they were off,
much like you see Trevor here
16:27.186 --> 16:29.154 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
following his friend Dave.
16:29.254 --> 16:31.290 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
But like any new venture,
16:31.390 --> 16:33.359 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
there were
some learning experiences.
16:33.459 --> 16:35.494 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
[resonant arrangement]
16:35.594 --> 16:38.764 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
(Trevor)
The AT is a veryruggedtrail.
16:38.864 --> 16:41.367 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
It was nowhere close
to the greenway,
16:41.467 --> 16:44.770 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
which is where
I got all my practice.
16:44.870 --> 16:48.941 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
We had to figure out a way
for me not to get killed.
16:49.041 --> 16:51.343 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
We figured out
if he tapped on rocks...
16:51.443 --> 16:53.979 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5%
All right, rocks
there to your left.
16:54.079 --> 16:56.248 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(Trevor)
...then I would know
they were there.
16:56.348 --> 16:58.450 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
We got better
and better and better.
16:58.550 --> 17:00.319 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
(Dave)
Uh, we have a little blowdown,
17:00.419 --> 17:01.820 align:left position:60%,start line:83% size:30%
but it's
notched out.
17:01.920 --> 17:03.222 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25%
(Trevor)
All right.
17:03.322 --> 17:05.657 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
I got quicker
and quicker and quicker...
17:05.758 --> 17:08.827 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and hence started falling
less and less and less.
17:08.927 --> 17:11.397 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(Dave)
All right, watch
the rhodies on eye level.
17:11.497 --> 17:13.499 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5%
(Trevor)
It's not true
that when you lose
17:13.599 --> 17:16.101 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
one of your senses,
your other senses get better.
17:16.201 --> 17:17.703 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
(Dave)
All right, first step.
17:17.803 --> 17:19.071 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5%
(Trevor)
They don't.
17:19.171 --> 17:20.939 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Dave)
Go right--a little wobbly.
17:21.040 --> 17:22.741 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
(Trevor)
You become more aware,
17:22.841 --> 17:25.778 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and you pay attention
to your other senses more.
17:25.878 --> 17:29.314 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
My sense of touch--
I'm a very tactile person now.
17:29.415 --> 17:31.350 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
I have noticed
that the feeling,
17:31.450 --> 17:34.787 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
ironically enough, in my feet
has become much more acute.
17:34.887 --> 17:38.357 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
I need to be able to feel
the subtle gradient on a trail
17:38.457 --> 17:40.692 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
to make sure
that I'm on it.
17:40.793 --> 17:43.262 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75%
(narrator)
Inevitably, Trevor
and his first hiking partner
17:43.362 --> 17:44.696 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
had to part company.
17:44.797 --> 17:46.465 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
(Trevor)
We made it seven days
17:46.565 --> 17:48.634 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
before he had to leave
and go on.
17:48.734 --> 17:50.235 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
I figured I'd just stop.
17:50.335 --> 17:51.970 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
I'd sit down,
and I'd wait.
17:52.071 --> 17:54.273 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
The great thing about the AT
is there are
17:54.373 --> 17:56.341 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
thousands of people
that do it every year.
17:56.442 --> 17:58.911 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
So you meet a lot of people
along the way.
17:59.011 --> 18:00.512 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
(narrator)
And Trevor was fortunate
18:00.612 --> 18:03.148 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
to find fresh hiking partners
willing to take him on.
18:03.248 --> 18:05.017 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
They said, "Come with us,"
18:05.117 --> 18:07.319 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and it went
on and on like that.
18:07.419 --> 18:10.022 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
Groups would form;
people would get off.
18:10.122 --> 18:12.524 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(narrator)
In the beginning,
trusting others to help him
18:12.624 --> 18:14.359 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
along life's way
was difficult...
18:14.460 --> 18:16.095 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
(Dave)
We have some steps here.
18:16.195 --> 18:17.863 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
(narrator)
...on and off the trail.
18:17.963 --> 18:20.099 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
Step up
and then go left.
18:20.199 --> 18:21.834 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Elizabeth)
He always had the position
18:21.934 --> 18:24.736 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
that it was "trust no one"
except for family members,
18:24.837 --> 18:27.406 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and the most ironic thing is,
now with his blindness,
18:27.506 --> 18:29.274 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
he's gotta trust people.
18:29.374 --> 18:31.143 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
He's gotta trust
total strangers,
18:31.243 --> 18:33.212 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and that's been
a turning point for him
18:33.312 --> 18:34.947 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
'cause he's
never been like that.
18:35.047 --> 18:37.015 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
So now he trusts
a lot of people,
18:37.116 --> 18:39.751 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
which has made
a big difference in his life.
18:39.852 --> 18:43.055 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(narrator)
It's common for hikers
to take on a trail name,
18:43.155 --> 18:45.390 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
an easy way
to personalize your trek
18:45.491 --> 18:48.527 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and to remember others
you meet along the way.
18:48.627 --> 18:51.330 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
On the trail,
Trevor is known as Zero,
18:51.430 --> 18:53.165 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
afterzero-zero,
18:53.265 --> 18:55.834 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
a rock climbing term
for zero visibility.
18:55.934 --> 18:57.736 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(man)
All right, Butterfly;
let's roll.
18:57.836 --> 19:00.305 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(woman)
I heard about the blind guy
on the trail,
19:00.405 --> 19:02.941 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
and it was funny
because I got to a shelter.
19:03.041 --> 19:04.810 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60%
I heard somebody,
and it was Zero.
19:04.910 --> 19:07.379 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5%
He'd been there
for like a day and a half,
19:07.479 --> 19:09.448 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80%
waitin' for somebody he knew
to come along.
19:09.548 --> 19:10.816 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40%
Switchback
comin' up.
19:10.916 --> 19:13.385 align:left position:30%,start line:77% size:60%
(Sherry)
We hiked together
for 3 1/2 days.
19:13.485 --> 19:16.722 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
He's got the hiking poles, and
everybody else has as well,
19:16.822 --> 19:19.124 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
so it's like he doesn't
feel any different.
19:19.224 --> 19:20.926 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
People can't tell
he's blind.
19:21.026 --> 19:22.861 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
[resonant droning]
19:22.961 --> 19:24.396 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
He'll tell me sometimes,
19:24.496 --> 19:27.299 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
he just feels like
this is his element out here.
19:27.399 --> 19:30.135 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
19:30.235 --> 19:33.872 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
(narrator)
The trail has over 250
shelters and campsites.
19:33.972 --> 19:36.375 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70%
Shelters are spaced
about a day's hike apart.
19:36.475 --> 19:38.377 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
[guitar melody leads]
19:38.477 --> 19:41.079 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
Zero's daily objective
was simple--
19:41.180 --> 19:43.081 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65%
reach a trail shelter
every night...
19:43.182 --> 19:44.449 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5%
[running water]
19:44.550 --> 19:46.285 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
(Trevor)
Sounds like good flow.
19:46.385 --> 19:48.287 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
(narrator)
...and find water.
19:48.387 --> 19:50.455 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
19:50.556 --> 19:52.191 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
And if things work out well,
19:52.291 --> 19:54.092 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
on the days
he really needed one,
19:54.193 --> 19:55.994 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
Zero would find
a new hiking partner
19:56.094 --> 19:58.497 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
and let family know
where he was
19:58.597 --> 20:00.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
via a GPS spot locator.
20:01.066 --> 20:03.302 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
20:03.402 --> 20:06.438 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Anybody's who ever been hiking
in unfamiliar territory,
20:06.538 --> 20:08.207 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
even for an afternoon,
20:08.307 --> 20:10.475 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
can recall
the heart-pounding feeling
20:10.576 --> 20:14.313 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
that can come with being alone
in the wilderness.
20:14.413 --> 20:16.315 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
It's one thing to be alone
20:16.415 --> 20:19.151 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and a little bit freaked out
in the backcountry
20:19.251 --> 20:22.454 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
when you're by yourself
in the daytime,
20:22.554 --> 20:25.824 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
but when it turns to night
and you're by yourself...
20:25.924 --> 20:27.326 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5%
[pronounced breathing]
20:27.426 --> 20:29.328 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
is very, very unnerving.
20:29.428 --> 20:33.332 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
You sit and you wait
for the day to come.
20:33.432 --> 20:35.567 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
I mean,
you're just praying for,
20:35.667 --> 20:39.137 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
when am I gonna feel
that light on my face?
20:39.238 --> 20:41.340 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
[guitar introduces
echoing arrangement]
20:41.440 --> 20:46.478 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
20:46.578 --> 20:48.580 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
(Dave)
All right, we're comin' down.
20:48.680 --> 20:50.249 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5%
Sun's feelin' good.
20:50.349 --> 20:52.851 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
This is a shot
that I need for my camera,
20:52.951 --> 20:54.586 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
with the dew
on trees.
20:54.686 --> 20:56.655 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5%
(Trevor)
Yeah?
20:56.755 --> 20:58.090 align:left position:50%,start line:89% size:40%
What about it?
20:58.190 --> 21:00.259 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
Oh, it's the sun
shootin' through,
21:00.359 --> 21:02.628 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
and all that dew
that we had last night.
21:02.728 --> 21:04.363 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
Oh, so it's, like, sparkly?
21:04.463 --> 21:06.098 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
(Dave)
Like a Christmas tree.
21:06.198 --> 21:07.733 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50%
(Trevor)
Nice.
21:07.833 --> 21:10.135 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
21:10.235 --> 21:13.839 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(narrator)
This is a story
of a man transformed
21:13.939 --> 21:16.708 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
who has learned
to step out of self,
21:16.808 --> 21:19.311 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
and, in turn, inspire others.
21:19.411 --> 21:20.912 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
(Trevor)
The amazing thing was--
21:21.013 --> 21:23.248 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
is that I was doing
the AT for myself.
21:23.348 --> 21:25.250 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
Wow, it's so nice
to meet you.
21:25.350 --> 21:27.552 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70%
(Trevor)
Just the--
the vast number of people
21:27.653 --> 21:29.655 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
that came up to me
and said,
21:29.755 --> 21:31.657 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
"What you're doing
is amazing."
21:31.757 --> 21:33.759 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
And they're like,
"No, you inspire me."
21:33.859 --> 21:35.193 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
My name
is Zero.
21:35.294 --> 21:36.628 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
You're
the blind guy.
21:36.728 --> 21:38.063 align:left position:52.5%,start line:83% size:37.5%
I've heard
of you.
21:38.163 --> 21:39.331 align:left position:52.5%,start line:89% size:37.5%
Oh, thanks.
21:39.431 --> 21:41.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
So, I'm, uh,
really impressed.
21:41.433 --> 21:44.970 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
Knowing that by me walking
was inspiring people
21:45.070 --> 21:47.639 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
to do things
was just really cool.
21:47.739 --> 21:49.408 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
And I was like, wow,
21:49.508 --> 21:52.010 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
maybe I can make
a difference doing this.
21:52.110 --> 21:54.112 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65%
(Elizabeth)
He kept going
and going and going,
21:54.212 --> 21:55.847 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and I thought,
"I'll be darned,
21:55.947 --> 21:58.884 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
my brother's gonna do this;
I can't believe it."
21:58.984 --> 22:00.319 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
(narrator)
There's hiking,
22:00.419 --> 22:02.921 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
and there's the grueling
100-Mile Wilderness
22:03.021 --> 22:05.190 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
from Monson, Maine,
to Mount Katahdin,
22:05.290 --> 22:08.060 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
the last leg
of the Appalachian Trail.
22:08.160 --> 22:10.128 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5%
(Trevor)
And they even
have this gigantic sign
22:10.228 --> 22:11.730 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
before you enter that says,
22:11.830 --> 22:15.067 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
"If you do not have at least
ten days of food on you,
22:15.167 --> 22:17.469 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
don't enter,
because there is no out."
22:17.569 --> 22:19.471 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
(narrator)
And then there was Kyle,
22:19.571 --> 22:21.573 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
the remnants
of a late-season hurricane
22:21.673 --> 22:23.175 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
that brought
enough weather misery
22:23.275 --> 22:25.410 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
to nearly get
the best of him.
22:25.510 --> 22:27.012 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
(Trevor)
I'd almost drowned myself.
22:27.112 --> 22:29.314 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I was freezing,
and I was in a shelter,
22:29.414 --> 22:30.749 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60%
and I was alone.
22:30.849 --> 22:33.318 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
The only thing that saved me
was I heard people.
22:33.418 --> 22:36.154 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
They hiked pretty much all
night so they could catch up
22:36.254 --> 22:39.024 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
and make sure that I was able
to complete my trek.
22:39.124 --> 22:40.892 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
(narrator)
But they had not yet reached
22:40.992 --> 22:43.495 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
their ultimate goal,
Mount Katahdin,
22:43.595 --> 22:45.297 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
because
the National Park Service
22:45.397 --> 22:48.533 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
had closed the trail,
sidelining hikers for a week.
22:48.633 --> 22:50.268 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
When the weather
finally broke,
22:50.369 --> 22:52.471 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5%
Zero headed out
toward his goal
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and had plenty of company.
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(Trevor)
There were more hikers
on that day, October 8th,
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that stood on top
of that mountain
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than has ever stood
on top of the mountain ever.
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All these people
are making
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as much noise
as they possibly can
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'cause they're excited
and number two,
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'cause they know
I'm listening
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so I can get up
the rest of the hill.
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Just being able to share that
with so many people
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that you've shared
so much with,
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it was utterly surreal.
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(narrator)
Six months, two days
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and over 2,000 miles--
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Zero had beat the odds--
his own.
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[warm orchestration concludes]
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♪
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(Trevor)
I'm not encouraging everybody
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who's losing their sight
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to run out and do
the Appalachian Trail.
23:34.546 --> 23:37.015 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
That was something
that I chose to do for myself.
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What I want people
to take away from it--
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sure, there are
gonna be things
23:41.253 --> 23:44.222 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
you can't do any longer,
so let 'em go.
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Find what it is
that is your passion,
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whether you think
you can do it or not,
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and just go out and try.
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Everybody has
their own summit.
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[resonant guitar melody]
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(Trevor)
Hey Dave?
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Say somethin' else.
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(Trevor)
People take photographs.
24:01.306 --> 24:05.010 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
Well, I have those,
but they don't do me any good.
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♪
24:07.245 --> 24:11.316 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
Every time I get
to the summit of anything,
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I pick up a rock or two rocks
and put 'em in my pocket.
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That way, when I get home,
I can lay my rocks out,
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and I can feel the rocks.
24:21.660 --> 24:23.562 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
I remember
just like if you,
24:23.662 --> 24:25.564 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
say, would
look at a photo.
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♪
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[traffic noise]
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I just navigated
2,175 miles.
24:34.940 --> 24:36.441 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
I'm out there doing things
24:36.541 --> 24:40.145 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
that 99% of the population
wouldn't even consider doing.
24:40.245 --> 24:42.747 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
What to most people
would seem to be the mundane,
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is a great deal
of challenge for me--
24:45.584 --> 24:48.553 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
being alone and going
to the grocery store.
24:48.653 --> 24:49.921 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
I'm Trevor.
24:50.021 --> 24:51.923 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5%
I'm Carol;
good to meet you.
24:52.023 --> 24:54.292 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5%
(Trevor)
I need to do
a little shopping.
24:54.392 --> 24:55.794 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5%
No worries.
24:55.894 --> 24:57.662 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
(voice-over)
I can't see the boxes.
24:57.762 --> 24:59.264 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5%
And it's a good one?
24:59.364 --> 25:01.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
(voice-over)
I can't see the cans.
25:01.700 --> 25:03.735 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
It's a reality check.
25:03.835 --> 25:05.804 align:left position:50%,start line:89% size:40%
[cart clacking]
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[sparse piano melody]
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♪
25:11.443 --> 25:13.411 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
That's going to do
it for produce,
25:13.512 --> 25:15.413 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
but thank you
very much.
25:15.514 --> 25:18.450 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
One thing that was
most detrimental to me,
25:18.550 --> 25:22.187 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
and I listened to it
for a while--
25:22.287 --> 25:24.856 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
as my vision grew worse,
25:24.956 --> 25:28.927 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
there was the increased
societal expectations
25:29.027 --> 25:31.663 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
on me being able
to do less and less.
25:31.763 --> 25:34.099 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
I gained weight
on the trail last time.
25:34.199 --> 25:35.834 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
(Elizabeth)
You were kind of skinny.
25:35.934 --> 25:38.003 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5%
(Judith)
You were really skinny,
I thought.
25:38.103 --> 25:40.872 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
(Trevor)
I realized that, no,
25:40.972 --> 25:45.810 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
I can do whatever I want to
because I know I can.
25:45.911 --> 25:48.313 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
What's in the future?
25:48.413 --> 25:50.415 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55%
I'm doin'
a lot more hiking.
25:50.515 --> 25:52.450 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
[guitar chord
introduces resonant droning]
25:52.551 --> 25:53.785 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5%
(Trevor)
OK.
25:53.885 --> 25:59.591 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
26:02.160 --> 26:04.129 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5%
[gentle piano composition]
26:04.229 --> 26:18.510 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
26:18.610 --> 26:20.312 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5%
Fire!
26:20.412 --> 26:36.528 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
26:36.628 --> 26:38.296 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
It's kinda cool
in the mist.
26:38.396 --> 26:40.198 align:left position:30%,start line:77% size:60%
(cameraman)
I--I can't shoot
through this.
26:40.298 --> 26:41.866 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65%
It's gonna look bad.
26:41.967 --> 26:43.702 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
(man)
It's starting to let up.
26:43.802 --> 26:45.704 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
[guitar introduces
easy arrangement]
26:45.804 --> 26:49.908 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
26:50.008 --> 26:51.977 align:left position:52.5%,start line:83% size:37.5%
Ahh!
Hah, hah, hah!
26:52.077 --> 26:54.412 align:left position:47.5%,start line:77% size:42.5%
I'm sittin' there
trying not to be
shiverin'.
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♪
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You're almost
at the top.
27:03.421 --> 27:08.994 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪
27:09.094 --> 27:11.296 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5%
(man)
You guys are standin'
in Tennessee right now.
27:11.396 --> 27:14.199 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
If you keep going ten feet,
you'll be in North Carolina.
27:14.299 --> 27:16.801 align:left position:12.5%,start line:77% size:77.5%
(Trevor)
Ah, cool-- all right,
we're goin' to North Carolina.
27:16.901 --> 27:18.570 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
We'll see you
in another state.
27:18.670 --> 27:21.139 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75%
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(man)
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Doing well--
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27:25.143 --> 27:27.912 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60%
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to be hikin' with.
27:28.013 --> 27:30.382 align:left position:30%,start line:77% size:60%
(man)
Throw this thing
off the mountain.
27:30.482 --> 27:32.550 align:left position:65%,start line:77% size:25%
Say
something,
please.
27:32.651 --> 27:34.152 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
Somethin'.
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OK.
27:35.520 --> 27:36.955 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
[grunting]
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