Loop Year: 365 Days on the Trail

What do you do if you're an amateur adventurer and environmentalist who dreams of hiking the Appalachian Trail or saving the rainforest, but you can't quit your day job or abandon personal commitments?

John Sheirer created his own project: From May 17, 2005 to May 16, 2006, he hiked the same trail at the McCann Family Farm in Somers, Connecticut, once a day, every day. He chronicled the year in Loop Year: 365 Days on the Trail, a book composed of 365-word accounts of his hiking project.

Along the way, Sheirer discovered that an obsession with hiking and caring for the same New England trail every day can be surprisingly adventurous--ranging from blistering heat, flooding rain, whiteout snowstorms, early mornings, dark nights, and everything in between. (Plus there's an unexpected love story and a really cute dog.)

On Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 3pm and 4 pm at McCann Family Farm in Somers, CT (Route 190, approximately one mile east of the intersection of routes 190 and 83), the author will read from the book and it will be for sale for the first time.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Northern Connecticut Land Trust. For more information, visit www.johnsheirer.com.