Columbia man hikes the Appalachian Trail through 4 states in 1 day

Do you remember the weather two weekends ago — how it rained almost constantly, and heavily, until it felt almost as if it was raining inside your head?

How would you have liked to walk over 47 miles, up hills and down, in dark and light, over rocks and through streams, in 19 hours during that mess?

Matt Barley, who lives in Columbia, and Jeff Dagen, of Landisville, did that. They say the trek often was miserable. But they wouldn't have missed the experience for anything.

"We wanted to test our physical and mental limits," explains Barley. "To me, it's amazing how fast you forget the misery of the experience and joy takes over."

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