“Aging, Endurance, and Long Walks on Ancient Paths” with Wilderness Backpacker Tom Jamrog

Tom Jamrog will discuss physical and mental preparations for longer hikes and share knowledge about adaptations in modern equipment that will assist aging hikers with their own experience of extended engagement in nature.

This program will take place on Tuesday, December 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room.

Tom is the 278th person to have completed unsupported thru-hikes of the Appalachian (AT), Pacific Crest (PCT), and Continental Divide Trails (CDT), and was awarded the “Triple Crown of Hiking” by the American Long Distance Hiking Association-West. He is a Licensed Maine Guide and past President of the Maine Association of School Psychologists.

Tom recently completed his fifth backpacking adventure through Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness (the northernmost, remote, and last segment of the Appalachian Trail from Monson to Katahdin.) In April of 2025 he backpacked a 260-mile portion of the Arizona National Scenic Trail.

Tom will also have signed copies of his book for sale, In the Path of Young Bulls: An Odyssey on America’s Continental Divide Trail, detailing his unsupported, five-months-long, 2,500 mile trek over the Rocky Mountains from Mexico to Canada.

You may also like the following events from Camden Public Library:

• This Thursday, 20th November, 11:30 pm, Mt. Washington Observatory, Home of the World’s Worst Weather (MidCoast Audubon, Zoom only) in Camden, Maine
• Next month, 9th December, 06:30 pm, Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe in Camden

Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Camden.