No. This program is built for three kinds of leaders, and each one belongs here exactly as they are. Maybe you've always wanted to spend real time on the trail, and the Appalachian Trail has been calling your name for years. This hike is your starting point, and the coaching that comes before it will prepare you, mentally and as a leader, for what's ahead. Maybe you've done some day hikes or backpacking trips and are starting to see the correlation between what the trail demands and your professional growth. This program is built to deepen that connection on purpose, not by accident. Maybe you're an experienced hiker looking for a new way to challenge yourself, both in your daily leadership and out on the trail. The coaching will push you in ways the miles alone never have. I started exactly where a beginner starts, one step at a time. I meet every leader where they are, on the trail and in the coaching seat. Nobody is thrown to the wolves. Nobody is left behind. The only requirement is this. Show up ready to learn and ready to be uncomfortable. Everything else, we will cover together over the three months before you arrive.

This is not a class. It's a conversation, one on one, where you do the work and I ask the questions that get you there.

Over three months, we will examine how you lead, how you think under pressure, and what is true about your character when nobody is watching. Some sessions will challenge you. Some will encourage you. All of them will move you closer to the leader you are becoming, and to the version of yourself that steps onto the trail in the final weekend ready, not just physically, but as a leader who has already done the harder work first.

This is coaching the way coaching should be. Direct. Honest. Built around you.

You need to be ready, not ripped.

The trail will meet you exactly where your body is. I've coached beginners, athletes, executives, and everyone in between. I know how to push you without breaking you, and how to read what your body can handle on any given day and any given mile.

What matters more than your fitness level walking in is your mindset. Show up willing to move, willing to sweat, and willing to get back up after a hard climb. That is the only conditioning this hike truly requires. The rest, we will build together, on the trail and in the three months of train-up leading into it, breaking in your boots and your pack right alongside your mindset.