Sailing on Foot — 1,863 Miles with Rand Timmerman | Ship’s Log #30

Project Candor: Ordinary People. Unexpected Stories · Jul 23, 2026 · 43m · transcript

“I was taught at a very young age that I could cope with life and deal with almost anything – one step at a time.” – R. Timmerman

Episode Summary

Rand Timmerman enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1966 after hearing a radio report in an upstate New York bar — and nine months later found himself in a rice paddy in Vietnam. Decades later, four years into recovery from alcoholism and carrying an artificial knee, he stood on top of Springer Mountain, Georgia in a blizzard at age 72, setting out to hike the Appalachian Trail with his 71-year-old brother, Ron.

In this Ship’s Log, Rand takes Jeanne from…