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After divorce, single mom takes her 15 kids on 7-month hike of a lifetime
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Posted on 09/16/2023 3:45:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway

After a divorce, Nikki Bettis saw her family starting to struggle. So, she decided to take her 15 kids, ranging in ages from 25 to 4, to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

Video at site.

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: feminism
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1 posted on 09/16/2023 3:45:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I got nothin’.


2 posted on 09/16/2023 3:47:37 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: VTenigma

“I got nothin’.”

How about:
“It is a uterus, not a clown car”


3 posted on 09/16/2023 3:48:57 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: nickcarraway

One hell of a woman!


4 posted on 09/16/2023 3:52:34 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: nickcarraway

An impressive feat. It is not for slackers, the lazy, or whiners.


5 posted on 09/16/2023 3:53:21 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: doorgunner69

I don’t understand why a conservative has a problem with a mother having 15 children. Are you an environmentalist?


6 posted on 09/16/2023 3:54:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

That’s a tough hike. She might assure that only the strongest survive.


7 posted on 09/16/2023 4:04:23 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: nickcarraway

That’s a tough hike. She might assure that only the strongest survive.


8 posted on 09/16/2023 4:04:25 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: nickcarraway

Wonderful and incredible.


9 posted on 09/16/2023 4:07:17 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: nickcarraway

It seems like a great way to regroup as a family. The kids will have that experience and the confidence it brings for the rest of their lives.


10 posted on 09/16/2023 4:09:22 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: doorgunner69

Is that how you think about your wife? Or your daughter if you have one?


11 posted on 09/16/2023 4:10:06 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: nickcarraway
What's wrong with the father? Did he have substance abuse problems? Otherwise, they need to stick it out for the children.

Too often, American women leave their husband because they're "unhappy".

12 posted on 09/16/2023 4:11:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

I think the duggars soured the “have as many kids as possible” thinking.


13 posted on 09/16/2023 4:25:02 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I find it weird that a couple with 15 kids would divorce, but without knowing the actual facts...


14 posted on 09/16/2023 4:26:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: napscoordinator

Well, that’s ridiculous. The fact that the Duggars would go on a reality show, shows there was something wrong with them, and being on TV made it worse.


15 posted on 09/16/2023 4:27:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

If you want to read about the family and the hike: https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/32-feet-up-a-single-mom-and-her-15-kids-hike-the-appalachian-trail/


16 posted on 09/16/2023 4:28:17 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: nickcarraway

That many children and a divorced husband doesn’t sound conservative to me. It sounds selfish.

Prov. 14:1 Every wise woman builds up her household, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands


17 posted on 09/16/2023 4:33:15 PM PDT by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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Wow, that’s the best feel good story I have read in a long time. It actually brought a tear to my old eyes.....


18 posted on 09/16/2023 4:36:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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Quite a hike. Had a pal do that in the 90s. He mostly ate hb eggs and bologna sammies. But he was alone, not dragging kids. Big bonding moment.

That’s alot of grub and poop stops for that crew...

Hats off.


19 posted on 09/16/2023 4:36:27 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: waterhill

Where did he get hard boiled eggs?


20 posted on 09/16/2023 4:36:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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