“However it may prove, one must tread the path that need chooses!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Here below are the notes* Samwise Gamgee took along the journey.  (Based one The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad and The Eowyn Challenge website.)

THE JOURNAL OF SAMWISE GAMGEE

Oct. 14 – Day 22 (8th from Weathertop): 6 miles

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“We climbed so much today I thought I’d pass out by the time Strider called camp.  I don’t think we went forward at all.  Strider said we’re closer to Rivendell by five or six miles, but all I see are hills.  Sure I’m tired, and my feet ache.  Merry and Pippin are feeling the same, no mistake.  But none of us care a lick about that when we see the terrible pain Mr. Frodo is going through.  He would change places with any of us, so none of us even mention our discomfort.”

From: “The Journal of Samwise Gamgee, 23 Sept – 20 Oct, 3018.

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*This journal is a fanfiction creation by Niki Flow, based the beautiful works of J.R.R. Tolkien; on the meticulous milestone-marker notes in The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad and on the Eowyn Challenge website:

Bag End to Rivendell with Frodo and Company:  458 Miles