Meredith J. Eberhart,[1] widely known by his nickname Nimblewill Nomad, is an American perpetual hiker and has been the focus of various news stories.
[4] As a young man, Eberhart attended optometry school, got married, fathered and helped raise two boys, and made a six-figure salary working with cataract patients while living in Titusville, Florida.
Press coverage in early 2019 reported that he had settled on Flagg Mountain, although it was noted that Eberhart had "announced his retirement several times in recent years before surging off on yet another odyssey.
[citation needed] Eberhart was profiled in several pages[10] of the 2016 book On Trails by environmental journalist Robert Moor, whom he advised to call him "Eb".
[2]Regarding why he has done his long-distance walking, Eberhart said he has "managed to get the answer boiled down to just 32 words":[5] It's the people, the places, the pain and the trials, It's the joy and the blessings that come with the miles.