- Stories of the original trailblazers and the first
thruhikers
- Reprinted from the out-of-print Rodale 2-volume "Hiking the
Appalachian Trail" (1975)
- New foreword by Dave Startzell, executive director of the
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- These are the stories of the earliest hikers, the ones who did
it before it was the thing to do, when it was said to be
impossible, and when a person was considered crazy to even try.
Included in this new edition are some of the most famous names in
the history of the AT: Benton MacKaye, Myron Avery, George
Outerbridge, and Grandma Gatewood. Trailblazing in the 1920s and
'30s and backpacking in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s was difficult:
learn how they managed without ultralight equipment and the
freeze-dried food available to contemporary hikers.
Among the many hiker memoirs and trail stories, this book is
legendary, the acclaimed collection of first-person accounts from
the original hikers' the ones who proved that it could be done and
inspired generations to come.
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