Awol On the Appalachian Trail
“Yeah, the mountains looked neat and all, but couldn't we just drive around and look at them? Why'd we have to walk for miles and camp for nights on end and eat such nasty food? My dad's idea of good trail food was mincemeat and Vienna sausages. I couldn't discern how my older brother Chris felt about our trips; he was the least expressive person in our family.
In 1981 Chris spent a couple of weeks hiking in Florida, and then he hitched up to Georgia and started hiking on the AT. When he reached... Damascus, he decided he would continue hiking all the way to Maine. In that year, only 140 thru-hikes were recorded. Gear and the trail itself have changed since then, and Chris was an iconoclast even in his own time. He hiked with no shelter, no stove, and very little money.
I was in college when Chris thru-hiked. I was hankering to join the workforce and little attuned to his adventure. For the next twenty years, until meeting the retiree thru-hiker in the Smokies, I would think of thru-hiking as something that free-spirited young people like Chris do instead of going to college.MoreLess
In 1981 Chris spent a couple of weeks hiking in Florida, and then he hitched up to Georgia and started hiking on the AT. When he reached... Damascus, he decided he would continue hiking all the way to Maine. In that year, only 140 thru-hikes were recorded. Gear and the trail itself have changed since then, and Chris was an iconoclast even in his own time. He hiked with no shelter, no stove, and very little money.
I was in college when Chris thru-hiked. I was hankering to join the workforce and little attuned to his adventure. For the next twenty years, until meeting the retiree thru-hiker in the Smokies, I would think of thru-hiking as something that free-spirited young people like Chris do instead of going to college.MoreLess
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