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A fascinating story of one woman's dream to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.
This is an Appalachian Trail hiking book that also shares an abundance of tips and resources which include; first-aide, gear lists, personal safety tips and supplies, equipment & food, mail drops, maintaining clubs and the history of the Trail.
The history of the Appalachian Trail can be traced directly back to Benton MacKaye. The first sections of the Trail were cut on May 21, 1921, and dedicated in 1922. By 1933 the development of the Trail was well underway in most areas except in Northern New England. The entire Trail was completed on August 8, 1937.
In 1948 Earl Shaffer was the first person to hike the Trail from end to end in one continuous journey. Emma Caldwell Gatewood, better know along the Trail as Grandma Gatewood, was the first women to hike the entire Trail in one continuous trip, and all alone, in 1956 and seven months later completed another thru-hike.
Today, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches over 2,176 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. The Trail and its shelters are overseen by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, and maintained by thirty-one volunteer organizations overseen by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
This is an Appalachian Trail hiking book that also shares an abundance of tips and resources which include; first-aide, gear lists, personal safety tips and supplies, equipment & food, mail drops, maintaining clubs and the history of the Trail.
The history of the Appalachian Trail can be traced directly back to Benton MacKaye. The first sections of the Trail were cut on May 21, 1921, and dedicated in 1922. By 1933 the development of the Trail was well underway in most areas except in Northern New England. The entire Trail was completed on August 8, 1937.
In 1948 Earl Shaffer was the first person to hike the Trail from end to end in one continuous journey. Emma Caldwell Gatewood, better know along the Trail as Grandma Gatewood, was the first women to hike the entire Trail in one continuous trip, and all alone, in 1956 and seven months later completed another thru-hike.
Today, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches over 2,176 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. The Trail and its shelters are overseen by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, and maintained by thirty-one volunteer organizations overseen by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The Appalachian Trail is all about inspirations and dreams....
History of the Appalachian Trail