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David Miller's Top Five Items You Might Not Think to Pack for a Long-Distance Trek (But Will Wish You Did) Scissors: Scissors are better than a knife for common tasks like opening food packaging, cutting moleskin, or trimming your mustache...

The only illustrated book officially published with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, The Appalachian Trail explores this legendary footpath in detail: with a foreword by Bill Bryson and filled with more than 300 spectacular contemporary images, as well as unpublished historical photos, documents, and maps from the ATC archives...

In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality. At the age of 59 she began to train for a grueling journey a thru-hike of the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail...

During and for two years after her thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in the early 1990s, even using the infant Web, Beverly "Maine Rose" Hugo surveyed other women hiking to collect as much practical advice as she could...

This is a book about "the stuff dreams are made of" - and what it takes to turn dreams into reality. Many dream of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. Gary Bond was one whose dream lay just beneath the surface for over 30 years...

Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, yet seven in ten ultimately fall short of their goal. Given the countless number of how-to books and websites offering information about logistics, gear, and endurance training, one would think that more people would finish this 2,200 mile trek...

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.

When siblings promise to do something together when they 'grow up," do they follow through? When war and a Purple Heart Medal alter those promises, should the surviving brother continue? My promise to my brother haunted me for over forty years...

Average People, Extraordinary Trail is written for anyone that has an interest in the Appalachian Trail (A.T.), or hiking in general. You don't have to be an experienced hiker, or professional outdoorsman, to enjoy a day, or a year, on the A...

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. Though her friends and family think she's crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to think about what she wants to do next...

In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality. At the age of 59 she began to train for a grueling journey a thru-hike of the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail...

Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, yet seven in ten ultimately fall short of their goal. Given the countless number of how-to books and websites offering information about logistics, gear, and endurance training, one would think that more people would finish this 2,200 mile trek...

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.

David Miller's Top Five Items You Might Not Think to Pack for a Long-Distance Trek (But Will Wish You Did) Scissors: Scissors are better than a knife for common tasks like opening food packaging, cutting moleskin, or trimming your mustache...

"Come along with the author as she walks, crawls, trips, and falls along the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. Find out where a good sense of humor, some sweat and a lot tears can take you. Learn how success can be measured more by your attitude than your accomplishments...

Blending sage advice with personal experiences and anecdotes, this unconventional book is an unusually thoughtful account of long-distance trekking on the Appalachian Trail. Mueser draws upon interviews and questionnaire data gathered from over 100 long distance hikers hoofing it through the Applachian Mountains.

This is a book about "the stuff dreams are made of" - and what it takes to turn dreams into reality. Many dream of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. Gary Bond was one whose dream lay just beneath the surface for over 30 years...

The product of collaboration between Gerber and survival expert Bear Grylls, the Compact Scout Knife is a smaller version of the original Scout knife, featuring a thin, folding design for easy portability and storage--just tuck it in a pocket and you're ready to go...

In 2003, at the age of sixty-two, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. This is the story about that hike. The Appalachian Trail starts on Springer Mountain, Georgia, and goes through fourteen states in a rather meandering way ending on Mount Katahdin, Maine, a distance of roughly 2,175 miles (depending on the source of information as to the exact distance)...