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Walking with Spring (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)
Walking with Spring - Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail Author:Earl V. Shaffer Now a hiking legend, Earl Shaffer in 1948 set out to prove the then-little-known Appalachian Trail could be walked in a single continuous journey from Georgia to Maine. This is his own lyrical account of that walk, undertaken also to try to shake off World War II combat, during which he lost his best friend. Illustrated with his photograp... more »hs during the hike, this book has inspired thousands to attempt similar "thru-hikes." In 1965, he walked it the other way, and, in 1998 at age 79, he did it again...on a trail far different from the one he basically rediscovered at mid-century. Originally self-published (300 copies), Walking with Spring was first published by the Appalachian Trail Conference in 1983; this is the second printing of a 1996 edition.« less