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Panoramic view of the Potomac River taken from Weverton Cliffs looking west/southwest. Edward B. Garvey (November 13, 1914 [1] in Farmington, Minnesota [2] – September 20, 1999, at Arlington Hospital in Virginia [3] of congestive heart failure) [4] thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1970 and in 1971 published a book about his adventure, Appalachian Hiker, that raised awareness of thru-hiking.
Warren Doyle (born 1950) became interested in hiking while attending Southern Connecticut State College.He had spent one summer after his junior year volunteering in the mountains of Jamaica and the next year on the edge of the coalfields in southwest West Virginia; the latter enabled him to meet, and be mentored by, the noted Appalachian activist/educator/poet Don West.
Gene Espy (born 1927) is recognized as the second person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, [1] making the entire 2,025-mile journey alone in one outing, covering 14 states in just over 123 days. [2] Born and raised in Cordele, Georgia, Espy first heard about the Appalachian Trail from his seventh-grade teacher. [2]
Geraldine Largay, 66, disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2013 -- and her final message to her loved ones will give you chills. Lost hiker left heartbreaking note: 'When you find my ...
The "Hike In Harmony" campaign uses the yin and yang symbol with boot footprints and distills and adapts Leave No Trace principles into three basic ethics rules for A.T. backpackers: [6] "Leave no trace in trail towns, not just in camp." "Follow the rules as you would the white blazes." "Help keep the Appalachian Trail a good neighbor."
Earl V. Shaffer (November 8, 1918 – May 5, 2002), was an American outdoorsman and author known from 1948 as The Crazy One (and eventually as The Original Crazy One) for attempting what became the first publicized claimed hiking trip in a single season over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (AT).
Colin Fletcher (photograph, John Sexton/Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association) Colin Fletcher (14 March 1922 – 12 June 2007) was a pioneering backpacker and writer. In 1963, Fletcher walked the length of that portion of Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park .
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