Good reading on the AT

[coach lou]

A great start! BTW, you may not know, but there's a DVD of Earl Shaffer narrating a slide show of photos he took in '48 on his thru-hike. It'd go well with his book.

RainMan

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Naturally I'm starting with Earl. I hope to have finished it by the time I meet HB in Caratunk.

[rocketsocks]

Thanks for your help folks. Just checked out 4 titles from HBs Cyber Cafe Library.
Walking with Spring
Awol
Just Passing Thru
& Southbound
That should hold me over for a couple of months.


And you thought all we do at the Cafe was throw bullets, climb 6' walls, and filter water, and tell bad jokes.

Got three of those, can't go wrong with them LOU, I'm heading out of town for a few days, not hiking ,and am bringing some much needed to be read books, the one on the history of the compass I mentioned, and maybe, oooh I don't know...to be decided, I Love Books, they can take my Credit cards, or my Drivers Lic., but please don't take my Library card...I alway's say, LOL Happy Reading "Coach",I liked Earls book, time for a re-read!

[coach lou]

Got three of those, can't go wrong with them LOU, I'm heading out of town for a few days, not hiking ,and am bringing some much needed to be read books, the one on the history of the compass I mentioned, and maybe, oooh I don't know...to be decided, I Love Books, they can take my Credit cards, or my Drivers Lic., but please don't take my Library card...I alway's say, LOL Happy Reading "Coach",I liked Earls book, time for a re-read!

Well, 3 down, the sisters to go. I enjoyed Earl very much, mostly in the pioneering way. Road maps, unkept trail, not alot of local navigating help, but lots of help otherwise. It is almost sad to think it can never be walked again as he did. It also seemed like he ran thru NH & Maine.
AWOL was very good. thoroughly modern 21st century family man, going for it! My knees ache just thinking of those mpds. I must get his guidebook.
'Just passing through'....I can't wait.... I hope to arrive on one of those crazy days.


Now to the Sisters.

[bwburgin1015]

So many good ones...... " Becoming Odyssa" by Jennifer Pharr Davis comes to mind.

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Second that! Best AT book I've read. Also recommend Just Passin' Thru by Winton Porter...that's a good one to learn about the hiking community.

[Deacon]

Just read "Avalanche and Gorilla Jim". Very entertaining and it's available at Amazon Kindle.


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[Maddog]

I enjoyed AWOL on the Appalachian and Just Passin' Thru! Maddog

[firefly]

If I had to pick a favorite it would be "as far as the eye can see"

[wornoutboots]

I just finished "BecomingOdyssa" really good read!