old 1987 national geographic AT article

**MadAussieInLondon** · 01-16-2010, 23:09

Not sure how much bandwidth I have so this may not be up for long. Maybe someone else can host it.

I scanned an old AT article (28 or something pages) from a 1987 Feb Nat. Geo.

My dad (in australia) stole it from a doctors waiting office and sent it to me, I killed the binding and scanned it with works fancy scanner..

its 32mb (about 1mb per page)...

if I need I can give the link to my domain but I dont want to blow all my bandwidth just yet

it can be downloaded 10 times from this link
http://rapidshare.com/files/336496915/ata.zip.html

the files md5sum is 5db093b4dca91805eafef8dd7c968653

**veteran** · 01-17-2010, 00:30

National Geographic also had an article August, 1949, a year after Earl Shaffer made his Thru. Skyline Trail from Maine to Georgia. I Scanned it also, it has 34 pages.

**MadAussieInLondon** · 01-17-2010, 00:34

now that is way cooler than my version!!

I guess you needed a knife like that back in the day

**jrwiesz** · 01-17-2010, 01:50

If one visits ebay, do a search "Appalachian trail". Occasionally there is a copy up for bids.

**Roughin' It** · 01-17-2010, 01:56

thanks for posting this, I was born in 1987, so there's a special connection there.

**LIhikers** · 01-17-2010, 08:56

Originally Posted by MadAussieInLondon

Not sure how much bandwidth I have so this may not be up for long. Maybe someone else can host it.

I scanned an old AT article (28 or something pages) from a 1987 Feb Nat. Geo.

My dad (in australia) stole it from a doctors waiting office and sent it to me, I killed the binding and scanned it with works fancy scanner..

its 32mb (about 1mb per page)...

if I need I can give the link to my domain but I dont want to blow all my bandwidth just yet

it can be downloaded 10 times from this link
http://rapidshare.com/files/336496915/ata.zip.html

the files md5sum is 5db093b4dca91805eafef8dd7c968653

If you saved each page as an image you could probably put them all up on a site like photobucket which regularly host pictures. Then a lot more than 10 people could see them.

**Hikes in Rain** · 01-17-2010, 09:10

I'm not sure I like the reference to the 87 article as "old", but that just reminds me that I got that issue in the mail (and it's still in the library) close to ten years after becoming a Geographic member.

I also have Earl's article on CD. I need to go dig that out.

**MadAussieInLondon** · 01-17-2010, 09:44

Originally Posted by LIhikers

If you saved each page as an image you could probably put them all up on a site like photobucket which regularly host pictures. Then a lot more than 10 people could see them.

I PDF'd it to keep them together like a real article. I'll see what I can do, I should still have the individual images on my work computer.

**veteran** · 01-17-2010, 09:53

Originally Posted by jrwiesz

If one visits ebay, do a search "Appalachian trail". Occasionally there is a copy up for bids.

Amazon has them now:

February 1987
http://www.amazon.com/National-Geogr...sr=8-1-catcorr

August 1949
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...condition=used

**MadAussieInLondon** · 01-17-2010, 23:27

**Cookerhiker** · 01-18-2010, 08:47

National Geographic also published 2 books on the AT:

The Appalachian Trail (1972)
Mountain Adventure: Exploring the Appalachian Trail (1988)

Both were written by the same author - Ron Fisher. I didn't check their availability on e-Bay or Amazon. I've got 'em both but no sale!

**papa john** · 01-18-2010, 09:21

I have been looking for an article I remember reading back in the 60s or so. I think it was in Readers Digest but could have been in Life. It talked about thru hiking the trail, about how thru-hikers got their food and a little about people who had disappeared on the trail. I've never been able to find that article.

**papa john** · 01-18-2010, 09:27

Also, here is the 1949 issue for $6.95 on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=360225162834

**papa john** · 01-18-2010, 09:34

Picked up both those books on Amazon for a penny plus $3.99 shipping each.

**Skidsteer** · 01-18-2010, 10:43

Originally Posted by MadAussieInLondon

ok here are the images; They are BIIIG.

I converted the page images into a pdf for you.

**cheeks** · 01-18-2010, 11:48

Thanks for the article and the PDF conversion. That work scanner must be pretty sweet.

**Cookerhiker** · 01-18-2010, 14:37

Originally Posted by Skidsteer

I converted the page images into a pdf for you.

Thanks Skids.

**MadAussieInLondon** · 01-18-2010, 14:38

Originally Posted by Skidsteer

I converted the page images into a pdf for you.

thanks skidster, your pages are out of order tho;

here is my original pdf

http://bloodycactus.com/~sgeorge/ata.zip (34mb)

**Skidsteer** · 01-18-2010, 17:03

Originally Posted by MadAussieInLondon

thanks skidster, your pages are out of order tho;

here is my original pdf

http://bloodycactus.com/~sgeorge/ata.zip (34mb)

Woops. Here's a corrected version and I'll go back and change the other as well.

**10-K** · 01-18-2010, 21:33

That's a pretty good read - thanks for making it available guys.

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