You may or may not remember Gator Gump, a 2007 thru-hiker.

Gator Gump was the middle aged man who put his naked azz on the Springer plaque among other things. Both the thread about him on WB and the comments section of his journal on trailjournals went ballistic. Some people hated him; others thot he was a breath of fresh air. Remember him now?

For the record, based on what I've read on WB and TJ, I'm in the "I don't like him camp."

I also just bought his book which was released last week.

I stopped reading "I thru hiked the AT" books years ago as most of them are variations on the same boring theme. Something tells me this one will be different. Perhaps I'll feel differently about Mr Gump when I'm done. Perhaps not.

Book is available on dead trees or on kindle. Here's a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-Appa...chian+trail+is