IF YOU WANT TO THRU-HIKE OR HAVE THRU-HIKED, YOU HAVE TO READ THIS!!!

Seriously, this is the BEST trail journal I have read, ever. It is poignant, hilarious, incredibly detailed, informative, eloquent, clever -- it's just awesome. It will have you crying and laughing with his ups and downs, like it did me. Has anyone else read it before? The guy hiked the trail in the early 80's, then when the computer age came along I guess he uploaded his old journal. Be sure to read the Prologue as well. It takes quite a lot of time to finish the entire thing, but it is worth it -- you won't be disappointed. It gets better as you go along too. But I'll let you know right away -- it's a novel, not a "how-to" instruction or a faceless description. It truly changed my life. Thanks to this, I know that I will thru-hike some day.

http://www.skwc.com/exile/Hail-nf.html

"Then the Hail Came" by George Steffanos