How to Hike the Appalachian Trail: a Comprehensive Guide to Plan and Prepare for a Successful Thru-Hike

How to Hike the Appalachian Trail: a Comprehensive Guide to Plan and Prepare for a Successful Thru-Hike
Author: Chris Cage
Publisher:
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 9781520300627

Everything you need to know to complete your thru-hike. The AT is a life changing experience and an amazing accomplishment. Half of the battle is proper preparation. This book is everything I wish I would have known before setting off on my thru-hike. Complete with personal tips and experiences. Learn how to budget wisely, save money and not waste cash. Know how to allocate 6 months of your time and plan your exit. Master your gear with a massive guide on everything from your spork to your tent. Understand clothing, layering and materials. Hear about what life is really like on the trail. Know which direction to go, when and why. Familiarize yourself with a state by state breakdown of the trail. Learn how to mentally prepare an optimistic framework for the "I-wanna-quit-days". Understand the physical demands and methods to prevent injury. Prepare yourself for the nutritional needs with food ideas and favorite meal plans. Know the REAL dangers on the AT. "Female Needs" section from AT record-holder Heather 'Anish' Anderson. And a whole lot more...

Appalachian Trail Thru-hikers' Companion

Appalachian Trail Thru-hikers' Companion
Author: Robert Sylvester
Publisher: Appalachian Trail Conference
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 9781889386843

The leader for two decades in specialized guides for Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, section-hikers, and dreamers with the 2,186-mile national scenic trail in their eyes! Forty-some volunteers from the only organized A.T. users' group (the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association) each fall team up with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to compile the latest information on Trail features and offerings in nearby towns. That provides the basic information would-be thru-hikers need to craft their own adventures to define their walks of a lifetime. The Companion, with mileage tables and town maps, is divided by state in south-to-north order, with a plethora of telephone numbers and Web sites to tap along the way.

2021 the A.T. Guide

2021 the A.T. Guide
Author: David "Awol" Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736087701

Since 2010, The A.T. Guide, a.k.a. "The Awol Guide," has been the guidebook of choice for hikes of any length on the Appalachian Trail. The book contains thousands of landmarks such as campsites, water sources, summits and gaps. The trail's elevation profile is included and every landmark is aligned to the profile. Hikers using this guide know where they are on the trail, what views, streams and campsites are ahead, and whether they'll be hiking uphill or downhill to get there. The A.T. Guide answers all of your questions about how to get rides, where to stay, and where to get supplies. There are 94 maps of towns on or near the trail showing where to find these services and detailed listings for businesses.The A.T. Guide is the most innovative trail guidebook ever developed.

Awol on the Appalachian Trail

Awol on the Appalachian Trail
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Wingspan Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1595940561

A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his hike from Georgia to Maine, bringing to the reader the life of the towns and the people he meets along the way.

The Trail is the Teacher

The Trail is the Teacher
Author: Clay Bonnyman Evans
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735396811

An account of the author's 2016 thru-hike of the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail.

She Explores

She Explores
Author: Gale Straub
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1452167672

For every woman who has ever been called outdoorsy comes a collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel the world on her own terms. Combining breathtaking travel photography with compelling personal narratives, She Explores shares the stories of 40 diverse women on unforgettable journeys in nature: women who live out of vans, trucks, and vintage trailers, hiking the wild, cooking meals over campfires, and sleeping under the stars. Women biking through the countryside, embarking on an unknown road trip, or backpacking through the outdoors with their young children in tow. Complementing the narratives are practical tips and advice for women planning their own trips, including: • Preparing for a solo hike • Must-haves for a road-trip kitchen • Planning ahead for unknown territory • Telling your own story A visually stunning and emotionally satisfying collection for any woman craving new landscapes and adventure.

Walking with Spring

Walking with Spring
Author: Earl Victor Shaffer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 9780917953842

The author's account of his four-month hike in 1948 of the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0385674546

God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.