From 35000 Feet To The Appalachian Trail

Author : Rich Malagrifa
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514491443
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From 35,000 Feet to the Appalachian Trail written by Rich Malagrifa and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Appalachian Trail, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, is the longest hiking-only footpath in the world spanning 2,200 miles. Rich Malagrifa chronicled his journey through this legendary trail, interspersing it with stories of his flying adventures. In 2014, Malagrifa trekked the Appalachian Trail, an excursion that taught him many invaluable lessons on discipline and determination. He describes this real-life adventure in "From 35,000 Feet to the Appalachian Trail." The book includes snapshots of his career as a general aviation pilot, fighter pilot in the Air Force and commercial airline pilot. It is an interesting memoir filled with fascinating cross-sections of the author's life as a hiker and pilot and the interesting people that he met along the way. "From 35,000 Feet to the Appalachian Trail" is not just a personal narrative of a life well-lived, it is a universal tale of resilience, and the joy of a shared experience. This book will be of interest to people who enjoy nature hikes, high-flying adventures and inspiring true stories of dreams coming true.

Author : Michelle Ray
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811740927
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Hike the A.T. written by Michelle Ray and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to plan and prepare for a long-distance hike on the Appalachian Trail. Includes information on trail nutrition, culture, first aid, gear, weather conditions, and more. Expert advice from an experienced long-distance hiker along with useful information for any long-distance trek.

Author : Mark Allen
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456603485
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Average People; Extraordinary Trail, Volume I - The Appalachian Trail written by Mark Allen and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Average People, Extraordinary Trail is written for anyone that has an interest in the Appalachian Trail (A.T.), or hiking in general. You don't have to be an experienced hiker, or professional outdoorsman, to enjoy a day, or a year, on the A.T. Enjoy a "desk hike" while reading the author's daily journal entries from his 2009 A.T. thru-hike. Prepare for your own hike, or just learn a little about the Appalachian Trail. Each chapter has a planning section and an equipment section. Over 100 photographs are included.

Author : Joshua Niven
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493060716
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Appalachian Trail written by Joshua Niven and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beginners to thru-hikers, Discovering the Appalachian Trail has something for anyone that wants a connection with the nation’s longest marked footpath at approximately 2,181 miles. Starting at Springer Mountain in Georgia and finishing far to the north in Maine’s Mount Katahdin, the A.T. crosses 14 states, 6 national parks, and 8 national forests. Taking on the A.T. is a pilgrimage because of both its beauty and accessibility. Let Joshua Niven and Amber Adams guide you across the best trails that the Appalachian Trail has to offer. Complete with full-color photography, you’ll also have hikes suited to every ability, mile-by-mile directional cues, sidebars, and maps.

Author : Terry Croteau
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465315535
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Footpath My Ass! written by Terry Croteau and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Terry Croteau was twelve years old, tromping around the woods on family outings, looking under leaves for frogs and salamanders, and relieving herself behind trees, she had no idea she’d end up spending over half year doing the same thing from Georgia to Maine. . . in her fifties! What causes a midlife baby boomer to leave her job, sell the house, farm out the furniture and cram all the leftovers in a ten by ten foot storage unit and carry thirty-five plus pounds on her back over 2174 miles? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but that’s what she did. Join Terry, (trail name ‘Bluebird’) as she prepares, then walks, crawls, trips, and falls her way up the Appalachian Trail, (AT) from Springer Mountain, GA to Baxter Park’s Katahdin, in ME. Allow yourself the experience of hiking the AT by living vicariously through Bluebird’s journal entries and reflections. Experience the routine and the totally unexpected, in the life of a long distance thru hiker. Learn where a good sense of humor, sweat, tears and a ‘Don’t give up!’ attitude might take you. Realize how success can be measured more keenly by your attitude than by your accomplishments, that believing in ‘you’ is half the battle, the other half is putting one foot in front of the other. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, approximately 1,150 northbound thru hikers began their trek in 2006 (GA to ME) of the 1,150 hikers, 659 individuals, a little over half, made it to Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (Bluebird was number 501) Maine’s Katahdin greeted 30% of the original 1,150 hikers, with a total of 349 completions in 2006. You will connect with some of those people in Terry’s journal. It doesn’t matter if you’re young, old, male or female, you will appreciate what you find between the cover pages of this book. The author reminds us that, “Life isn’t over till your six foot under and if you’re on this side of the dirt and breathing, you’re alive! So, for God sake and your own, live!”

Author : Courtney L. Mann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 145681088X
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wide Sky, Narrow Path written by Courtney L. Mann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern pilgrimage ofpassages through theheights and depths of solitude and companionship, the Appalachian Trail thru-hike is ajourney into the soul as muchas through the mountains. In this inspirational collection of vignettes and reflections on life through the eyes of a hiker, the sky overhead represents the limitless opportunities of life held in mysterious tension with the path of one's choices. The walk is a daily reminder of our interconnectedness to the created and non-created realm—and the chance to see the wordless stories the world around us can tell.

Author : Kristi M. Fondren
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813571901
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking on the Wild Side written by Kristi M. Fondren and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail—the longest hiking-only footpath in the world—runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to “thru-hike” the entire trail, a feat equivalent to hiking Mount Everest sixteen times. In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who, for their own personal reasons, set out to conquer America’s most well known, and arguably most social, long-distance hiking trail. In this fascinating in-depth study, Fondren shows how, once out on the trail, this unique subculture of hikers lives mostly in isolation, with their own way of acting, talking, and thinking; their own vocabulary; their own activities and interests; and their own conception of what is significant in life. They tend to be self-disciplined, have an unwavering trust in complete strangers, embrace a life of poverty, and reject modern-day institutions. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity. Fondren describes how long-distance hikers develop a trail persona, underscoring how important a sense of place can be to our identity, and to our sense of who we are. Indeed, the author adds a new dimension to our understanding of the nature of identity in general. Anyone who has hiked—or has ever dreamed of hiking—the Appalachian Trail will find this volume fascinating. Walking on the Wild Side captures a community for whom the trail is a sacred place, a place to which they have become attached, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.

Author : Leonard M. Adkins
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1634041461
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes written by Leonard M. Adkins and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise guide to the best day hikes along the entire Appalachian Trail. Summit the iconic Katahdin in Maine, explore Pennsylvania's Chimney Rocks, splash in Tennessee's Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls, and find out where Blood Mountain got its name in the new edition of Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes by Victoria and Frank Logue and Leonard M. Adkins. This is the most comprehensive and useful guide to this beloved long trail. The book details hikes in each of the 14 states that the Appalachian Trail passes through; previews the flora, fauna, and history of the A.T.; and offers point-by-point descriptions of each hike with trailhead directions. Hikes range in length from less than 1 mile to 11 miles.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miscellaneous Park Areas in New York and New Jersey written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Author : David Miller
Publisher : Wingspan Press
ISBN 13 : 1595940561
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awol on the Appalachian Trail written by David Miller and published by Wingspan Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.