Long-Distance Hiking: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail

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Summary: Excellent Overview
Review: This book covers just about everything possible concerning long distance hiking. The author relies on dozens of surveys he took from thru-hikers of America's long distance trails, and combines the information into easy reading. The book is a little outdated now, but still a good read.

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Summary: fascinating
Review: This book gives interesting facts about typical hiker experiences on an adventure along a 2000 mile hike along the east coast of the United States. The author portrays the experience as a strange one, and gives survey results from dozens of fellow hikers.

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Summary: Thoughful insight into the how, what and why's of long hikes
Review: This book provides an interesting look at many varied aspects of a long distance hike. Insight is based upon a survey of long distance hikers on the AT and covers many subjects from equipment, clothing, personalities, women's issues, food, distance travelled, thoughts of the hikers themselves and more. Anyone interested in long distance hiking would enjoy this book!

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Summary: Why I decided
Review: This is the book that put the idea into my head to go take a hike, and the first book that I re-read when I got done. --sugardaddy topher AT01