Appalachian Trail

had an affinity for the Appalachian Trail. I’m constantly looking for excuses to mash our lives into the giant, 50 liter bags, and hit the trail for a few days. This past year, in early fall, I convinced my parents to don their sturdy boots and disappear into the wilds of bear state park with me for three days. We were dropped off at the top of Bear Mountain and, while my parents argued over directions, I wandered around the windswept ridge. The grasses that grew out of rocky fissures and in expanses along the tourist paths were dried from the September heat and waved golden-brown in the slight morning breeze. Far off in the distance, one could see the silver-blue ribbon of the Hudson River in a foggy haze. In the middle of the clearing rose a five story obelisk, like a fat pin on a Giant’s map. I was beginning to get that special antsy feeling reserved for right before a significant event. It was time to go.…

There are no trails in Florida that will adequately prepare you for the Appalachian Trail. Not just the difficulties, but the beauty as well. When I made the decision to do a section hike with my friend Brian, I had a vague idea that it would be difficult and rewarding, but I had no idea just how much of an understatement that was. The first day began with a shuttle ride to our start point, thirty-five miles from Hot Springs, North Carolina, where we'd left our car. As soon as I stepped out of…

The history is one part of the Appalachian Trail. It is now the 100th anniversary for the Appalachian Trail. “Regional planner Benton MacKaye goes public with his proposal for “An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning. ” .One of the reasons the Appalachian Trail was constructed. Was so they could save some of the wilderness and plant life from being destroyed by mankind and other things. People that have worked at the Appalachian Trail have constantly been trying to find a way to…

By Alan Lovett With a steady pace, after 65 days of hill and dale, Alan reached the halfway point in Pennsylvania where the Shenandoah section skirts along the ridge. There he found the Appalachian Trail Center with cheering friends and home cooked food. Escaping to hike the Appalachian Trail, is a 2190 mile trek through 14 states extending from Georgia to Maine. The Appalachian trail is an astounding contrast of terrains and vegetation from the southernmost states to the northern apex.…

Bill Bryson, the author of A Walk in the Woods explores multiple different themes throughout the Novel and exaggerates his struggles as he and his former colleague make the treck through the Appalachian trail. Along the way, Bryson doesn’t hesitate in elaborately detailing the dangers of the 2,000 mile journey alongside his snickers-loving and incredibly flirtatious friend,Katz, who although is determined to finish the trail, can’t help but become side-tracked along the way. Early on we, as…

The Appalachian Trail has been a major source of curiosity for many scholars in the past, and it will continue this trajectory for years to come. Even more individuals have embraced the theme of conservation within historical writing. Each segment of scholarship that focuses on these topics does so through varying lenses, though typically social, utilizing numerous methodologies, and originates from varying backgrounds. Despite these numerous approaches to the topics of the Appalachian Trail and…

The situations in which I placed myself, sometimes recklessly, also helped to forge me into a stronger man. I found the courage to confront a bear that was following me in the dead of night, something of which I’m not entirely sure I would have been capable just a few months prior. On another night in Tennessee, not more than three weeks into my trek, completely soaked from a downpour earlier in the day, a blanket of thick fog descended upon me. I do not use these words lightly: what I…

A Walk in The Woods: The Disconnect from Nature The problem in our society is the disconnect from nature. Many Americans are uncultured in the wild world of untamed wilderness, thus must explore outside the civilized world of home. Nature is all around us and for many Americans nature is something that has not been experienced. With the lack of understanding nature, poor health has become a way of life for many. In the book A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson, two men set off on the…

numerous new experiences, new skills learned, and new friends made. When I was ten years old, I attended a camp session at Camp Bonnie Brae that took us off the main camp property and into the depths of the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is a hiking trail that stretches approximately 2,200 miles between Maine and Georgia. Sadly, the camp didn’t have the time or resources to look after us for months on the trail, so we were to spend only three days on…

first day. I voted to go hike but i was overruled by my siblings like always ( they wanted to go on the skyline drive). So we all loaded into the car at 10 to go to the skyline drive. I read that it would take you about three hours to drive the whole thing. We started to drive on the skyline drive when about 50 miles into it when we saw a bear on the edge of the woods. We all got our phones out to take pictures but my sister had her flash on so it scared the bear and made it run into the…