Re [at-l] Picking on Bill and other stuff at-l

[Slyatpct@aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

Was Katz a real person?  I think I heard some place he wasn't and Bryson made 
him up.  An alter ego?  Certainly the idea of people tossing half there gear 
into the woods in Georgia isn't new, but who on earth is stupid enough to do 
so?

Sly


> Would Bryson have brought Katz along if he didn't need him as a
> character in the book?  Only he knows.  Is there reasonable doubt that
> he would bring Katz along if he were going to hike some of the AT and
> not write a book?  There is in my mind.  Someone that doesn't have
> experience setting out to do something foreign to them might just want a
> friend along, experienced or not.
> 




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