[at-l] (Guest Post) Williams Winans Murder

[rickboudrie@xxxxxxxxxxx (rick boudrie)]

>Seven through hikers murdered.  I think that you may be
>wrong.

I may be wrong.  On this topic my information is limited to what is on the
internet.

>From what I have seen, 7 hikers of any clasification have been killed on the
AT itself.  Of these, I believe 5 were reported to be thru hikers:  Janice
Balaza (1975), Susan Ramsey & Robert Mountford (1981) and Molly LaRue &
Geoffrey Hood (1990).

Most everytime this topic has come up you see a chorus of very experienced
hikers sharing how safe the AT is.  It is said that one is more likely to be
murdered in thier home town than out on the Trail.  For some time now I have
been bothered by those comforting reports when I consider the fact that one
THRU HIKER has been murdered for every 1500 THRU HIKERS that report to have
hiked the entire AT.

Rick B



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