[at-l] Easy One Did it!

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?Easy One? Supercedes ?The Crazy One? as Oldest A.T. Thru-Hiker

Longtime ATC member Lee Barry of Shelby, N.C., this year took the title of 
oldest Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from the late Earl Shaffer, who made his 
third thru-hike in 1998, finishing just before his 80th birthday. Barry, a 1996 
thru-hiker and three-time 2,000-Miler before that (in sections), completed his 
most unusual second thru-hike this year at age 81. He accomplished it by 
hiking in 16 pieces of a week to three weeks at a time, going home in between. 
Engineer Barry also designed much of his gear and, like a true modern hiker, has 
his pack weight down to about 13 pounds.

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