[at-l] "Long Distance Hiking" by Roland Mueser

[atr3dhead at gmail.com (AT r3dhead)]

One of my most treasured books on the AT.  We used to have endless
conversations here about his conclusions.  I loved how he wrote it,
and how he included so many opinions and people.

It did spark a lot of debates here - but whats new when you have such
a diverse crowd with so much experience hiking and yet such incredibly
different life experiences outside of hiking and so many paradigms
that preclude you from ever hearing what anyone else is saying?

I also liked his conclusions on a lot of issues - from "should I
filter" to so many issues, not just giving his opinion or the
statistics he found, but including the comments from others and how he
came to his conclusions.

Still one of my favorite reads, and always the one I pick up when I
run out of things to read.

Red

On 8/18/05, Raphael Bustin <rafeb@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 
> I just picked up this book this evening
> at the local Barnes and Noble (located
> *much* too close to where I live.)
> 
> It's really quite detailed and fascinating.
> 
> It's based on the author's own thru-hike, and
> interviews with 100+ AT thru-hikers in 1989.
> Detailed questionnaires were filled in by
> 136 hikers, most of whom were finishers.
> 
> It covers, in great detail, just about every
> question a potential thru-hiker might ask --
> issues/attitudes on solitude, miles-per-day,
> "purity," gear, travails along the way,
> partners, shelters, diet, boredom, inter-
> personal relationships on the trail, what-not.
> 
> If nothing else, the book will go down as
> the most detailed snapshot imaginable of
> the state of AT thru-hiking in a particular
> season, though I think most of the info here
> is timeless.
> 
> Most importantly, it's not just one guy spouting
> off -- it's the collected wisdom of 136 tough
> hikers.
> 
> 
> rafe b
> aka terrapin
> 
> 
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