Re: [at-l] Garvey (and other AT books)

["James Bullard" <bullard@northnet.org>]

>Fallingwater wrote
>The book that had the biggest impact on our hike was the 2 volume set of
>books on the AT from Rodale Press. Granted they are somewhat out of
>date, but they still give an essence of the trail.
The *best* written account of a thru-hike that I've read was the N==>S hike
of Eric Ryback which is the first one in Volume 2 of this set. He is an
excellent writer and his tale about an encounter with a bear is a riot.

Saunterer

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