Walking with Spring

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Author	Earl Shaffer
Publisher	Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Year Published	2004
Pages	160
Description	A hiking legend, Earl Shaffer in 1948 came home from the South Pacific and set out to prove the then-little-known Appalachian Trail--its maintenance largely and necessarily neglected during the war--could be walked in a single continuous journey from Georgia to Maine. This is his own lyrical account of that walk, undertaken also to try to shake off World War II combat, during which he lost his best friend. Illustrated with his photographs during the hike, this book has inspired thousands to attempt similar "thru-hikes." In 1965, he walked it the other way, and, in 1998 at age 79, he did it again...on a trail far different from the one he basically rediscovered at mid-century, one that was more difficult than he liked as he neared his eighth decade. Originally self-published (300 copies), Walking with Spring was first professionally typeset and published in 1983; this is the second printing of a 1996 edition.

Earl Shaffer was the first AT thru-hiker. He came home from World War II and set out to prove the then-little-known Appalachian Trail could be walked from Georgia to Maine. This is his own lyrical account of that walk.