Quick Stats
  » Author :: Edward B. Garvey
  » ISBN :: 0-89732-209-6
  » Pages :: 320
  » Size :: 6" x 9"
  » Format :: Paperback
  » Features :: black & white photos,
     illustrations

Description
More than a quarter century ago Ed Garvey drew public attention to the wonders and precariousness of the Appalachian Trail with his much publicized thru-hike, so memorably documented in his Appalachian Hiker books. Twenty years later, at the age of seventy-five, he once again began the long trek northward, to rediscover a trail that had changed significantly in the intervening years. The New Appalachian Trail is both the story of his journey and a practical guide to backpacking on the AT. It is also a tribute to the unprecedented cooperative effort of government and volunteers to secure and maintain this extraordinary national treasure.