Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail Garners Four 5-Star Reviews on Amazon in One Day!

Immediately butteflies wafted through my stomach. Why? Because when I turned on the computer this morning, I saw that I had 88 reviews on the Amazon page for Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail. This compared to 84 the previous day. The obvious question was whether the four new reviews would be good or bad. Lo and behold, all four were five-star reviews. Ultra-cool. Now I don’t want to get cocky. This book isn’t...

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Global Warming Leading Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers to Begin Early

“I’m giving up my lease in February,” a 2013 Appalachian Trail thru-hiker wannabe recently told me. “Why February?” I wanted to know. “Because I’m starting on March 4th, my birthday.” “Wow.” Let me say that again. Wow. Because I started the Appalachian Trail (AT) two times–once on April 5th, and the other on April 10th. And if I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t begin a...

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