Julia Older
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Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine by Steve Sherman and Julia Older (1977) 248 pages.
Loved it! ❤️ I used to be an avid hiker when we lived in the Northwest and when we lived in Maine. I would tack hiking maps on the wall and highlight each trail as I knocked it off my bucket list.
This is a book I would definitely read for great helpful tips and to write notes on my map about the conditions of the trails in each state in the 1970’s to see how much has changed from today. Are there more shelters and have they improved? Are there still 8 miles of asphalt hiking on the road through New Jersey until you you get into New York? Or, have they talked private land owners to allow hikers through their property? The trail has been rerouted several times since before the ‘70’s, moving it further out and away from civilization, which keeps creeping up to the trail. Has it changed in 46 years since the publishing of this book in 1977? I’ve learned that different people and/or organizations are in charge of keeping different parts of the trail. Some do good, I mean really good, and some not at all.
When we lived in Maine, around 2003, a bunch of us camped at Abol Campground in Baxter State Park where the shortest trail, 4.4 miles long, lead you straight up to the top of Baxter Peak (3,982 ft elevation gain). Just that part was very tough, walking on rocks that you had to balance on from rock to rock to rock to rock, and it was HOT! We had about four of our young teenage boys with us, and they drank up all their water and were whining just before we reached the top. My husband and other friends drank up all their water because they were severely dehydrated from drinking too much alcohol the night before. I was pissed. I’m sitting there with them looking at the top that would probably take me another 30 minutes to climb, well, actually scramble straight up a slippery slope of loose rocks. Then, I looked at them, and they were all dying. Crap! Back down we go!… (mehr)