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Daily account of my five-and-a-half-month journey hiking the Appalachian Trail

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Mary Poppins

Cy/Booger

Leslie

Smiles and Fiddlehead

Swagman

Cameron/7 States

Wren and Buzzard

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Peace Pilgrim, who walked more than 25,000 miles across America's highways and byways, wrote...

"From May to October of 1952, before the pilgrimage, I walked the 2,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, with 500 additional miles for side-trips to points of beauty.
I lived out-of-doors completely, supplied with only one pair of slacks and shorts, one blouse and sweater, a lightweight blanket, and two double plastic sheets, into which I sometimes stuffed leaves.
I was not always completely dry and warm, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. My menu, morning and evening, was two cups of uncooked oatmeal soaked in water and flavored with brown sugar; at noon two cups of double strength dried milk, plus any berries, nuts or greens found in the woods.
I had been thoroughly prepared for my
pilgrimage by this toughening process. A walk along the highway seemed easy by comparison."

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