Enjoyment in the Open

From: The Washington Post | Date: January 2, 1999 | Copyright information

Steve Luxenberg's Dec. 13 Outlook story, "A Complicated Hike," reported Earl Shaffer's finding that a few sections along the 2,100- mile Appalachian Trail are near impassable for nonstop, Georgia-to- Maine "thru-hikers." Benton Mackaye, the trail's architect, sought to serve millions of two-weeks-a-year vacationers, not a few five- months-on-the-trail endurance hikers such as Mr. Shaffer. Mr. Mackaye's trail rested on two distinct ideas -- one serving individuals, the other the nation.

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