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In early July of this year, at Caledonia PA, I met north bound hiker Baby Ruth. We talked about the trail ahead, water, etcetera. As the conversation turned she showed me her video sequence from...

The cougar video taken by Baby Ruth is outstanding. She was favored by good lighting when the big cat crouched on a boulder on Lewis Mountain. What's more, she has beyond-a-doubt proof of a mountain...

Thank you, Lone Wolf, CrumSnatcher and Erin for the details on Bob Barker. Now I have enough information to cast about for additional facts on this man of substance. Any more information would be...

Bob Barker hiked the AT sometime in the 1980s. He was an elderly gentleman with multiple sclerosis, needing to wrist-brace canes to negotiate the trail. Where did he live? Are there any published...

Bill Irwin hiked the AT with his dog Orient in 1990. His book Blind Courage is a great source for published information on getting from Georgia to Maine dog style. What' more, it's a terrific story....

An update on resupply in Pennsylvania for North-Bound hikers begins with South Mountain Village, an unincorporated town surrounded by Michaux State Forest. The store in the village is permanently...

For information on the Chestnut Tree Blight read Vol. II of 'Hiking the Appalachian Trail' Rodale Press, 1975. On page 1212 the details are told by Charles Konopa. It's a hard story about the...

The Mid State Trail in Northern Pennsylvania is a great experience. If you want to see game in abundance try the Quehanna and Susquehannok Trails. On a three day hike (hiking alone) I had the...

In Michaux State Forest (Pennsylvania) where the AT crosses Middle Ridge Road, a twenty-five foot American Chestnut is growing. I appears to be healthy, but an expert arborist might have a different...

Proenneke, Richard: One's Man's Wilderness Alaska 1968
Frederickson, Olive: The Silence of the North Canada's North Country 1912-
Irwin, William: Blind Courage ...

For a short time all three of you are able to grow together. As parents you honor life, thus an understanding of life has been revealed to you. Therein you are blessed. ...May our merciful God guide...