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    Default Meet The First Thru-Hiker On The Appalachian Trail - An Army Veteran

    An article on Earl Shaffer and his AT journey. Short but concise.

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smiths...ail-180963678/

    With this link you can read his actual journal.

    https://transcription.si.edu/project/6734

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    Started reading his journal, thanks for the link. Very interesting read.

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    Same here, started reading journal, will continue...very interesting the animals he saw and what he was eating.

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    Anyone can help the Smithsonian transcribe books like this. I helped on the Earl Shaffer Diary project transcribing several pages including the page where he climbs Katahdin. I thought it was pretty cool to be a part of that. By the way Earl's handwriting is atrocious!
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    Go Army!!! The Army LEADS the way!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don H View Post
    I helped on the Earl Shaffer Diary project transcribing several pages including the page where he climbs Katahdin. I thought it was pretty cool to be a part of that. By the way Earl's handwriting is atrocious!
    Years ago I also was part of a group that did this - The Gutenberg Project. I read "Walking with Spring" last year. Is the journal the same, or more detail oriented?

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