Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: A.T. article in Smithsonian magazine  (Read 716 times)
jaybird
Trail Climber
****
*
*

Karma: 8
Offline Offline

Favorite Trail: Pinhoti
Posts: 434
Referrals: 1
« on: July 29, 2009, 09:15:10 PM »
Good article featuring 10 historic people of the A.T.

http://www.smithsonianmag...archaeology/50731527.html
Logged
Uncle Wayne
Trail Climber
****
*
*
*
*

Karma: 108
Offline Offline

Favorite Trail: AT and the Bankhead Forest Trails
Posts: 440
Referrals: 0



WWW
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 12:01:56 AM »
Thanks jaybird, very interesting article.  Don't skip the comments after the story.
Logged
"It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it while you can, while it is still there. So go out there and hunt and fish and mess around.  Ramble out yonder, explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air. Sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space.  I promise you this one sweet victory, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by calculators. : you will outlive the bastards." Ed Abbey
mcdcrook
Fresh Face
*
*
*

Karma: 0
Offline Offline

Favorite Trail: Appalachian Trail, Pinhoti
Posts: 21
Referrals: 0


yee haw


WWW
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 02:29:01 PM »
great article! Thanks for the link. By the way, here's a link to Benton Mackaye's article which started the AT movement:

http://docs.google.com/gv...hl=en&gl=us&pli=1


Is it me or has the Appalachian Trail been getting a lot more press since the Mark Sanford debacle? I'm not complaining as press is press. But it is funny that more people may start utilizing this great trail because of the public indiscretions of a legislator.
« Last Edit: July 30, 2009, 02:39:36 PM by mcdcrook » Logged
"I have always known that I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know it would be today." - Narihira
Lesley
Global Moderator
Trail Climber
****

*
*

Karma: 0
Offline Offline

Favorite Trail: Nubbin Creek Trail
Posts: 282
Referrals: 0
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2009, 07:45:40 PM »
I'm all for press, but I'm really sad that "hiking the Appalachian" is now a euphemism for...(insert favorite euphemism here).
Logged
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
Soren Kierkegaard
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.