Walking on the Wild Side: Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail

by Kristi M. Fondren

Book Overview

Received the 2016 Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research from the National Recreation and Park Association

The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail-the longest hiking-only footpath in the world-runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to "thru-hike" the entire trail, a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081357188X
• ISBN13: 9780813571881
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary