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This is John Illig's narrative account of his 2,147 mile through-hike up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Author & Reviewer John Hanson Mitchell writes: "Just in time to counteract Bill Bryson's lumbering 'A Walk In the Woods,' here is a book by a guy who actually made it through. John Illig is light on his feet and writes with tripping prose." Reviewer Jane Weinberger writes: "The Author's style is breezy, intimate; he talks to you, to himself, to his trail mates. When he describes a day on the AT, you see it, you feel it, as if you are there. He writes fluidly, always compellingly readable." Author & Reviewer J. Finney Boylan writes: "John Illig writes of his 2,100 mile adventure with humor, wisdom and love. His journey is both comic and mythic."
In addition to through-hiking the Appalachian Trail (1993), John Illig also hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (1999), and the Continental Divide Trail (2005). He wrote narrative accounts of those other two hikes, as well, and his trilogy exists as the only one of its kind.This is John Illig's narrative account of his 2,147 mile through-hike up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Author & Reviewer John Hanson Mitchell writes: "Just in time to counteract Bill Bryson's lumbering 'A Walk In the Woods,' here is a book by a guy who actually made it through. John Illig is light on his feet and writes with tripping prose." Reviewer Jane Weinberger writes: "The Author's style is breezy, intimate; he talks to you, to himself, to his trail mates. When he describes a day on the AT, you see it, you feel it, as if you are there. He writes fluidly, always compellingly readable." Author & Reviewer J. Finney Boylan writes: "John Illig writes of his 2,100 mile adventure with humor, wisdom and love. His journey is both comic and mythic."
In addition to through-hiking the Appalachian Trail (1993), John Illig also hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (1999), and the Continental Divide Trail (2005). He wrote narrative accounts of those other two hikes, as well, and his trilogy exists as the only one of its kind. Read more