#earl shaffer

[wedidanything]

"Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.” - Earl Shaffer

M.Coll

[vintagecamping]

Earl Shaffer, “walks the war out of his system”.

Shaffer was a World War II veteran, who, in 1948, became the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail. He was so picky about gear that he ditched his own cumbersome tent, sleeping in a poncho for months instead.

In his journals, which ca be found online with a simple google search, describe:  One minute Shaffer is walking by starlight, the next he’s washing his underwear. He is harried by copperheads and Girl Scouts, and a raccoon that wants to lick his frying pan. Indeed, Shaffer didn’t know it, but he was pioneering a whole new American genre, the Appalachian Trail journal.

[pepikhipik]

Emma Gatewoodová si v květnu 1955 sbalila pytel s věcmi, zabouchla dveře domu a svým jedenácti dětem a třiadvaceti vnoučatům zanechala vzkaz: „Šla jsem na túru do lesa.“ Jen se nezmínila, že se vrátí až v září. Po 146 dnech.

Pytel babičky Gatewoodové

[talesofdrunkennessandcruelty]

The Army Veteran Who Became the First to Hike the Entire Appalachian Trail

[thingsbox]

earl v. shaffer at the end of the appalachian trail on mt. katahdin, maine, 1948. after serving in the army in world war two, he became the first person ever to hike the entire length of the trail in one summer.