I like to hike the Appalachian Trial starting in Georgia
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once
Chester Dziengielewski
Chester Dziengielewski was the first person to successfully thru hike the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia in 1951. Dziengielewski had attempted a southbound thru hike the previous year, but gave up the attempt at the Delaware Water Gap. He completed his hike on October 10, 1951, thereby becoming the third person to thru hike the Trail in any direction, after Earl Shaffer (1948) and Gene Espy (1951), who both hiked from Georgia to Maine.
During his hike, Dziengielewski met Espy, who