The Appalachian Trail: A Heckuva Hike

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A few short years after the hiking trails from Maine to Georgia were connected into the world’s longest hiking-only footpath, a WWII vet walked the whole thing in one go. He kicked off a challenge that’s still taken on by thousands of people each year.

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