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Franconia Ridge in New Hampshire on the Appalachian Trail. Jeff Pang via National Park Foundation. W. hen I first discovered that Earl Shaffer โ the first man acknowledged to have hiked the entire 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine โ lived nearby, I went through his brother John Shaffer with an interview request.. It was really the only way.
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About the Project Join Earl Shaffer in his hike over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in 1948. Follow Shaffer through transcribing his trail diary that detailed the trails he hiked, forged and documented as well as events the daily events of his travel. Read more Catalog Record | Download PDF | Go to Page
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Earl V. Shaffer , was an American outdoorsman and author known from 1948 as The Crazy One for attempting what became the first publicized claimed hiking trip in a single season over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail . He also worked as a carpenter, a soldier specializing in radar and radio installation, and an antique dealer.
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Earl V. Shaffer, the first person to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, died May 5 in Lebanon, Pa., of cancer. He was 83. Mr. Shaffer "through-hiked" the Appalachian Trail, as hikers.
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The Earl Shaffer Foundation (ESF) celebrates the life and times of Earl V. Shaffer of Pennsylvania. Writer, poet, naturalist, dedicated environmentalist, and the first person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail from end to end in one continuous journey. The Appalachian Trail Museum is proud to announce that we have entered into a partnership.
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Earl V. Shaffer is the author of Walking with Spring (4.09 avg rating, 513 ratings, 67 reviews, published 1983), The Appalachian Trail (4.12 avg rating,.
Earl Shaffer, the First ThruHiker of the AT, Embodied the Trail's Soul Appalachian trail
An outdoorsman, poet, and hiker, Earl Victor Shaffer was born in 1918 in Pennsylvania. His upbringing near the woods instilled in him a love for nature, and when he returned from serving in the Army during WWII, it was nature that he turned to for healing.
The Appalachian Trail Calling Me Back to the Hills by Earl V. Shaffer
An outdoorsman, poet, and hiker, Earl Victor Shaffer was born in 1918 in Pennsylvania. His upbringing near the woods instilled in him a love for nature, and when he returned from serving in the Army during WWII, it was nature that he turned to for healing.
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Earl Shaffer was 'confused and depressed' when he started hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1948. He made history 124 days later. By Lizzie Johnson July 27, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Earl Shaffer.
Walking With Spring the first thruhike of Appalachian Trail, Earl V. Shaffer Nonfiction
Earl V. Shaffer (November 8, 1918 - May 5, 2002), was an American outdoorsman and author known from 1948 as The Crazy One (and eventually as The Original Crazy One) for attempting what became the first publicized claimed hiking trip in a single season over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (AT).
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Earl Shaffer, who put one foot in front of another about five million times to become the first person to hike the Appalachian Trail in one trek, and then was first to do it in the opposite.
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Earl V. Shaffer (1918-2002), reputedly the first individual to walk the trail from end to end in one continuous hike, wrote almost daily entries in this notebook on his hike from Georgia to Maine in 1948. Its battered condition shows the wear and tear of being carried and used for 124 days in extreme temperatures and often rainy weather.
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Earl V. Shaffer, the first person to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, died May 5 in Lebanon, Pa., of cancer. He was 83. Shaffer through-hiked the AT, as hikers call it, three.
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In his journal, Earl Shaffer, who walked in 16-mile stages, documented his 124-day odyssey. Stephen Lewis Carry as little as possible," Earl Shaffer said. "But choose that little with.
Was the Appalachian Trail's First ThruHiker Earl Shaffer a Fraud? Backpacker
Earl V. Shaffer was the first person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. His thru-hike paved the way for thousands of long-distance hikers in the United States and internationally.