Reviews for Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine

The average rating for Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-10-21 00:00:00 Timothy Gohr Enjoyed this book very much. The trail hike the authors did was 30+ years ago. Now I'm wondering how the trail would compare now. Besides the trail itself, its difficulties and rewards, there was much more here. The authors are curious people. They're curious about EVERYTHING, which makes for a lively narrative. They sure meet many interesting people! I'm thinking, too, that the small towns and remote homesteads may be quite different now. I hope not. Planning to do some more reading about the trail. I must say, if I ever had a thought of hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail, it went Poof! Even for a much younger version of myself there was way too much actual climbing, plowing through bodies of water, not to mention swamps...once a wimp, mostly still a wimp when it comes to physical challenges. I would, however, love to walk parts of the trail where you can just WALK. More power, luck, learning and good health to through hikers and all those wonderful people who support them.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-20 00:00:00 Tramaine Thomas This was written about a couple's 1973 thru-hike. The authors put a lot of emphasis on the flora and fauna, especially through the first half of the story. They seemed uninterested in interacting in any meaningful way with the other hikers, which were fairly few and far between, but this probably was the experience they were after. I saw no mention of McAfee Knob or a trowel in their gear list which I found to be odd. The point of view shifts were bothersome. The experience they had is difficult to imagine today. Their word usage was poetic and kept me reading.