Essential Packing Tips for Hiking the Appalachian Trail

“Have you ever considered thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail or just part of it, and you were put off by the thought of hefting a backpack that weighs 50 pounds or more and the dread of having to set up and break down camp each day for days on end? If so, you should take up ‘slack packing’ where you take only a daypack, enter and exit the trail every day, and you are ferried to a B&B, hotel, or hostel each evening where you have a bed and shower.

“The Slack Packer’s Guide to Hiking the Appalachian Trail is a must have book for the curious, novice, or experienced slack packer, as well as the experienced thru-hiker, for the Appalachian Trail. More than just a resource on how to plan and prepare for your Appalachian Trail adventure, it is a travel journal of the authors’ experiences slack packing the Appalachian Trail, where everybody you meet has a ‘Trail Name.’ If Bill Bryson had this guide, he would have finished hiking the Appalachian Trail.”

— Ray W. King, attorney at law and veteran hiker
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06ZZJYL61
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Publishing
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 9.5 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0997522631
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #892,121 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #275 in Hiking & Camping Excursion Guides (Kindle Store) #352 in Hiking & Walking Travel #2,540 in Hiking & Camping Excursion Guides (Books)
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