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In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60

10 best books like In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60 (Leslie Mass): Walking to Vermont, Stumbling Thru: Hike Your Own Hike, As Far as the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker, Walking Home: A Woman's Pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail, Southbound, Called Again: Love and Triumph on the Appalachian Trail, Walking with Spring: The Story That Inspired Thousands of Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers, Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail, On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage

Walking to Vermont
AuthorChristopher S. Wren
ISBN1416540121
A distinguished former foreign correspondent embraces retirement by setting out alone on foot for nearly four hundred miles, and explores a side of America nearly as exotic as the locales from which he once filed.
Traveling with an unwieldy pack and a keen curiosity, Christopher Wren bids farewell...
Stumbling Thru: Hike Your Own Hike
AuthorA. Digger Stolz
ISBN0615763583
The Appalachian Trail as a metaphor for life.

In Stumbling Thru, the Appalachian Trail is alive. We walk with Walter, our reluctant hiker who only knows that he's standing before 2,000+ miles of trail at the start of his uncertain journey. Characters that crisscross his path early on may or...
As Far as the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker
AuthorDavid Brill
ISBN1889386448
Many an armchair hiker has dreamed of traversing the Appalachian Trail in its entirety. In 1979, David Brill became one of the first of a new generation to complete the Georgia-to-Maine hike. As Far as the Eye Can See chronicles his six-month, 2,100-mile walk, a quest to grow, to breathe, to change, to...
Walking Home: A Woman's Pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorKelly Winters
ISBN1555836585
It was hard not to make comparisons between Wild (Cheryl Strayed) and this book, although this one was published in 2001, well before Wild (2012). Both women are somewhat broken, which is the impetus for them to commit to a long-distance hike. Both have important relationships with a parent.

Winters,...
Southbound
AuthorLucy Letcher
ISBN0811735303
"Rarely will you find books that explore the human emotions of a long-distance trek so honestly and clearly." --Roger Williamson, Campmor, Inc. "Highly recommended." --trailsbib.blogspot.com

From the book: "We stood for a moment before the venerable signpost marking the summit. Scored...
Called Again: Love and Triumph on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorJennifer Pharr Davis
ISBN0825306930
In 2011, Jennifer Pharr Davis became the overall record holder on the Appalachian Trail. By hiking 2,181 miles in 46 days -- an average of 47 miles per day -- she became the first female to ever set that mark. But this is not a book about records or numbers; this is a book about endurance and faith, and most...
Walking with Spring: The Story That Inspired Thousands of Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers
AuthorEarl V. Shaffer
ISBN0917953843
In April 1948, the 11-year-old Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia was pretty much a wreck: Volunteer maintainers who hadn't been called to combat couldn't get rationed gasoline to get out there to keep it clear. In April 1948, so, pretty much, was Earl Shaffer, self-dubbed The Crazy One. He had...
Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
AuthorSuzanne Roberts
ISBN0803240120
Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never...
A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorJeff Alt
ISBN0825308496
As seen on ESPN and Hallmark Channel: Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure filled with humorous, frightening, and inspirational stories including bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bed mates, and hilarious food cravings. As Alt walked...
On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage
AuthorRobert Alden Rubin
ISBN1585743976
I finished On the Beaten Path recently and have to say it's one of the most lyrical books on the AT experience I've ever read. I love Rubin's writing, as I should, since he was an editor before hitting the trail and made the journey after becoming disillusioned with his job, along with the difficulties editors...
Just Passin' Thru: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters
AuthorWinton Porter
ISBN0897328493
Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting — a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings — the characters who show up are no fictional creations. They are the real-life stars of the author’s new...
Appalachian Trials: A Psychological and Emotional Guide to Successfully Thru-Hiking The Appalachian Trail
AuthorZach Davis
Each year, it is estimated that more than 2,000 people set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, yet seven in ten ultimately fall short of their goal. Given the countless number of how-to books and websites offering information about logistics, gear, and endurance training, one would think that...
Walking the Appalachian Trail
AuthorLarry Luxenberg
ISBN0811730956
Because this was published in 1994, it is best understood as a catalog of legends, myths, and personalities that define the trail and give it historical meaning. Here, you will learn about Emma "Grandma" Gatewood, who was the first woman to thru-hike the AT. Alongside "profiles" about legendary hikers,...
Three Hundred Zeroes: Lessons of the Heart on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorDennis R. Blanchard
ISBN1450557465
Dennis Blanchard's promise to his brother haunted him for over forty years. Finally, when there were no more excuses, he set out on the Appalachian Trail to fulfill that promise. He learned that walking in the wilderness can reconnect one with a Norman Rockwell America that at times seems long lost and...
Skywalker: Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorBill Walker
ISBN1934144266
Why would a middle-aged businessman who had never even spent the night outdoors, attempt to hike the entire Appalachian Trail? Bill Walker, a former commodities trader in Chicago and London, and an avid walker, had developed a virtual obsession to hike this historic 2,175 mile footpath in one hiking...
A Journey North: One Woman's Story of Hiking the Appalachian Trail
AuthorAdrienne Hall
ISBN1929173059
I was really disappointed by this book.

It's as if Hall is writing two books at once. One is a sorely lacking personal account of her time on the trail, and the other is her nerdy foray into factual legalese about the trail full of statistics and pages of things I skimmed over because it was putting...
The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail: A Memoir of Discovery, Endurance and a Lazy Dog
AuthorKevin Runolfson
ISBN0786447672
This upbeat nitty-gritty memoir, based on the author's 2001 trail journal, chronicles one man's hike the whole length of the Appalachian Trail, beginning just north of Atlanta and finishing six months later in Maine. The journey included adventures with a faithful and eccentric dog, a new romance,...
Between a Rock and a White Blaze: Searching for Significance on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorJulie Urbanski
Four years removed from her first long-distance hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, Julie, aka Stopwatch, is ready to embark on another thru-hike, this time following the white blazes of the Appalachian Trail, a 2181 mile continuous footpath from Georgia to Maine. She is accompanied by her husband, Matt,...
A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm
AuthorEdwin Way Teale
ISBN0396069746
I enjoyed this book tremendously and felt seriously homesick for the farm I lived on in central NH during my teens and twenties. Part of our land was a big swamp, home to a variety of wildlife we were privileged to watch. Teale's book displays his great knowledge of the wild world and its inhabitants, but...
Dances with Marmots: A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure
AuthorGeorge Spearing
ISBN1411656180
This story of a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike is both the same and different as the dozens of other accounts I’ve read.

It is the same because the trail is the same, the difficulties are the same, and the challenges of writing about a 5-month walking adventure are the same. After all, walking...
Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail
AuthorPaul V. Stutzman
ISBN0984076050
After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his job of seventeen years and embarked upon a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a 2,176-mile stretch of varying terrain spanning fourteen states. During his nearly five-month-long hike, he battled brutal...
Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent
AuthorJoe Glickman
ISBN0762772875
I devoured this book. There are not enough good published stories of modern women who are truly adventurous - at least not for me. But this is a great one! The German business woman Freya Hoffmeister (among other accomplishments) circumnavigated the entire continent of Australia in her kayak, an incredibly...
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