I discovered this book on a hike in north Georgia in 2023 while on a hike with my wife. When we returned home I ordered the book and have only this week finished it. The delay was not due to any weakness of the book but rather to my work schedule.
It was a spectacular read, chronicling the author’s hike up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Replete with colorful characters, flowers, trees, fires, blisters, hunger, stars, auroras, snow, sweat, and everything in between, it’s a paean to creation and to Shaffer’s love of deep enduring adventure.
MIND & MATTERS 
I borrowed a similar book a while back written by a man who had lost his spouse to cancer. His book chronicled how he found peace and , if I remember correctly, how he came to accept his loss. He did walk the entire trail and told of many of the people he met. I might want to borrow this book from you if you get into a lending mood, that is if you still have the book.
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Of course, brother. I will bring you my copy, if you don’t mind my notes in there. (I read with a pencil in hand.)
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