Lessons from Grandma Gatewood and Earl Shaffer on the Appalachian Trail

Books about the thru hikes of Emma Gatewood and Earl Shaffer contain lessons still valid today.
CORRECTION - Shaffer's third thru hike was in 1998.
Clinton Clark's 1945 gear list - https://www.facebook.com/PCTAFan/photos/a.425216887984.205095.64379487984/10155555166432985/?type=3&theater
Shaffer's 1948 trail journal (the hike starts on page 7) -
https://transcription.si.edu/view/6734/NMAH-AC0828-0000025-007
Transcription of Shaffer's 1965 trail journal -
http://www.trailjournals.com/journal/entry/98818
Images of Shaffer's 1965 trail journal -
https://transcription.si.edu/project/6853
Loner's book on Amazon -
https://www.amazon.com/Painted-Blazes-Hiking-Appalachian-Trail/dp/1545166315/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510842178&sr=1-1&keywords=painted+blazes
Loner on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/user/Loner2012AT/videos
McNeely's report on Shaffer's first hike -
https://www.atmuseum.org/uploads/5/5/8/1/55813761/shaf-report-509.pdf
Mildred Ryder -
https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/who-was-the-first-female-thru-hiker/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Flatbrokeoutside-176295672733321/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

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