Title: Disappointing is an understatement
Product review: For the last several years I have been section hiking 100 miles or more of the AT. In all of the hiking forums I am a member of this book is always mentioned as the best one written about through hiking. Imagine my disappointment when I found that at most 30% of the book actually has anything to do with hiking. More than half of the book is a rant on how the federal government is destroying the national parks specifically and the environment in general. Perhaps Bill Bryson is Micheal Moore's pen name.If you are interested in learning what it is like to hike the AT search for hiker forums on the internet and read the trail journals of actual thru hikers.Read this book if you are out of shape or are a poor planner because thru hiking the AT is not for you.
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