Title: THIS IS NOT A TRAIL GUIDE!
Product review: All these angry reviewers blather on about the lack of real trail advice in the book, the naiveté of the author, the fact that they didn't finish the trail. Well, get this - BACKPACKING IS HARD! I *am* an experienced hiker, and it's NOT EASY to hike that far, and certainly not in the shape these guys were in. Bryson's attempt at hiking the entire trail was a noble one, and if people would just read the book and stop whining that he skipped some parts of the trail or kept trying to find a place with a good burger, they might come away with an idea of what Bryson *did* accomplish. Here's the deal - everyone's a newbie once. If you're in such great shape that you can just pick up and through-hike the AT your first time with no problems, good for you - go buy some maps instead and get cracking. The rest of us might find something to take away from this book.
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