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A 67-year-old told her eleven children she was "going for a hike", then hiked the Appalachian Trail alone in canvas sneakers, sleeping under a shower curtain with a 17-pound sack over one shoulder. She reached Katahdin on September 25, 1955, 146 days o - spacedaily.com

What a 67-year-old grandmother proved about the gap between what we think we need and what we actually do.

Most people who set out to walk more than two thousand miles of mountain footpath carry a tent, a sleeping bag, a compass, and a map at the very least. Emma Gatewood carried none of those things.
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A 67-year-old told her eleven children she was "going for a hike", then hiked the Appalachian Trail alone in canvas sneakers, sleeping under a shower curtain with a 17-pound sack over one shoulder. She reached Katahdin on September 25, 1955, 146 days o - spacedaily.com

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