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A review by ferrisscottr
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
4.0
The Appalachian Trail goes from Georgia to Maine and this book is David Miller's account of his 2003 hike on the AT.
Admittedly one of my life goals is to hike the AT and this book was a birthday present from a friend who also dreams of hiking the AT and it also means that I'm the target audience for this book.
It was good. We get to follow one persons hike over a five month period covering 2,172 miles. There are ups and downs, injuries, trail magic, towns, bears, rattlesnakes and lots of hiking partners.
We don't get a lot of insight into David Miller though. I'm still not sure why he left his family and friends and job to spend five months in the woods. I'm not sure if or how the hike changed him. It would have been nice to get to know him better. This book really focused on the trail and not so much on him (and that's fine).
If you weren't already interested in hiking, the AT, living in the woods etc. then I'm not sure I would recommend this as a book for you to read. But if that type of thing is of interest to you then this is a pretty good book.
Admittedly one of my life goals is to hike the AT and this book was a birthday present from a friend who also dreams of hiking the AT and it also means that I'm the target audience for this book.
It was good. We get to follow one persons hike over a five month period covering 2,172 miles. There are ups and downs, injuries, trail magic, towns, bears, rattlesnakes and lots of hiking partners.
We don't get a lot of insight into David Miller though. I'm still not sure why he left his family and friends and job to spend five months in the woods. I'm not sure if or how the hike changed him. It would have been nice to get to know him better. This book really focused on the trail and not so much on him (and that's fine).
If you weren't already interested in hiking, the AT, living in the woods etc. then I'm not sure I would recommend this as a book for you to read. But if that type of thing is of interest to you then this is a pretty good book.