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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
