![]() From time to time, Bryson's name comes up as the ultimate definition of "not a backpacker". When not in the woods, I'm frequently on a backpacking discussion forum. I'm a backpacker the kind of person who packs up a pack with a tent and food and disappears for long periods of time in the woods on marked trails. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is destined to become a modern classic of travel literature. Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America's last great wilderness. But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Despite Katz's overwhelming desire to find cozy restaurants, he and Bryson eventually settle into their stride, and while on the trail they meet a bizarre assortment of hilarious characters. more » ndless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.įor a start there's the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes-and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides e. ![]() ![]() ![]() Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. ![]()
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