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OPINION

WE SET OUT ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. MISTAKES WERE MADE.

When you’re heading into 100 miles of wilderness, sometimes you have to start
with a pause.

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Ash Foster, 11, looks out at Chimney Pond and the South Basin of Mt. Katahdin in
Maine, this month. (Rusty Foster) (Photo by Rusty Foster)
By Rusty Foster
July 23, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT

Rusty Foster, a writer in Maine, recently started a planned six-month hike of
the Appalachian Trail from his home state south to Georgia with his 19-year-old
son, Mica. After a break off-trail for some health issues, the two are now back
in the woods. This is the second in a series adapted from the newsletter he is
filing from the wilderness, Today on Trail. You can read the first installment
here.


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