| The Longest Mile: Nine Days in the Great Smoky Mountains Contributor(s): Jones, Jeremy (Illustrator), Watkins, Ryan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533374058 ISBN-13: 9781533374059 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Parks & Campgrounds - Sports & Recreation | Hiking |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.46 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For nine days in early May, Ryan Watkins along with two brothers, Jeremy and Chris Jones, backpack the world-famous Appalachian Trail through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From his very first steps into the Smokies, Ryan quickly learns the seventy-mile stretch of trail is far more difficult than he ever imagined.The trio battles through torrential rains, lightning, snow, fatigue, multiple encounters with bears and a standoff with a timber rattlesnake as they march more than eighty miles from Standing Bear Farms, a small hostel north of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, to Fontana Dam on the park's southern tip.Along the way, the group meets a colorful cast of hikers while experiencing the most physically demanding and personally rewarding nine days of their lives.This story is a painfully honest, unadulterated and sometimes raunchy retelling of a hike that is definitely not suitable for readers of all ages. |