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...estimated 3 to 4 million people hike part of the AT each year, but only a small number, dubbed the “2,000-milers,” actually complete the trail. Only about 8,000 people are on record as having completed the AT since 1936, according to the AT Conference website...
...experience will “remind us we are incredibly fortunate. We’re lucky to have the opportunity to hike, let alone the opportunity to be educated,” Koenig said...
...preparation for the possible dangers and physical exertion of the hike, Koenig trained in the Wilderness First Responder course, and has been running and doing other cardiovascular exercises...
According to Koenig, “being willing to take a rest day” is important, as is “not letting weariness or exhaustion morph into some serious calamity that can knock us off the hike...
...People who hike the AT come up with trail names. Robert will probably not be known by Robert by the end of the trip,” said Lucas T. Laursen ’05, president of the Mountaineering Club. “It’s just a trail thing. People will sign on bulletin boards...They all get to know each other along the trail...