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Brian Frankle: "First to thru hike the Hayduke Trail."

Grandma Gatewood: "Go light."

Grandma Gatewood: "An adventure at 71."

Grandma Gatewood: "Grandma knew best."

Grandma Gatewood: "Most people are pantywaists."

Ray Jardine & Golite, Inc.: Hiker/manufacturer symbiosis

Ray Jardine: "He challenged beliefs."

Brian Robinson: "Hiker Achieves ‘Triple Crown’"

Brian Robinson: "Completion of the Calendar Triple Crown"

Earl Shaffer: "First to thru hike the Appalachian Trail."

Earl Shaffer obituaries: "Didn’t have high-tech stuff."

The Earl Shaffer Web Page

Andrew Skurka: "First to hike the Sea-to-Sea Trail"

You can’t know where you are unless you know how you got here.

You can’t know how you got here unless you’ve learned your history, so check in with those who have walked the trails before you....

Imagine a world without titanium, Gore-Tex, synthetic fabrics, canister stoves, or goose down. Imagine people who just did it. That’s where we came from, and that level of simplicity is where you can get back to.