hoping to drum up some internal enthusiasm for doing some hiking in the southeast this spring, i read this guy's writings about hiking the appalachian trail from georgia to maine back in the 1970's. interesting, the book is narrative but not told chronologically as would be assumed in recounting hiking a trail but rather topically so that one chapter might be about animals he encountered and another chapter about the various aches and pains he would get.
by contrast, "a walk across america" is a great chronologically-told hiking narrative that really grabbed my attention when i read it. i think this guy really shot himself in the foot by not writing like jenkins.
the impression that the book left me with was a fragmented one that makes me not want to hike the AT now despite the guy praising his experience every few pages. humorously, he includes the time after the "thru-hike" when he felt out of place in society, could not find a job, had to live with his parents, and got really behind on his career development.
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