Alone Together - My Adventure on the Appalachian Trail (Paperback)

As thousands yearly attempt one of the great American adventures--a thru-hike of the world-famous Appalachian Trail--one among them will discover the importance of immediate friendship along the way. Wally Miars left his world behind in Charlotte, Michigan, to attempt a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. In time, he learns that while nothing beats a great pair of legs, the hiker's greatest assets are people. He finds strength and encouragement from the friends he makes on the trail and the locals who help him along the way. Wally (a.k.a. Silver Streak) narrates his struggles in a humorous way as he reveals that the world-famous trail is not about a walk in the woods but the people who walk it. Like life, the trail is not about the myriads of peaks, valleys, and ridges, but it is about the unusual and sometimes comical cast of characters that help us on our way. Alone Together: My Thru-Hike of the Appalachian Trail answers the many questions about long-distance hiking, but, even more so, Silver Streak shows us something about ourselves. His greatest struggles are not his knees or his feet, but the circumstances that separate him from his newly made friends and weaken his resolve. Still, he pushes on to the finish.