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Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker's Companion 2014

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  • Town Maps - Distances - Charts - Services - Elevations
  • Post Office listings - Outfitter Info - Hotels & Motels
  • Restaurant Listings - Food Stores & Delis - Hostels
  • State by State guide
  • Shower locations!!!!
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The 2014 Appalachian Trail 'Thru Hikers' Companion is a great asset for any thru hiker or potential thruhiker. Also useful in planning shorter trips or day hikes The Companion has the latest details on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association collaborate each year on a guide especially designed for potential thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but also want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves. Edited by Robert "Sly" Sylvester, with research by more than three dozen thru-hiker volunteers in 14 states, backed by the first-hand information of the Trail's volunteer and staff maintainers and managers and extensive information from the 2014 A.T. Data Book.Indispensable for thru hikers and day hikers.20 more town maps than before.Professionally drawn Elevation Profiles.Toll Free numbers.Edited By - Robert "Sly" Sylvester.Binding - Paper.Pages - 312 -6"x9.Publisher - Appalachian Trail Conservancy - ALDHA.Year - 2014 -21st Edition.ISBN - 9781889386867.Weight = 11 oz..

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  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches ; 7,500 pounds
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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The 2014 Companion is larger, contains more and better data, and -- finally!!
K. Bennett
While I am not a thru hiker, I enjoy getting the updated version every year so I can keep abreast of any changes and I like getting on the A.T. as often as possible.
LOBO55
Very detailed information about what stores and hostels are in each town, where to get supplies, locations, addresses.,etc.
linda rizza

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Good upgrade to the Companion
By K. Bennett on December 27, 2013
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Just received my 2014 Companion yesterday from the ATC. Disclaimer: I am one of the 40 or so volunteer "field editors" who collect data for this book. I do this to support the Trail, the ATC, and ALDHA. While I have quite the collection of Companions going back about fifteen years, for my personal hiking the last few years I've been mostly using data from several sources including a different guidebook. (Hangs head in shame.) No more. The 2014 Companion is larger, contains more and better data, and -- finally!! -- shows full elevation profile data. The profiles are beatifully formatted, and the scale is consistent from page to page -- each elevation profile shows 23 miles of trail, making it easy to compare elevation gain and loss, and plan ahead for the day or the week.

If you're planning a 2014 Thru-Hike of the Appalachian Trail, this guide provides the information you need to have while planning and hiking the trail. This updated version deserves to be in your pack!

Ken Bennett
"Big Cranky"
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Good, but not Necessarily Great, Choice
By Fritz R. Ward TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on July 30, 2014
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This book will get you to Maine, in style, but it perhaps should not be your first choice. During my experience on the Appalachian Trail this summer (long section hike) I used both the print and electronic version of the Thru-Hikers' Companion. The information you need is here. A mile point to mile point description of the trail, replete with a full listing of services near each road crossing, all shelters, and the distance from one shelter to the next, including miles walked on blue blaze side trails, are all included in this guide. Symbols are easy to read and interpret. Text, which follows the milepost descriptions, is clearly written and up to date. Also, new for this edition is an elevation profile for the trail that is usually easy to read (the first profile for Pennsylvania appears in the Maryland section of the trail).

So, with all this going for the book, you would think that I would give it 5 stars, but I simply can't. The most common errors in the text are in the listed elevations. In some cases, these are off by more than a thousand feet, which leads to some strange results, like the summit of Bearfence Mountain being 600 feet lower than the road crossing of Skyline Drive before the climb. But the other thing I noticed on the trail was that most hikers were using the AWOL guidebook instead of this one, and this was most especially true of the Thru-Hikers. There were several reasons for this, not least of which is that the print of the text is larger in the AWOL guide. (This is why I eventually opted to use the e version, where expanding text size is easy.). But AWOL also has certain other advantages, such as listing the mileages, not just to the next shelter, but the next several shelters.Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
OK but no A.W.O.L
By Amazon Customer on September 14, 2014
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Used this along side A.W.O.L.s guide last week in lower PA hike of AT. The elevation maps are nice. However the details are not as comprehensive as the A.W.O.L. guide when identifying crossroads and other points of interest along the trail. Also the print is too small a font for my eyes.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A little confusing
By Holly E Pschigoda on March 3, 2014
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The information didn't follow along with the maps, so I had a hard time figuring out where things were. But there's a lot of really good information. If you're planning on the whole thing I'd get it, otherwise the section hike-thru books, which are divided by state are even better.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book, very detailed
By linda rizza on April 13, 2014
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I like the new style in this book over past years. Very detailed information about what stores and hostels are in each town, where to get supplies, locations, addresses.,etc.
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Planning my hike with this thing!
By Jo on June 4, 2014
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In August, a friend and I will be hiking 161 miles of the AT so I knew I needed a guide and some direction...no pun intended. This plus my wall map of the AT did the trick. I am able to map out my stops, find post offices and ultimately feel prepared going into this hike.
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okay. i prefer the AT Guide
By ACRunner88 on May 13, 2014
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i liked the guide, but i prefer the AT Guide for trail use. it is much easier to use. this guide does have a few good tips, like opportunities to blue blaze in bad weather, and a lot of detail and some historical insight concerning shelters and places along the trail. not a bad guide, but the organization just isnt on par with the AT Guide 2014
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A Thru- Hiker's necessity
By Jodie on April 10, 2014
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This book has been so helpful during my AT hike. I wouldn't leave for the trail without it! Highly recommend this book.
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