... with bears foraging around his campsite. He also worries about what he would do if he hurt himself on the trail or had a medical emergency. At Christmas time he put notes in all his cards asking people to go with him but, of course, he gets no replies. One day, in late February, he gets a call from an old school friend ... , took over the development of the project. He extended its planned length to well over 2000 miles, and before it was finished he had walked every inch of it. In under seven years, using volunteer labor, he built the trail through mountain wilderness. It was formally c...

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