A significant fraction of thru-hikers reach Katahdin, then turn around…

Bill Bryson
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A significant fraction of thru-hikers reach Katahdin, then turn around and start back to Georgia. They just can't stop walking, which kind of makes you wonder. ✨ Bill Bryson (2010). A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike, p.145, Random House
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A significant fraction of thru-hikers reach Katahdin, then turn around and start back to Georgia. They just can't stop walking, which kind of makes you wonder. ✨ Bill Bryson (2010). A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike, p.145, Random House

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