Books about the thru hikes of Emma Gatewood and Earl Shaffer contain lessons still valid today.
CORRECTION Shaffer's third thru hike was in 1998.
Clinton Clark's 1945 gear list https://www.facebook.com/PCTAFan/phot...
Shaffer's 1948 trail journal (the hike starts on page 7)
https://transcription.si.edu/view/673...
Transcription of Shaffer's 1965 trail journal
http://www.trailjournals.com/journal/...
Images of Shaffer's 1965 trail journal
https://transcription.si.edu/project/...
Loner's book on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/PaintedBlazes...
Loner on YouTube
   / loner2012at  
McNeely's report on Shaffer's first hike
https://www.atmuseum.org/uploads/5/5/...
Mildred Ryder
https://thetrek.co/appalachiantrail/...
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Flatbrokeout...