Hey man, thats pretty awesome you hiked the whole trail, in regards to how much money it cost to hike the whole trail i have a great little story i have always heard. I have grown up in Georgia and my family has lived here since the revolutionary war, so i have always loved and respected things like the Appalachian trail. I remember my father and i would always walk and fish parts of it in north Georgia and we would always run into either good ole hippies(and i dont mean that in a derogatory fashion), crazy old rednecks(do mean it in a derogatory fashion), or old down to earth nice southern people. I remember one legend that everyone talked about was how there was this really old hill lady who hiked the trail with barely anything at no cost and all these big hiking companies tried to sponsor her but she always told them all you need is simple blanket, good shoes and a milk jug, the rest can be done just living off the land the way humans were intended to. I love having the family background experiences of growing up in Georgia because i have always enjoyed viewing the deep southern culture with a good education and open mind. Its funny because this culture of self independence and basically rejecting anything that is "mainstream city people" always leads to the same folk legends just with minor different details. Anyway yeah, growing up in Georgia and having a long family history i have always heard legends like these about many different things in the south and this was another great one. The only thing is when your in the deep south remember that there are ALOT of VERY ignorant and extremely racist, close minded, hateful people that can ruin anyones visit, which im sure you might have ran into. The thing is you have to find those old southern people who make really good food and tell great stories who are some of the nicest, most good human beings to be in the world. Anyway, in regards to the folk legends If im being honest most of them turn out having a lot of truth to them, i just remember this was one of my favorite ones as a kid.
Wrote on iphone and didnt really grammar check so sorry if does not make a lot of sense
Edit: this is most likely who this particular legend i was pointing out was talking about:
Edit2: well turns out she was actually pretty famous, but still a good little folk hero story and shows how these hiking trips can be extremely affordable, although i guess definably would not recommend unless someone has grown up in nature their whole life because could be dangerous.
Edit 3: haha was really geeked on vyvanse studying for finals when wrote this, probably why was being so redundant in my writing lol
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Hey man, thats pretty awesome you hiked the whole trail, in regards to how much money it cost to hike the whole trail i have a great little story i have always heard. I have grown up in Georgia and my family has lived here since the revolutionary war, so i have always loved and respected things like the Appalachian trail. I remember my father and i would always walk and fish parts of it in north Georgia and we would always run into either good ole hippies(and i dont mean that in a derogatory fashion), crazy old rednecks(do mean it in a derogatory fashion), or old down to earth nice southern people. I remember one legend that everyone talked about was how there was this really old hill lady who hiked the trail with barely anything at no cost and all these big hiking companies tried to sponsor her but she always told them all you need is simple blanket, good shoes and a milk jug, the rest can be done just living off the land the way humans were intended to. I love having the family background experiences of growing up in Georgia because i have always enjoyed viewing the deep southern culture with a good education and open mind. Its funny because this culture of self independence and basically rejecting anything that is "mainstream city people" always leads to the same folk legends just with minor different details. Anyway yeah, growing up in Georgia and having a long family history i have always heard legends like these about many different things in the south and this was another great one. The only thing is when your in the deep south remember that there are ALOT of VERY ignorant and extremely racist, close minded, hateful people that can ruin anyones visit, which im sure you might have ran into. The thing is you have to find those old southern people who make really good food and tell great stories who are some of the nicest, most good human beings to be in the world. Anyway, in regards to the folk legends If im being honest most of them turn out having a lot of truth to them, i just remember this was one of my favorite ones as a kid.
Wrote on iphone and didnt really grammar check so sorry if does not make a lot of sense
Edit: this is most likely who this particular legend i was pointing out was talking about:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Gatewood
Edit2: well turns out she was actually pretty famous, but still a good little folk hero story and shows how these hiking trips can be extremely affordable, although i guess definably would not recommend unless someone has grown up in nature their whole life because could be dangerous.
Edit 3: haha was really geeked on vyvanse studying for finals when wrote this, probably why was being so redundant in my writing lol
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