[at-l] Fw: Earl Shaffer's hike questioned

[Black Wolfe]

> Yes, parts of the trail were still closed from the hurricane of 1938. 
> Alternative routes to closed sections have been generally been accepted by 
> all but the most nitpicky of "purists".
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> Black Wolfe
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> Bruce W.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> From: <carla_dave_hicks
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>> http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/291803
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>> "Did the man heralded as the first to walk the entire Appalachian Trail 
>> take a shortcut into history?A new report questions whether Earl Shaffer 
>> actually walked the trail's entire length.
>> By Laurence Hammack
>> 981-3239
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