Lessons from Grandma Gatewood and Earl Shaffer on the Appalachian Trail

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/Painted-Blazes...
Loner on YouTube -
   / loner2012at  
McNeely's report on Shaffer's first hike -
https://www.atmuseum.org/uploads/5/5/...
Mildred Ryder -
https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/...
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Flatbrokeout...