[pct-l] Hiker, 79, repeats feat of 50 years ago

[Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>]

 Associated Press

Hiker, 79, repeats feat of 50 years ago

 MILLINOCKET, Maine -- The first man to hike the Appalachian Trail
uninterrupted 50 years ago completed the feat again yesterday.

 Earl Shaffer, a month shy of his 80th birthday, endured driving rain,
sleet and bitter cold to complete the 2,150-mile journey that began May 2
at Springer Mountain, Ga.


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