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Shaffer Earl (w2873)

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  • Description: In 1948, Earl V. Schaffer became the first hiker to complete the entire Appalachian Trail (AT) route from Georgia to Maine. In 1965, he hiked the same trail from Maine to Georgia, and in 1998, he traversed it again at the age of 79
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Crazy One
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1918-2002
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Appalachian Trail
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Shaffer 
  • Multimedia: https://www.npr.org/1998/10/22/1033340/appalachian-hiker
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5326077
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Shaffer, Earl V. Walking with Spring: The First Thru-Hike of the Appalachian Trail. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.: Appalachian Trail Conference, 1995.
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