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May 2, 1983, 41 years ago today: At 4:20 p.m. on the afternoon of May 2, 1983 — a very warm day for early May — I was at the Visitor’s Center in Amicalola Falls State Park in north-central Georgia.
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I strapped on my heavy backpack and started wheezing my way up the first steep mile of the Amicalola Falls feeder trail. The summit of Springer Mountain, where I would pick up the Appalachian Trail at its southern terminus, was 8.7 miles ahead. I had done no physical preparation.
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I was going to whip myself into shape right on the trail. The greatest challenge of my life had begun. Pictured: an early stretch climbed steeply up this dirt fire road with some nice views.

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