Appalachian Trail Quotes:

If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink.

- Bill Bryson

topic: Nice, Sleep, Europe, Appalachia, Appalachian Trail

We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America.

- Lyndon B. Johnson

source: Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.161, Best Books on

topic: Cycling, Should Have, Cities, Horseback Riding, Appalachian Trail

Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home, for whatever distance or whatever purpose, Americans now get in a car. On average the total walking of an American these days - that's walking of all types: from car to office, from office to car, around the supermarket and shopping malls - adds up to 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day.

- Bill Bryson

source: "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail". Book by Bill Bryson, 1997.

topic: Distance, Home, Average, Appalachian Trail

My first trip was the Appalachian Trail, and I was able to finish it despite having no skills and no experience when I started. In comparison, I can think of only a few individuals in the world who have the potential do complete the Alaska-Yukon Expedition.

- Andrew Skurka

source: Source: ryanjordan.com

topic: Thinking, Alaska, Skills, Expeditions, Yukon

I don't even care what Bill Bryson writes about because he will make it interesting. I love "A Walk in the Woods," about the Appalachian Trail, but his most amazing book is "A Short History of Nearly Everything."

- Dave Barry

source: Source: www.bostonglobe.com

topic: Book, Writing, Interesting, Amazing Book, Appalachian Trail