The A.T. Companion
Compiled by ALDHA members
The 2008 Companion is now available
Introducing the 15th edition of the “Thru-Hikers’ Companion.” It is now available for sale online. (See the Appalachian Trail Conservancy store for details.)
The online Companion
You can now download a copy of the 2007 “Thru-Hikers’ Companion” off the ALDHA Web site in Acrobat Reader format. We hope you will like what you see and be encouraged to buy a copy to help keep this project going.
Ongoing Updates to the Companion
Keep updated with changes, revisions, corrections and additions to the Companion from this page on the Trail Conservancy Web page, where changes are tracked after the book goes to press.
How to become a field editor
If your favorite stretch of trail is nearby, you can help with the next edition of the book.
Unique partnership with ATC
Frank Logue, former coordinator of ALDHA and a past member of the board of managers for
ATC, explains how ALDHA took on this important service for other long-distance hikers.
Where to order your copy
You can buy the book by fax or phone — and now online — from the ATC’s
Ultimate Trail Store.
Trailhead
New Boots •
Gathering •
Grapevine •
Springer Fever
A.T. Companion •
Headlamp Material •
Work Trips •
Side Trails