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ALDHA members Ann and Larry McDuff kept us posted on their 1999 thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in a series of columns written for their hometown newspaper in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Hiking to Meet a Dream
Chapter 1 — May 10, 1999
The Wreck
Chapter 2 — May 11, 1999
Meeting Friends on the Trail
Chapter 3 — May 25, 1999
From Mount Baden-Powell to the Mojave Desert
Chapter 4 — June 3, 1999
Baptism in Evolution Creek
Chapter 5 — July 6, 1999
Trusting in God, and Gravity
Chapter 6 — July 10, 1999
Oregon, Here We Come
Chapter 7 — July 30, 1999
Blinded by the Light
Chapter 8 — Aug. 26, 1999
The End of the Rainbow
Chapter 9 — September 1999
The Lure of Lightweight Living
Epilogue — November 1999
(Note: This column is part of the Springer Fever section, but we offer a link to it here, since it was influenced by Ann & Larry’s PCT thru-hike.)