In my research of the AT in the early seventies. I got the 2,000 miler applications for the two years from the Appalachian Trail Archives, housed in the Special Collections at George Mason University:
I missed this talk, but have been getting papers and such from the collection.
So on this date in 1975
George Conger
Ralph Ferrusi
Gordon King
Chris Lea
Again, thanks to the Internet we can watch live web cam footage of an active Volcano eruption. See more here.
For more details, see this news report.
While not live, here is a video of some features nearby.
Discovered this interesting website on a Facebook Discussion.
Where Are The Hikers? Visualizing Appalachian Trail Usage
Where the author has taken historic data and developed a "heat map" of hikers on the Appalachian Trail.
You can see the approximate data at this link for today, or earlier or later in the year. The bulk today appear to be between Harpers Ferry and the Delaware Water Gap.
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