Recession Hiking on the Appalachian Trail
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.29.09 | 10:57 AM ET
NPR’s Thomas Pierce set out to find out whether the recession has influenced who’s hiking the Appalachian Trail this season, and fell in with “Pusher” and “The Duder.” Maybe Pierce will return soon and find out if there’s also a Sanford effect out there.
Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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Eva Holland 06.29.09 | 5:09 PM ET
I can’t get over that Appalachian Trail/Argentinean Tail line. It’s been what, a week? I’m still laughing.