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Avalanche & Gorilla Jim

This story of two friends hiking over 1,300 miles is “a worthy successor to Bill Bryson’s classic book . . . A Walk in the Woods” (The VVA Veteran).

Avalanche and Gorilla Jim is a true picture of what it’s like to hike over 1,300 miles of fun-filled, gut-wrenching, awe inspiring trail, filled with the humor of two guys on a long trek over grueling terrain. It allows the reader to actually live and feel Appalachian Trail life and its excitement, adventure, and fun—and reveals how in a sometimes crappy world, you can meet people who enrich your faith in humanity.

This is the Appalachian Trail with all its beauty and flaws, an inspiring and often laugh-out-loud story of friendship and the incomparable experience of the outdoors.

Albert Dragon

Al Dragon backpacked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Vermont, slept on the ground, endured blasting heat and bone chilling hypothermic freezes.  Al spoke to hundreds of fellow hikers, townspeople, and outfitters, and spent time with two Triple Crowners, rare people who completely hiked the three over 2,000 mile long trails in the U.S. Dragon is a semi-retired Philadelphia lawyer who wrote four manuals, commercial newsletters and newspaper articles, and was a presenter at seminars for lawyers organizations.

Morgan James Publishing