At the 31.7-mile marker on the Appalachian Trail (starting from the Springer Mountain, Georgia, trailhead), at a place called Neels Gap, one encounters a hiker's oasis, the outfitter known as ...

The current path for a 78-year-old Longville man is the Appalachian ... entire trail. He started in Georgia and he's getting close to the end, in Maine. Sitting comfortably at mile marker 1760 ...