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Just Passin' Thru

A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
264 Seiten
2009
Menasha Ridge Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-89732-849-4 (ISBN)
23,65 inkl. MwSt
Winton Porter shares tales of the cast of characters that pass through a mountain store and hostel on the Appalachian Trail.
Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting -- a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings -- the characters who show up are no fictional creations. They are the real-life stars of the author's new life as a backpack-purging, canteen-selling, hostel-running, bandage-taping, lost-child finding, argument-settling, romance-fixing, chili-making man of many faces. Like any good drama, there are the good guys (and gals) and the weirdos, too. Some show up once (and that's enough), and some appear again and again. Some are friends, and some dangerous. But all are united by two things: the author's story-capturing talent, and whatever it is that lures them to attempt (or conquer) a 2,200-mile path that climbs and plummets from Georgia to Maine.

Ever since starting his lawn-mowing business at age 10, Winton Porter has found it hard to stay indoors. At 21 he opened B. Bumblefoot and Co., producing hiking sticks for retailers throughout the southeastern United States. And for years he tried the corporate route—selling gear and managing operations at such retailers as REI in Chicago, Salt Lake City, and Atlanta. In 2001, at age 35, he ransacked his 401k and bought the venerable Mountain Crossings store, a hiker’s mecca deep in the Georgia woods near the southern end of the Appalachian Trail. It’s a blissful match for the lifelong outdoorsman and natural-born storyteller. Now called the Guru of the Appalachian Trail, Winton is famous for his “shakedowns” to help weary hikers lighten their loads. When he’s not busy selling boots and shipping hikers’ boxes home, he’s writing about the zany adventurers that populate the trail and his store. Winton’s memory for dialogue, eye for detail, compassion for those in trouble, and gift for humor come together in the 20 chapters that make up his first book, “Just Passin’ Thru.”

DedicationSpecial Thanks

Preface

Dream Big . . . Real Big

Pansy-Ass and Other Funny Plants

It Ain’t About the Miles

PowerBars and Olive Oil

A Cold Snap

Indian Artifacts

Crawfish and Jambalaya

Snow Day

The Special Gift

Lorac

Minnesota Smith

The Foot

Cultures Collide

The Lady’s Slipper Killer

Just Left of Crazy

Samsonite Twins

Double Dose

Swingers in the Crosswinds

International Man of Mystery

Living in the Breezeway of Life

About the Author

Zusatzinfo 33 B&W photos
Verlagsort Birmingham
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 215 mm
Gewicht 311 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Reisen Sport- / Aktivreisen
ISBN-10 0-89732-849-3 / 0897328493
ISBN-13 978-0-89732-849-4 / 9780897328494
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