Oct 6, 2021
Benton MacKaye dreamed up the Appalachian Trail, and Myron Avery
turned that dream into a 2,000-mile trail. Their competing visions
of what kind of trail the AT should be continue to be at the heart
of discussions about the trail today. Should it be a true
wilderness experience? Or should it be easily accessible to as many
people as possible? In this episode, we tell the story of MacKaye’s
and Avery’s roles in making the trail what it is today, and why
their differing visions for the trail permanently fractured their
relationship.
Full transcript and show notes available at greentunnel.rrchnm.org.