The Food-Obsessed Subculture Of The Appalachian Trail

Published: June 26, 2023, 9:55 a.m.

b'How do you feed yourself on a hike that\\u2019s more than 2,200 miles long and takes six months to complete? Every summer, hundreds of people attempting to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, are faced with that question. This week senior producer Emma Morgenstern heads to Pine Grove General Store, the trail\\u2019s halfway point, and enters a world where most typical rules of eating seem not to apply.'