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Solemates – Lessons on Life, Love & Marriage from the Appalachian Trail
by Randy Motz & Georgia Harris
http://www.rmghadventures.com
There are many books written about long distance hiking but this book stands out, not only as a must read, but one to be reread! If anyone is planning to do a long distance hike with their significant other, they can get an honest look at what to expect from this book. Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail with a partner is daunting, but Randy and Georgia share how they accomplished it with discipline and joy, an amazing combination. They also bring in stories of others hiking with partners, thus increasing the scope of information.
What makes this book so special is the way each chapter deals with a specific issue of long distance hiking. We found we read the book straight through the first time and then reread specific chapters when certain issues came up. It reads well as a continuous story and as a reference book. For the over fifty hiker, who may have more fears about being able to accomplish huge goals, Solemates shows us, as Georgia says, "If we dream it, and plan it, we can live it!"
...Fiftysense Product Review Panel