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Alan Richardson

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Alan Richardson grew up in Washington State, backpacking and mountain climbing in the North Cascade and Olympic ranges from a young age. He has taught English and American literature at Boston College for over thirty years and is author or editor of a number of scholarly books. A Zen Buddhist since the age of 18, he serves as a Dharma Holder in the Boundless Way Zen community and Guiding Teacher for the Sky Flower Zen sangha.. Based in Eastern Massachusetts, he frequently hikes and backpacks in the Taconics, the Berkshires, the Green Mountains, the White Mountains, and the Mahoosucs. His most recent book is Breakfast With Salamanders: Seasons on the Appalachian Trail.


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“Section hiking boasts little of the mystique of thruhiking and it's easy to see why. Unlike hiking the Trail straight through from end to end, it does not lend itself to the oldest and most dependable of story lines: the step-by-step journey of self-discovery, the errand into the wilderness, the unspooling thread of destiny. And yet, by the same token, if section hiking lacks a clearly defined beginning and middle, it never needs to end. (From Breakfast with Salamanders: Seasons on the Appalachian Trail.)”
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