As Far As the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker

In 1979, David Brill became one of the first of a new generation to complete the Georgia-to-Maine hike on the Appalachian Trail. As Far as the Eye Can See, now a classic, chronicles his six-month, 2,100 mile walk, a quest to live simply and deliberately, with room to grow, to breathe, to change, to discover what really mattered to him.

This new edition includes two new chapters: €œA Passage, at Midlife along the Smokies AT€ and €œOn the Trail of Benton MacKaye€"Again.€ They recount a time of reawakening in the author€s life, when Brill pulled his backpack off its peg in the shed and took to the trail once more, returning to the woods not as visitor but as a man who felt most at home in the forested mountains of the Appalachians. In the process, he rediscovered€"as most hikers do€"the centering experience of exploring earth with feet and the healing power of the natural world.