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    BC Bob
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    On the Longest Hiking Trails, a Woman Finds Equal Footing By Jennifer Pharr Davis NOV. 3, 2015 NY Times link It was a busy summer on the Appalachian Trail. The movie "A Walk in the Woods" made its debut, the path received national attention for a perceived party culture and the well-known endurance athlete Scott Jurek set an overall record on the trail. Then, quietly and relatively unnoticed, a woman named Heather Anderson hiked the trail by herself, averaging more than 40 miles a day. In doing so, she set the trail’s self-supported speed record…..

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    Dave T
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    "quietly and relatively unnoticed…" What?! Why even try to set a record then?!

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    Ken Thompson
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    Who squealed?

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