Three-time thru-hiker J. R. Tate explores the traditions and lore of the Appalachian Trail: The thru-hiker who began his hike by parachuting onto Springer MountainThe trail town that sentenced an elephant to deathYogi-ing strategiesTrail hermits Old Hog Greer and Uncle Nick GrindstaffMurders on the ATGhosts in the White Mountains of New Hampshir