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	<title>Georgia to Maine News &#187; Hiker Stories</title>
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		<title>Fire that killed Pa. diner owner ruled arson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fire that killed a diner owner in the Pocono Mountains has been ruled arson. Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday the fire that killed 71-year-old Water Gap Diner owner Rigas Ioannidis last month was intentionally set. Investigators say the fire started inside an apartment behind the diner in the early morning hours of March 22 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hikes for Disabled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cause-driven trek Area native hikes for disabled After months of preparation, Luzerne County native Dave Smith is taking his first steps this morning on the Appalachian Trail. Smith plans to walk the 2,175-mile trail that will take him through 14 states in five months because it allows him to honor his older brother, Michael, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vermont Mafia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ajla Glavasevic Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia is something that most people would never dream of doing. Elizabeth Zane is not one of those people. Zane, a graduate of Middlebury College, is completing a one-year post-graduate biomedical science program at the University at Buffalo. She invited a small group of students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind man plans to hike AT end to end</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Hanson plans to hike the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail end to end, without ever seeing the ground under his feet. On Monday in Georgia, the St. Louis Park, Minn., man &#8211; who lost his sight at birth &#8211; is slated to start his seven-month trek to Maine, navigating by GPS. He has mastered its use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired librarian dies in hiking accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By William P. Davis Francis “Frank” Wihbey, who worked at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library for more than 30 years, died Tuesday in a hiking accident, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Wihbey, 65, served as the head of government publications, maps, geographic information systems and microforms, according to a staff member of the library. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple takes a hiking honeymoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If marriage is meant to be a lifetime journey, then what is a 5½-month trek through the wilderness, wading through waist-deep waters and pausing breathless at scenic overlooks? For newlyweds Wes and Kendra Jackson, the trip of a lifetime. The Jacksons married May 23, right after graduating from the University of Georgia, where they met, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After May scare, hiker is back on the trails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blind hiker who was found near the Appalachian Trail in May after wandering lost for nearly a week says the experience hasn’t kept him away from the outdoors. The last time locals saw Ken Knight, he was being wheeled into Lynchburg General Hospital after his discovery. Knight, 42, of Ann Arbor, Mich., was hiking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montoursville woman hikes Appalachian Trail in less than 6 months</title>
		<link>http://www.georgiatomainenews.com/2009/12/08/montoursville-woman-hikes-appalachian-trail-in-less-than-6-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three pairs of shoes, 2,144 miles, 6 months or 165 days and memories for lifetime &#8211; stick that on a resume. From March 15 to Aug. 26, Dede Harner of Montoursville, hiked the Appalachian Trail from end to end &#8211; starting at Springer Mountain, Ga., and finishing atop Mt. Katahdn, Maine. &#8220;We took a leap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centerville grads rack up miles and life lessons on Appalachian Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes nothing makes sense like a long walk in the woods. That’s what 22-year-old Centerville residents Connor Burke and Travis Smith decided last May. Almost five-and-a-half months and more than 2,100 miles later, they weren’t sorry. The experience, they say, changed them in many ways, including their view of their fellow man. But more about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian Trail hiker writes book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. &#8212; Jeff Alt promises not to be as hungry this time as he was on a previous trip through West Virginia. It was 1998. Alt was hiking the 2,159-mile Appalachian Trail at the time, and he stopped at a Harpers Ferry buffet to eat. As he walked back from the food line for [...]]]></description>
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