Three-time thru-hiker J. R. Tate explores the traditions and lore of the Appalachian Trail:<LI>The thru-hiker who began his hike by parachuting onto Springer Mountain<LI>The trail town that sentenced an elephant to death<LI>Yogi-ing strategies<LI>Trail hermits Old Hog Greer and Uncle Nick Grindstaff<LI>Murders on the AT<LI>Ghosts in the White Mountains of New Hampshire</LI>