Why Thru-Hikers Are Obsessed with Fantasy Books
- Kind
- Internet Article
- Date
- 2019-08-12
- Retrieved
- Nov 7, 2019
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LOTR Inspires Hikers
The Lord of the Rings fascination reaches far beyond trail names. It seemed like every AT shelter had “Not all who wander are lost” carved into it somewhere; the quote also serves as the most overused thru-hiking Instagram caption. It’s so ubiquitous that most a number of people don’t know it’s from Bilbo’s poem about…