APPALACHIAN INSPIRATION

摘要

For more than 75 years, the Appalachian Trail has stood as the country's most famous footpath— and may be one of its greatest conservation allies. In 1921, when Benton MacKaye introduced the concept of the Appalachian Trail in the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, hiking was just an afterthought for the regional planner. Disenchanted with the East's growing metropolises, MacKaye envisioned a series of work and study camps on the Appalachian ridgelines where weary citizens could escape rampant industrialization and immerse themselves in nature. For MacKaye, the extensive trail was a means to an end, simply a way to connect the camps. Those camps may not have materialized, but the hiking trail thrived.