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	Earl Shaffer
		Shaffer, a World War II veteran, had seen the often cumbersome military gear and began to envision how an individual might combine lightweight and functionality to create an ameliorable combination for backpacking, analyzing what the true necessities of individual survival actually were.
		Shaffer is a well-versed and visibly well-educated individual, with this being evident in his description of hardship.
		Shaffer, a veteran and college educated schoolteacher, broke this mold and ameliorated the relationship between the general public and those who sought recreation in the outdoor activities of hiking and backpacking.
	www.unc.edu /~grfields/Earlpaper.html (3741 words)

	Earl Shaffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earl V. Shaffer (November 8, 1918 - May 5, 2002), was an American outdoorsman and author known from 1948 as The Crazy One (and eventually as The Original Crazy One) for attempting what became the first documented hiking trip over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (AT).
		Shaffer enlisted in the army in 1941, was well along in his training at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, and did arduous and risky service as a forward-area radioman in the South Pacific into 1945.
		Shaffer is said to have regarded completing the planned AT hike as a way of recovering from the stress of his combat experiences and from the loss of friends who died in the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Shaffer (494 words)

	The Extraordinary Earl Shaffer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A quiet, gritty young man from Pennsylvania, Earl was intrigued at the possibility of hiking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one epic voyage.
		As the years went by Shaffer became a legend and muse for dreamers hoping to thru-hike the A.T. Those who tried and failed gained a new respect for him; those who tried and succeeded were able to understand the allure that carried him on his journey.
		In 1998, Shaffer announced he was planning an anniversary hike of the A.T. A new generation of doubters again lined up to tell him it couldn’t be done, that he was a crazy old man mired in the past.
	www.ruhooked.com /artman/printer_633.shtml (1058 words)

	02-9013 -- Shaffer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue -- 02/06/2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Shaffer, the Office of Appeals issued a Notice of Determination against him on September 19, 2000, authorizing the IRS to continue its collection action by levy.
		Shaffer's underlying tax liability for the years in question was not at issue, reviewed the administrative determination of the Office of Appeals for abuse of discretion.
		Shaffer pressed an argument, as he did in the Tax Court and as he does here, questioning his liability for taxes based upon his belief disability payments ought to be excluded from gross income.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2003/02/02-9013.htm (1342 words)

	The Extraordinary Earl Shaffer (Hooked on the Outdoors September 2, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As the years went by Shaffer became a legend and muse for dreamers hoping to thru-hike the A.T. Those who tried and failed gained a new respect for him; those who tried and succeeded were able to understand the allure that carried him on his journey.
		In 1998, Shaffer announced he was planning an anniversary hike of the A.T. A new generation of doubters again lined up to tell him it couldn’t be done, that he was a crazy old man mired in the past.
		Shaffer had proven the disbelievers wrong and in his reserved and resolute style, had brought some of the old-time grace back to Appalachian Trail.
	www.hookedontheoutdoors.com /artman/article_633.shtml (1112 words)

	Earl Shaffer Article by David Corriveau
		Now Earl Shaffer is racing to finish this anniversary retracing of the first-ever all-in-one-gulp of a hike along the full length of the Appalachian Trail, before his 80th summer runs out.
		Shaffer wasn't really planning to do it at all until a year or so ago, when he passed out from dehydration while working on his small farm in the southern Pennsylvania village of York Springs, about five miles from the trail.
		Shaffer polished off the stragglers -- "Good energy, and they keep me regular" -- ripped open the new package and swiftly arranged the fresh cookies in their new home.
	www.fred.net /kathy/at/earlsart.html (2518 words)

	NewStandard: 8/11/98
		Shaffer hopes to cross into Connecticut by the end of this week and planned to clear Massachusetts by the end of August.
		Shaffer has stayed in shelters much of the time, but he's just as comfortable laying a mat down along the trail.
		Shaffer undertook his first hike to shake off the demons from World War II, which he spent fighting in the Pacific.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-98/08-11-98/c01li094.htm (1009 words)

	Obituary: Ruth Shaffer, 92, was organist
		Ruth Weber Shaffer, a former organist for the Cincinnati May Festival and an accompanist for Clifford Harvott, a Metropolitan Opera soloist during the 1940s and 1950s, died Dec. 21 at St. Luke Hospital East.
		Shaffer played with the May Festival in the 1950s when her aunt, Grace Simmons, was director, said daughter-in-law Susan L. Shaffer of Panama City Beach, Fla.
		Ruth Shaffer was a 50-year member of the Westwood Women's Club, and a member of the Cincinnati Woman's Club, Mu Phi Epsilon and the Argus Club.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/01/07/loc_ledeobit07.html (256 words)

	Cowley County Heritage Book, Cowley County, Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mabel Elizabeth Shaffer (I 1/29/1882-8/1962) was born in West Liberty, Ohio, the oldest of five daughters of Lorenzo Dow Shaffer and Elizabeth Shaffer.
		Earl Seymour at that time had moved to Winfield as manager of the branch of Seymour Packing Company, and had a house built by John Fuller at the corner of 9th and Stewart, the cost of which was approximately $7,500.00 for land and building.
		Shaffer are now retired and still living on the farm, but are leasing out their land.
	www.skyways.kumc.edu /kansas/genweb/cowley/people/pages/pg286-290.html (7877 words)

	1101 answer 1
		In 1948 Shaffer returned home from World War II, and hiked the 2,050 miles from Georgia to Maine to, quote, "walk the Army out of my system." The trail was sorely neglected: portions were overgrown, shelters abandoned, and trail markers were badly faded.
		Shaffer was not only first to hike the trail, he was first to hike it in both directions.
		Shaffer made it in four months, an impressive accomplishment considering that even today, on a well marked trail, most hikers take five to six months to complete the hike.
	pagame.psu.edu /html/1101_answer_1.html (213 words)

	Converted WP file jsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On one side of the dispute are Earl's step- daughters, Mary Lou and Jacqueline, whom Earl named as his attorneys-in-fact in 1993.
		Once the judge determined that Earl was incompetent at the time he signed the power, the first judge properly determined that the power was invalid.
		According to the guardian, the attorneys-in-facts' opposition to the guardianship petition was not beneficial to Earl and thus did not warrant an attorney fee award.
	www.state.in.us /judiciary/opinions/archive/05139902.jsk.html (2107 words)

	About Earl Shaffer Foundation Publications
		Earl himself narrates this 80-minute slideshow which illustrates his historic 1948 thruhike of the Appalachian Trail with photos taken by Earl during the hike.
		Earl sometimes referred to himself as the "Blue Ridge Runner," which is the name of the CD's lively title song.
		In 1948, young WWII veteran Earl Shaffer did what many people said couldn't be done: He trekked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one continuous journey...
	www.earlshaffer.com /publications.html (1324 words)

	Earl Shaffer
		Shaffer, freshly home from World War II, sought a means to shake the horrors of foreign combat from his recent memory.
		Shaffer had turned logic on its head and forced the ATC to re-think the very nature of the trail they created.
		Shaffer would live his life peacefully and without fanfare until the 50-year anniversary of his first thru-hike loomed in 1998.
	www.unc.edu /~grfields/Research.html (1096 words)

	Calling him back to hero’s home - York Daily Record
		That’s where Earl Shaffer grew up, where he planned to become the first person to hike the entire Trail in one long journey from Georgia to Maine.
		In a way, that land in Shiloh is still tied to Earl Shaffer, three years after he died.
		Shaffer writes about his account of becoming the first person to hike the entire Trail in one journey in 1948.
	w2.ydr.com /story/trail/77014 (988 words)

	California Adviser Garners Earl Reum Award Leadership for Student Activities - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Shaffer is well known for his exceptional and extensive work in student leadership training.
		Shaffer has also been recognized by other organizations for his work in the classroom and in student leadership.
		The Reum award was created in 1991 to honor the outstanding contributions of writer and speaker Earl Reum, whose work in the field of student leadership development over the years has affected thousands of advisers and students in the United States and Canada.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3962/is_200502/ai_n9520460 (541 words)

	Merchandise - EarlScruggs.com
		Earl Scruggs, banjo - Gary Scruggs, vocal - Travis Tritt, vocal - Randy Scruggs, acoustic guitar - Glen Duncan, fiddle - John Jorgenson, electric guitar - Pete Wasner, keyboards - Leland Sklar, bass - Greg Morrow, drums, percussion
		Earl Scruggs, banjo - Melissa Etheridge, vocal, 12 string acoustic guitar - Randy Scruggs, acoustic guitar - Glen Duncan, fiddle - John Jorgenson, electric guitar - Jim Cox, synth - Leland Sklar, bass - Kenny Aronoff, drums, percussion
		Earl Scruggs with Glen Duncan, Randy Scruggs, Steve Martin, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Gary Scruggs, Albert Lee, Paul Shaffer, Jerry Douglas, and Leon Russell
	www.earlscruggs.com /1701892.html (442 words)

	Camp Tékakwitha - Toujours plus haut...
		Earl Shaffer s'est arrêté pour reprendre son souffle.
		Earl Shaffer l'a fait en 1948, en quatre mois, quatre heures.
		Shaffer a entrepris sa première traversée des Appalchaes pour se débarrasser des démons qui le hantaient à la suite de la 2e Guerre mondiale, qu'il a passée dans le Pacifique.
	www.campdevacances.com /1998/1998.79ans.html (563 words)

	Appalachian Trail Overview & History
		Earl Shaffer became the first to report a thru-hike in 1948.
		The shelter Earl Shaffer helped build for other hikers; however, Earl Shaffer did not approve of the other volunteers putting in a floor to the shelter.
		Earl Shaffer wanted hikers to experience nature, not comfort.
	purebound.com /appalachian_trail_history.htm (459 words)

	Centerwalk Ultralight Backpacking - Information, techniques, and more.
		Earl V. Shaffer is the first known person to complete a solo end-to-end thru hike of the Appalachian Trail.
		Earl dubbed his 1948 adventure of more than 2000 miles, "The Long Cruise." Earl subsequently went on to hike the Appalachian Trail two more times.
		Earl was reportedly fond of stating that he would rather have a little bit of hardship than a lot of heavy carrying.
	www.centerwalk.com /source/info.html (821 words)

	CNN - First hiker to walk Appalachian Trail does a repeat - August 3, 1998
		PINE GROVE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Seventy-nine year-old Earl Shaffer was already past the halfway point Monday in his attempt to walk the full length of the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail.
		Shaffer reached the halfway point near Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, in July and will be heading into New York state this week.
		The trail was completed in 1937, and in 1948 Shaffer became the first to hike the entire trail in one uninterrupted trip, drawing national attention to the by-then- neglected footpath winding through mostly public land in 14 states.
	www.cnn.com /US/9808/03/briefs/first.hiker (257 words)

	News - EarlScruggs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In honor of Earl Scruggs' monumental career achievements and his upcoming star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Gibson has created a new, limited edition, collectible/tribute banjo model: The Earl.
		Born in 1924 in North Carolina, Earl Scruggs has played Gibson banjos from the beginning of his professional career in rural North Carolina in the 1930s.
		Earl then formed the Earl Scruggs Revue and from 1969-80 he continued to advance the banjo into an eclectic mix of pop and rock styles.
	www.earlscruggs.com /theearl.html (299 words)

	Earl Shaffer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		From the Amazon.com Web site: In 1948, young war veteran Earl Shaffer did what many people said couldn’t be done: He trekked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one stretch — walking into the history books as the trail’s first solo thru-hiker.
		In the book, Shaffer recalls his anniversary trip and pays homage to the Appalachian Trail through his own prose and poetry, enhanced by Bart Smith’s stunning photographs.
		Shaffer died in May 2002 at the age of 83.
	www.aldha.org /shaffer.htm (195 words)

	OSCN Found Document:Shaffer v. Jones
		In November 1971, Client filed for divorce in Oklahoma County from his wife, Sue Allen Shaffer, now May. She was served by publication.
		A default decree of divorce was entered in January 1972 wherein custody of the minor son was awarded to the defaulting wife.
		Shaffer, I say again, in all kindness, that you have my good offices.
	www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=9438 (2107 words)

	SGT Rock's Hiking H.Q. - Walking With Spring
		It is a book that shows how different hiking has become from the past, but at the same time how hiking is still exactly the same.
		The story is a true one about the legendary Earl V. Schaffer, the first person to ever hike the entire Appalachian Trail in one long hiking trip.
		Reading this book is a window back in time to how the AT used to be, and how some of the changes came to be from Earl's own firsthand knowledge as a trail blazer for the AT during the years of saving the trail after WWII and his thru hike.
	hikinghq.net /book_walk_spring.html (426 words)

	Earl Shaffer visits Linda and John's Blue Mtn. Dome Home
		Hi, Some exciting news to share with you, I was fortunate enough to track down the 1st ever thru-hiker, Earl Shaffer, as he passed thru the AMC Delaware Valley Chapter's section today.
		After He had his fill of stuffed flounder, Baked potato, and fresh green beans, He decided it was time to stop talkin, and start walkin! After signing our copy of his book "Walking With Spring", and a few snapshots, I drove him back to the trail.
		Earl was a perfect gentleman, and seemed to be in good spirits, hopefully a sign, that He enjoyed his visit with Us.
	www.hypernews.org /HyperNews/get/trails/Appalachian/247.html (271 words)

	a klog apart
		Earl V. Shaffer, hiker of the Appalachian Trail.
		Earl was the first person to "thru-hike" the Appalachian Trail, the 2000 mile trail that runs along the ridge of the Appalachian mountains from Georgia to Maine.
		Earl Shaffer On Amazon: Walking With Spring: First Solo Thru-Hike of App Trail and The Appalachian Trail: Calling Me Back to the Hills.
	dijest.com /aka/2002/05/05.html (728 words)

	Descendants of George Ludwick Sr. - ludg09.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Earl J. Shaffer (Franklin Urias Shaffer, Susannah Ludwick, Jacob, George) was born in Jun 1893 in Michigan.
		Earl married Jennie M. Jennie was born about 1894 in Michigan.
		Edmun Franklin Koutz (Seymour Edwin Koutz, Rachel Ludwick, Jacob, George) was born on 6 Dec 1896 in Elwell, Seville Twp, Gratiot, Michigan.
	www.sonic.net /~joanstev/ludwick/ludg09.htm (1252 words)

	They called him the ‘Crazy One’ - York Daily Record
		Earl Shaffer was the first man to thru-hike the Appalachian Trial.
		In 1948, Shaffer became the first person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail in one steady journey, from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine.
		And a brass plaque and framed images of Shaffer were presented for display in The Place, a popular hiker hostel in Damascus.
	w2.ydr.com /story/trail/60725 (453 words)

	Earl Shaffer Memorabilia - WhiteBlaze
		Earl Shaffer hiked from Katahdin to Springer in 99 days back in 1965 at age 46, making him the first person ever to have hiked the trail in both directions.
		The Earl Shaffer Foundation is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earl's southbound hike by posting daily entries from his 1965 journal at http://www.trailjournals.com/earlshaffer, along with various bits of Earl's poetry from the vast collection which he wrote over the course of his life.
		The Foundation is also beginning a series of auctions on eBay to dispose of items owned by Earl at the time of his death, with proceeds going to some of Earl's favorite organizations, including ALDHA, the AT Museum, the ATC, the Wilderness Society and the Salvation Army.
	whiteblaze.net /forum/showthread.php?t=9043 (458 words)

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