M Peace Pilgrim: Minimalist Trekker for World Peace
by Jeremy Pendrey
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Article Summary:
In 1952, Mildred Norman Ryder became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail in one season. The trek completed a fifteen-year process during which Ryder had intentionally transformed herself from a middle class homemaker to a virtually penniless promoter of peace. Completing her transformation also marked a beginning. Thereafter, she called herself "Peace Pilgrim," and for the next twenty-eight years, until her death, she wandered North America on foot on a pilgrimage for world peace, carrying her only possessions in her pockets.
ARTICLE OUTLINE
- Summary and Introduction
- Inspired While Walking
- The Appalachian Trail
- The Pilgrimage
- Why Walk?
- Food and Shelter
- A Simple Pilgrim's Gear
- Facing the Elements
- Bibliography
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