Eric Shulman on Walking the Appalachian Trail?

Throughout the semester, Dr. Redick has shown the class stories, journals, sites and pictures of the Appalachian Trail. People come back different people with different mindsets after having done the trail. People who are having trouble, whether it’d be with school, work, sports etc can get away by spending time on the Appalachian Trail. Is this something that I NEED to do? Sometimes an individual needs to reflect and have a period of time to themselves to experience and enjoy the outdoors and what the Appalachian Trail has to offer. Other than just the nature, the trail offers people the opportunity to meet and greet different kinds of people and share his/her stories. Two of my tennis teammates will be experiencing the trail this coming summer for two weeks. After seeing pictures and hearing what the trail has to offer individuals, I will not need to ask them about it because I already know this is something I want to do for myself come next summer. Everyone comes back a better person will the experience of a lifetime.