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Now, about THIS video—

On April 21, 2018, I set out on a thru-hike of the 2,189 mile Appalachian Trail. This video is a full-length documentary of my thru-hike from start to finish. It's drawn from my 41 other videos about my thru-hike. My reflections on my thru-hike can be found not here on YouTube, but on Instagram at my account @Backpacker_Comics. Follow me there!

Making appearances in this video: Liz Kidder, Luke Gaudreau, Lydia Schaeffer, Janet Hensley (Ms. Janet), Odie Norman, and many thru-hikers from the Class of 2018, including Yelp, P-1, Peach, Smoky, Denny, Griz, EZ, Shield Maiden, Trailblazer, Big Tuna, Miss Roberts, Poppins, Peanut, Ginger Balls, Mountain Goat, Buckles, ToolTime, Happy Feet, Bob Gnarley, Stumbles, Outlaw the ridgerunner.

Thanks also to the many hikers who agreed to appear in my other AT videos but who couldn't be included in this video because of space, including Joyful Rambler, GrizzleGear, and Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Wheezie & Duck.

Some YouTube channels make appearances too: Hike & Tell, IBTAT, Hike Hunter, Loner2012AT, and (in the Harpers Ferry Section), Scoutmaster, Jake Hikes, Amanda Bess, Sleeves, BateBolt Productions (Pit Boss and Play by Play), Bruce Matson, and Fight for Together (the Crawfords).

If you want to support the Appalachian Trail, you can become a member of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. (I did!) You can also support the trail by contributing to 2018 thru-hiker's Bruce Matson's "RTK Challenge," in which donations are matched by Bruce up to $100,000. (I did this too!) Details here: http://bit.ly/2HxX5tA

The trail lore I talk about in these videos is derived from my reading about the AT. A full bibliography is given in the description to the first video in this series (AT #1).

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Filmed with an iPhone 7 Plus at 30fps and 720p. The original 41 videos were edited on my iPhone with LumaFusion. This re-edited mash-up was edited on a computer using Cyberlink PowerDirector 14.

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***MUSIC***

All music in this video was produced by me, Evan Schaeffer; much of it was composed, arranged, and performed by me as well.

Much of my music is available to use in videos for free. See http://www.evanschaeffermusic.com and, after reading the information there, download the songs from SoundCloud. You can also listen to my two albums of video music (Glow and Big Splash) at Spotify or at Apple Music--just search for "Evan Schaeffer."

Some of the songs that were used in this video that are available on iTunes, Spotify, and/or SoundCloud are Whigg Meadow (12:15); Graze (19:52); Roll (23:00), Sisyphus (40:00) and Daisy Town (1:29).

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