Legacies of Linville Gorge 03 - Allen Hyde

For the third in the "Legacies of Linville Gorge" series ... it just had to be Allen T. Hyde.

Allen is the author of "The Linville Gorge Hiker's Guide" and the winner of the 2008 "Willie Parker Peace History Book Award" from the North Carolina Society of Historians. Allen saw a need to document the trail system that exists in the Linville Gorge Wilderness area above and beyond the officially published USFS trail system.

Allen lives 150 feet or so from the Linville Gorge boundary and makes it a point to hike all of the trails each year, most twice. His book is in it's third printing and is a valuable addition to any hiker or lover of the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area.

Join me for a snap shot of one of the true legacies of Linville Gorge as I visit with him in the home he built by hand on the edge of what we Gorge Rats refer affectionately as the Big Ditch.

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[mrriprock2]

Interesting man with some great story telling. Enjoyed it...Dash

[RallohE]

@mrriprock2 That he is! Thanks for watching!

[MrHatManS]

Keep this series coming

[RallohE]

@MrHatManS Well thank ya ... yes it most definitely will continue this year.

[shugemery]

Well that was just Whooooo Buddy Terrific))))) Got me pining to see some of those trails and just get on the ones I done been on.

I was totally glued to that ...laying out here in my Nut-Hut in my hammock.

[RallohE]

@shugemery Many thanks Shug-row ... wish I was up there right!

[RallohE]

@ekhaat Well thank you sir ... I appreciate that. Trying to document all the greats associated with the LG Wilderness Area ... so look for more this year!

[ekhaat]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing

Cheers

[RallohE]

@steintanz Not a bad way to live if you can afford it! That's a fact! Thanks for watching Tim

[steintanz]

"hike all of the trails each year, most twice" - Wow, that's a good way of spending your time. He must be the truest "rat" of them all :o)