For 10 points, name this journey undertaken on a route that follows an eastern mountain range in the U.S.
Two people performing this action were murdered by Randall Lee Smith in 1981. The first person to fully complete this action continuously in a single (*) year was an Army veteran nicknamed "The Crazy One," Earl Shaffer. A partly fictionalized account of this act involves meeting characters like the annoying Mary Ellen, as documented in a book featuring Stephen Katz and the author, Bill Bryson. To cover up an extramarital affair, South ► Carolina Governor Mark Sanford initially claimed he had been performing this action for six days. People who perform this action may start at Springer Mountain, visit Clingmans Dome and Shenandoah National Park, traverse the Hundred-Mile Wilderness, and end at Mount Katahdin. For 10 points, name this journey undertaken on a route that follows an eastern mountain range in the U.S.
Two people performing this action were murdered by Randall Lee Smith in 1981.
hiking the Appalachian Trail (or the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which is the official name, or the AT, or more specific answers involving thru-hiking, or obvious equivalents)