As Maurice Forrester, Jr., put it in the A.T. News, the age of innocence on the trail is gone for good. The idea that the trail is a sort of haven, immune from the ills of society, is out of date. Still, the A.T. remains remarkably safe. “The Appalachian Trail may not be the paradise our fancies would like, but it is still a far better place than most others,” Forrester concluded.
