DuctTape beat me to it. Grandma Gatewood was an original in many ways-the first woman to thru-hike the AT, wore Keds sneekers, used a lightweight pack (gunny sack thrown over shoulder and the shower curtain tarp,wool blanket as wrap and quilt, etc.
Of course Ray Jardine took Grandma Gatewood's and began Golite-wonder if he ever gave her any credit?
Anyway Grandma Gatewood was also know as the biggest yogi on the trail and was always munching off others-this according to several AT historians.
Matters not, she HHOH and thru-hiked the AT again later in life.
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