As Far As the Eye Can See: Reflections of an Appalachian Trail Hiker

After hiking 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine, David Brill discovered the wonders of the Appalachian Trail. In his book, As Far As The Eye Can See, David Brill relives the Trail in such a way that readers can experience the trail with him. They fell his cold, they know his hunger, they learn as he learns and walk where he goes. As the Bulletin says, "Brill's writing style is such that readers experience the trail with him." The book outlines certain aspects of the hiking experience with chapters such as 'Fear,' 'Seasons,' 'Critters,' 'Gear,' and more, each going into detail making the experience real.

Upon graduating from college in the late seventies, David Brill set out to, as he puts it, "Find out what I was made of," and five months later, he had been transformed from living a sheltered life to living in the wild. In As Far As The Eye Can See read about the growth of a man through detailed description of people and places he encountered and his reflections on the meaning of fear and confidence, success and failure, friends and solitude, self-reliance, interdependence, and much more. "The book has something to say even to those of us who never considered hiking to Maine," says the Oak Ridger. As Far As The Eye Can See is a book for trail hikers,-past, present or future-for nature lovers, for adventurers, and-perhaps most of all-it is for anyone who feels the need to search for and then reconcile with their inner self.