HikaNation was a 14-month cross-country backpacking trip starting at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California on April 12, 1980, and ending at Cape Henlopen, Delaware on May 27, 1981 after traversing over 4,286 miles and passing through 14 states and Washington, D.C.
Purposes for the hike included highlighting the need for more hiking trails across America and promoting hiking as a low energy consumption form of recreation. |
The HikaNation Story
by Jim Kern
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HikaNation was organized by
Jim Kern, William Kemsley, Jr., Paul Pritchard, Glenn Seaborg, and others, and was sponsored by the American Hiking Society, the
United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation
Service, and Postum, along with various other suppliers & supporters, including Backpacker magazine.
The Progression of HikaNation details the journey with various organizational memos, letters, newspaper and magazine articles. |
