| Date |
Description |
Links |
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Additions to HikaNation - Before 2023 |
Additions before 2023 |
|
| 01/02/2023 |
Added a photo of Bob & William testing out the "Pylemobile"
in the Nevada desert. |
Mina, Nevada
May 18, 1980 -- Day 37 |
| "" |
Added a text link to Janet's color group photo,
which is similar to these 2 b&w news articles. |
Vivid memories of a cross country hike &
Christmas visitors are serious about taking a hike |
| 01/19/2023 |
Sadly, added John Cannon to the obituary page. |
HikaNation Hikers' Obituaries - John Cannon |
| "" |
Updated Search page to include recommended browsers. |
Search HikaNation |
| 01/23/2023 |
Added alligator+ photos received from Cindy on my cellphone 11/24/2022, but did not see them until today...bad cellphone, bad!! |
42nd Anniversary HikaNation Reunion |
| 01/29/2023 |
Added this to the top of HikaNation webpage
and to the HikaNation Search webpage. |
HikaNation ( http://hikanation.com )
is intermittently experiencing access problems.
If the webpage is loading content/images slowly or is transferring to another linked webpage slowly, try this alternate access instead:
HikaNation ( http://hikanation.ehost.com ). |
| 01/30/2023 |
Added an existing photo (from Janet) of "Jim Kern &
Louise Marshall surveying the HikaNation route in 1978". |
Memorandum #1,
1978 - 1979 AHS notes |
| 02/02/2023 |
Added "Interviews with Paul C. Pritchard
by Paula Guerrein, 2022". |
Interviews with Paul C. Pritchard
by Paula Guerrein, 2022 |
| "" |
Revised these webpages to include the new
"Interviews with Paul C. Pritchard
by Paula Guerrein, 2022" |
HikaNation - Slideshows & Videos
42nd Anniversary HikaNation Reunion
(bottom of page) |
| 02/07/2023 |
Updated external hard drive backup for HikaNation. |
Copies are located on:
- HikaNation external hard drive
- my iMac hard drive
- 2nd iMac hard drive
- HikaNation website
|
| 02/18/2023 |
Revised link on "Related Links" page for the A.T. documentary:
Navigating Thru -
An Appalachian Trail Documentary |
HikaNation Related Links |
| "" |
Added a Utah group photo of Marce, Jeannie, Toni, and Janet. |
Rex Halfpenny's
HikaNation Photos |
| "" |
Added "A Henry Mountain Side Trip Inquiry" from Toni. |
The Hikers - Toni Martinazzi &
HikaNation - Reflections & Memories |
| "" |
Added Marce's 1986 Front Royal reunion photos
to the bottom of this 1986 reunion page. |
HikaNation Reunion -
October 1986
Front Royal, Virginia |
| 03/15/2023 |
Added new pages and revised Artwork by Ryan Don Bozis
and revised "About the Artist".
|
Artwork Revisited
Stories from Africa |
| 03/26/2023 |
Added "Contact List for
HikaNation Reunion 2000"
( from HikaNation Reunion 2000 ) to the bottom
of 2 existing webpages. |
The Hikers
The Hikers, The Organizers,
The Coordinators, & The Questions |
| "" |
Added an existing webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards |
HikaNation Exhibit - PHASE 2 |
| "" |
Added "Interviews by Paul Guerrein with Jim Kern,
William Kemsley,
David Hales, and Paul Pritchard"
to The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards |
| "" |
Added "Senior Hiker Magazine - Issue Twelve 2022 -
I'll Be Seeing You by Stacey Waring"
to The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards |
| "" |
Added Tim Geoghegan's
"HikaNation Mini-Reunion Hike -
Collegiate Peaks, Colorado"
to The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards |
| "" |
Added "HikaNation Presentations with
Janet Parsons, Jim Kern,
Reese Lukei, Jr., Paula Guerrein, Larry Luxenberg, Linda Wright, Alden Olmsted" to The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards |
| 03/29/2023 |
Added "How To Build A Coast-To-Coast Trail" image. |
The Father of the American Discovery Trail |
| 03/31/2023 |
Added a new webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
HikaNation Mini-Reunion Hike
Portions of the Colorado Trail, Durango to Denver
Summer 2018 |
| "" |
Added a new webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
HikaNation Mini-Reunion Hike
Somewhere Out West
Summer 2019 |
| 04/12/2023 |
Some HikaNation related updates concerning the American Discovery Trail:
Added Reese Lukei's "Early Work on the ADT -
250,000 air miles" (from the Spring 2023 ADT newsletter),
and "How To Build A Coast-To-Coast Trail",
and "American Discoveries - Scouting the First Coast-to-Coast Recreational Trail" - A book by Eric Seaborg and Ellen Dudley. |
The Father of the American Discovery Trail
and
The Hikers - Reese Lukei, Jr. |
| 04/20/2023 |
Revised the url for the article "Hiking The Great Divide:
The Story Of Mary Stuever" and added it as a pdf. |
The Hikers - Mary Stuever |
| 05/18/2023 |
Reformatted with images to 500 width |
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Hearings for Fiscal Year 1981 |
| 06/01/2023 |
Added new page, Manakintowne,
for "Artwork by Ryan Don Bozis". |
Artwork by Ryan Don Bozis
Manakintowne |
| 09/24/2023 |
Added a new webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - Afterwards. |
HikaNation Mini-Reunion Hike
John Muir Trail into Yosemite National Park
September 2023 |
| 10/02/2023 |
Save the dates & plan ahead!!!
HikaNation BBQ Gathering at Doug's
July 17 - 19, 2024 |
Posted on the HikaNation Facebook page,
and in a mass HikaNation email,
and in Upcoming Events. |
| "" |
Added already existing webpage,
August 1990 Reunion,
to the reunion section of main index.html page. |
HikaNation Reunions |
| 10/17/2023 |
Added John Mills, Jr.'s photo, Duck Pass Trail, and comments to bottom of this existing page, along with links to his Facebook page. |
HikaNation Mini-Reunion Hike
John Muir Trail into Yosemite National Park
September 9 - 20, 2023 |
| "" |
Revised reunion section with locations of the events. |
HikaNation - Reunions |
| 10/30/2023 |
Added Outside-Backpacker article link from Paula Guerrein
Ask a Thru-Hiker: What Is a "Tramily" and
Why Are They So Important? |
"Family" Photo
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
May 9, 1981 |
| 11/01/2023 |
Added a new page for Artwork by Ryan Don Bozis. |
Advice for a Life Worth Living |
| 11/02/2023 |
Added skydiving photo, Yikes - What Was I Thinking?,
to existing page. |
Artwork by Ryan Don Bozis |
| 11/05/2023 |
Not HikaNation related but added a new webpage to the website with 54 images from January 2023 to November 2023. |
Artwork by Steven Summers Ewart |
| 11/08/2023 |
Updated external hard drive backup for HikaNation.
NOTE: As of 11/09/2023, rather than updating the backups infrequently, backups will occur on the day any changes are made to the website. |
Copies are located on:
- HikaNation external hard drive
- my iMac hard drive
- 2nd iMac hard drive
- HikaNation website
|
| 11/11/2023 |
Added John Mills, Jr.'s Hog Spring 2022 photo
to two existing webpages. |
Henry Mountain Itinerary (Utah)
1000 mile Party - July 19, 1980 |
| "" |
Added Mike McReynolds' photo of The Scroll & draft-text. |
Year's hike across the United States is going great
Hikers feted in Monticello, Utah
August 2, 1980 |
| "" |
From Charles "Chazz" Salkin, added
"Watch for marathon hikers". |
Fueled by 'a longing to go',
37 have hiked a nation
Watch for marathon hikers
May 26, 1981 |
| "" |
From Charles "Chazz" Salkin, added
"13-month 'HikaNation' ends on Pinelands trail"
and his letter. |
Pinelands trail dedication set
13-month 'HikaNation' ends on Pinelands trail
Schedule for Dedication & Letter from "Chazz"
Cape Henlopen, Delaware
May 27, 1981 |
| "" |
Added Charles "Chazz" Salkin's letter to the bottom of this Delaware webpage. |
Delaware - Chazz's letter |
| "" |
Revised webpage to give credit to Charles "Chazz" Salkin for various articles on the webpage. |
For hikers, the fun was getting there
Coast to coast, 35 strong - Hikers end journey in surf
Cape Henlopen, Delaware
May 27, 1981 |
| 11/12/2023 |
Updated Willy Hersman's information
after receiving an out-of-the-blue email. |
The Hikers, The Organizers,
The Coordinators, & The Questions |
| 11/14/2023 |
Tish & William updated the HikaNation Contacts list
(participants, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addreses,
status, etc.). |
The list will not be on the website;
contact Tish or HikaNation for a copy. |
| "" |
Consolidated an e-mail list for HikaNation.
Corrections and additions are always appreciated
via Hikanation e-mail. |
The list will not be on the website;
contact HikaNation for a copy. |
| 11/15/2023 |
Added text link for
"Trail Reflections: Founding the American Hiking Society"
to existing webpages. |
Hikers Needed to Hike Across the United States
Backpacker Magazine - August 1978
The HikaNation Story
from Jim Kern's Trail Reflections |
| "" |
Added to interviews page:
Reese Lukei, Jr. discusses HikaNation Route
Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean -- 54:24 |
HikaNation Interviews and Videos |
| "" |
Added Tim Ernst's Facebook post & photo concerning
Gregory Blacksmith Shop, Arkansas. |
The Hikers - Tim Ernst
Stories & Journals,
Poems & Songs,
Retrospectives, Reflections & Memories |
| 11/16/2023 |
Added Invitations from existing webpage
(Congressional & Personnal Invitations
April 3rd and April 13th, 1981). |
HikaNation Arrival Ceremony & Flag Certificates
Capitol steps, Washington, D.C.
HikaNation Celebration Dinner
May 13, 1981 |
| "" |
Added links for these articles (from HikaNation II):
HikaNation Route journal CA to IL (55 pages),
including original route and alternate routes
Monty Montgomery: A Hiker's Route Guide for Colorado
|
Stories & Journals,
Poems & Songs,
Retrospectives, Reflections & Memories |
| 11/17/2023 |
Added "Insurance for Oakland Army Base - April 8, 1980"
and combined it with
"April 4, 1980 - request for Oakland Army Base parking lot use". |
"Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
from Mike McReynolds
April 1980 memos, letters, etc. |
| "" |
Added "Insurance for Oakland Bay Bridge crossing & beyond - April 9, 1980"
and combined it with
"April 10, 1980 - Encroachment Permit for the
Oakland Bay Bridge crossing". |
"Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
from Mike McReynolds
April 1980 memos, letters, etc. |
| "" |
Added Final List of Expenses incurred by Mike McReynolds
for the San Francisco, California portion of HikaNation -
June 5, 1980. |
"Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
from Mike McReynolds
June 1980 memos, letters, etc. |
| 11/21/2023 |
Added "Insurance for Southern Pacific use - March 14, 1980"
and combined it with
"February 11 & 15, 1980 - Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks Discussion". |
"Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
from Mike McReynolds
February 1980 memos, letters, etc. |
| 11/22/2023 |
Added "McReynolds-original-map-plus-text.jpg"
to 4 exisiting webpages. |
Opening Weekend Kickoff Posters
Resolution to close the bridge
HikaNation Press Releases (as a text link)
Mike McReynolds' Archives (as a text link) |
| "" |
Added Mike McReynolds' "HikaNation and AHS overview,
including proposed budgets - Version #2"
at the bottom of the existing webpage. |
HikaNation and AHS overview,
including proposed budgets:
Version #1 and now Version #2 |
| "" |
Added Mike McReynolds' "HIKANATION: A Sponsorship Proposal - Version #2" at the bottom of the existing webpage. |
HIKANATION: A Sponsorship Proposal:
Version #1 and now Version #2 |
| "" |
Added Mike McReynolds' Certificate of Participation
to the existing webpage. |
HikaNation I hiked America 1980 - 81 |
| 11/24/2023 |
Added a new webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - Pre-Hike. |
Calendars and Budgets
April 1979 & Beyond |
| "" |
Added information to a Kyburz postcard. Text link to the photo is located on the HikaNation California webpage.
|
Between Pacific House & Kyburz, California
April 30, 1980 -- Day 19 |
| "" |
Added more 1000 mile party photos. |
Henry Mountain Itinerary (Utah)
1000 mile Party - July 19, 1980 |
| "" |
Added name and photo of Georgia Congressman Elliott Levitas
I met during my lobbying efforts on HikaNation's day of arrival
in D.C. |
The Congressman |
| "" |
Added a new webpage to
The Progression of HikaNation - California. |
Hikers going back east the hard way
Steve Hascall & Bruce Ohlson
April 2, 1980 |
| "" |
Added Steve Hascall to The Hikers and to
The Hikers, The Organizers, The Coordinators, & The Questions |
The Hikers - Steve Hascall |
| 11/25/2023 |
Added "HikaNation's Hiking Route into the Mammoth Cave National Park"
and "Backcountry Use Information". |
Collie Ridge Bluffs to
Mammoth Cave National Park Campground, Kentucky
Friday - February 13, 1981 - Day 308 |
| "" |
Added
HikaNation Expenses & Mileages to
The Progression of HikaNation - Delaware.
The chart also contains links to images/pdfs for some of the equipment bought & sold. |
HikaNation
Expenses & Mileages |
| 11/26/2023 |
Added more 1980 addresses to Janet's HikaNation Year Book
which is located on the HikaNation Memorabilia webpage. |
HikaNation Memorabilia - Janet |
| "" |
Added an Arkansas sticker to the bottom of the webpage. |
Arkansas Traveler Certificate
December 13, 1980 |
| "" |
Added a text link for an appreciation certificate on this webpage,
in this photo caption: "Janet reacts to William as she tries to present an award to him." |
42nd Anniversary HikaNation Reunion
March 25 - 27, 2022
St. Augustine, Florida |
| "" |
Added a chart, HikaNation Equipment Expenses, to
The Hikers - William Ewart. The chart also contains links
to images/pdfs for some of the equipment bought & sold. |
The Hikers - William Ewart
HikaNation Equipment Expenses |
| "" |
Added a brochure containing fuzzy maps of
The Missouri Ozark Trail
(which includes the Taum Sauk Trail)
and also added some photos from HikaNation's
journey along the Taum Sauk Trail.
Also added The Missouri Ozark Trail brochure
to this January 7, 1981 webpage. |
HikaNation Participant Enjoys People on Route
along the Taum Sauk Trail in Missouri
January 7, 1981
along the Taum Sauk Trail
January 7, 1981 -- Day 271 |
| 11/28/2023 |
Added "Sunnyvale hiker ready
for 2,800-mile U.S. walk -
April 8, 1980" to existing webpage. The new article also
contains a condensed California HikaNation Schedule. |
Hikers going back east the hard way
Steve Hascall & Bruce Ohlson
April 2, 1980 |
| "" |
Added the condensed California HikaNation Schedule from the Sunnyvale article above, to an existing webpage which also contains the schedule as a 3-page typed memorandum. ). |
California Route Information
Cross-country hike...join up for a day or more
April 12 - May 6, 1980 |
| 11/29/2023 |
Added text links for additional versions of existing articles. |
Rob Lee gets ready to hit the trail with hikers
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Wheelchair hiker to join close of trek |
| "" |
Added "Heel 'n' toe
to Oakland they go" to existing webpage. |
Walking the Bay Bridge
April 13, 1980 |
11/30/2023
through
12/05/2023 |
Revised Progression webpages that had multiple articles on the same page. Headings on those pages were revised to separate the articles; "horizontal blocks" replaced vertical listings. Not all pages need revisions; Missouri is a good example of the changes. |
The Progression of HikaNation - Missouri |
| 12/05/2023 |
Split one webpage into two separate webpages. |
California HikaState 1981
HikaNation Commemorative Hikes
May through October 1982 |
| 12/06/2023 |
Revised. |
1980 Transcontinental "HikaNation" Hike
INFORMATION PACKET -
Nov 1979 |
| 12/09/2023 |
Added photo of the entire article to top of this new webpage. Below the photo is the article, recreated from 7 separate scanned images, provided by Bruce Ohlson in 2016. Bruce's version was previously on another webpage, but was transfered here. |
They're Not Masochists
They're Hikers |
| "" |
Crumbling news article from Mike McReynolds--photographed in an attempt to preserve.
12/11/2023--Below the photo is the article, recreated from 4 separate scanned images. |
BACKWORDS
A trek across the nation
Hiking the Bay Bridge |
| "" |
Added the article
"Hike Across U.S.
Starts Here Soon"
to the bottom of existing page: BACKWORDS |
Hike Across U.S. Starts Here Soon |
| 12/12/2023 |
Added the HikaNation "Original Hike Route"
(provided by Janet Parsons and Jim Kern)
to the
existing webpage; tabled version and a photograph.
|
Hikers Needed to Hike Across the United States
Backpacker Magazine - August 1978 |
| "" |
Added pdf's to existing webpage:
1. 1979-DOI-HCRS-Information-Packet.pdf
(all images and links on the page including Terry's pdf)
2. 2018-Terry-Ernst-Trail-Foods-and-More-Information-Packet.pdf |
1980 Transcontinental "HikaNation" Hike
INFORMATION PACKET -- Nov 1979 |
| 12/20/2023 |
Created a static page with screengrabs from the original
SF Chronicle article which was published April 12, 2022.
This new webpage was made in case the original article
goes off-line.
Included at the bottom of the webpage. |
HikaNation: How a historic
cross-country backpacking
revolution started on the Bay Bridge
Clarifying the Interview.pdf |
| 12/27/2023 |
Began revising all of "my" State photo/commentary webpages: substituting in "better" maps, "larger" photos, and identifying
people in the photos, etc. |
The revisions begin here:
California |
| 12/29/2023 |
Added birthday lists to the bottom of the existing webpage. |
HikaNation - The Hikers |
| 12/31/2023 |
Added thumbnails and links for
"Maryland - after D.C." and "Atlantic Ocean". Both are previously exisitng webpages, but
were not previously "listed" in these areas. |
HikaNation - The States
HikaNation -
Photos & Commentary by William Ewart |
| "" |
Added Linda and Keith's campsite list to 3 existing webpages:
a) Campsites - an old, abandoned, and now unused page but
updated anyway with both campsite lists (mine & L&K's)
b) Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats (campsites/olhson.html)
c) Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats (campsites/index.html)
d) Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats (additions/stats.html)
b & c & d are identical pages, but for some reason are all used
on the website, so keeping all online. Unfortunately the url
of olhson.html has Bruce Ohlson's name incorrectly spelled, but cannot change the url since it is on the website in countless places. |
a) Campsites
b)
Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats
c) Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats
d) Bruce Ohlson's HikaNation Stats |
|
| 01/01/2024 |
Revised campsite lists posted on HikaNation:
1. Linda Hull & Keith Wright's campsite list (unchanged)
2. William Ewart's campsite list
3. "Official" HikaNation campsites list
(incomplete compilation; revisions in the future)
4. Original campsite list that contained both #2 and #3
(no longer posted on website) |
1. Campsites Compiled by Linda, Keith, & John
2. William Ewart's
Campsites during HikaNation
3. "Official" HikaNation Campsites
(incomplete compilation)
4. Original campsite list with #2 & #3 combined
(no longer posted on website) |
| 01/02/2024 |
Revised. |
HikaNation - The Route |
01/02/2024
through
01/07/2024 |
Used some of the rescanned images for the SF-Chronicle article (published 2022-04-12) in various places on the website. |
2024-01-09-individual-photo-pages-revised.pdf
2022-04-10-the-rescans-for-greg.pdf |
| 01/24/2024 |
Added photo of Tom Floyd to various places. |
The Hikers - Tom Floyd
HikaNation - The Hikers
HikaNation - The Organizers |
| 02/10/2024 |
Added Mike Dawson to the organizers page. Mike Dawson was one of the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) representatives during HikaNation and was involved in the planning of the Virginia Appalachian Trail schedule.
Mike Dawson now has an article in the Winter 2023-2024 American Discovery Trail Society newsletter concerning his ongoing efforts of promoting the ADT. |
HikaNation - The Organizers
Mike Dawson
Appalachian Trail Conference Representative
Winter 2023-2024 American Discovery Trail Society newsletter |
| 04/18/2024 |
Added scans of book pages relating to HikaNation, ADT,
and various HikaNation related people. |
The National Trails System - An Illustrated History
by Steve Elkinton |
