The Paths Posner Walked Was Paved
After the rattlesnake bite in Colorado, Posner stopped accepting guest walkers because of how dangerous the trails could be. Although he has estimated that “98% of the walking” was done on blacktop, and not just backwoods trails, there was a lot of ‘The Walk’ that had to be improvised with highway shoulders and forest-service roads. The three “fabled paths” that stretch along the top and bottom of the United States include the Appalachian Trail in the East, the Continental Divide Trail along the Rockies, and the Pacific Crest Trail in the West.