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Feb 15, 2012
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Earl Shaffer

Age: 83

outdoorsman who in 1948 became the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail in one trip. He made the 2,058-mile trek in 124 days, without a tent or stove.

Died: Lebanon, Pa., May 5, 2002

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