A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

Author:Bill Bryson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: East South Central (AL, Northeast, Humor, TN), Nature, Science, Travel, Regional, Essays & Travelogues, Appalachian Trail, General, United States, Natural history - Appalachian Trail, Bill - Journeys - Appalachian Trail, MS, Natural history, Bryson, KY, Appalachian Trail - Description and travel, Essays, South
ISBN: 9780767902526
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 1999-11-15T05:18:51.266000+00:00


Chapter 12

I’d expected Katz to be insufferable in the morning, but in fact he was surprisingly gracious. He called me for coffee and when I emerged, feeling wretched and cheated of sleep, he said to me: “You OK? You look like shit.”

“Didn’t get enough sleep.”

He nodded. “So you think it really was a bear?”

“Who knows?” I suddenly thought of the food bag—that’s what bears normally go for—and spun my head to see, but it was safely suspended a dozen or so feet from the ground from a branch about twenty yards away. Probably a determined bear could have gotten it down. Actually, my grandmother could have gotten it down. “Maybe not,” I said, disappointed.

“Well, you know what I’ve got in here, just in case?” Katz said and tapped his shirt pocket significantly. “Toenail clippers—because you just never know when danger might arise. I’ve learned my lesson, believe me, buddy.” Then he guffawed.



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