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Robert Moor's Appalachian Hike
- Robert Moor hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2009 after college while figuring out his next life step.
- The five-month hike was a dream come true and a time to gain clarity before graduate school.
Trails Are Living Systems
- Trails are not static; they evolve as people and animals create shortcuts and follow paths.
- This fluidity reveals trails as a shared, living system beyond a simple path.
Animal Trails as Communication
- Trail making is one of the animal world's earliest forms of communication through externalized memory.
- Ants use pheromone trails as dynamic, efficient information networks about food sources.