John Del Percio makes his way through an area of rough trail conditions on the Roller Coaster. Inset picture is official photo taken at the A.T. trail office in Harpers Ferry.
MCLAUGHLIN REACHES HALFWAY POINT OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AFTER JOURNEY THROUGH VIRGINIA
DALEVILLE, VA
As local outdoor extraordinaire Loren McLaughlin worked his way northeast along the Appalachian Trail (AT), he had taken a brief respite in Daleville, VA in hopes he could wait out his friend’s illness. Loren had been travelling hundreds of miles of the AT alongside John, a friend he made earlier o…