McLaughlin is pictured hiking through the Roan Highlands near Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Inset photo, elevation marker at Big Bald Mountain with an elevation of 5516 feet. PHOTO BY JOHN DEL PERCIO
Wild ponies run free in the Grayson Highlands.
THE STORY OF LOREN MCLAUGHLIN’S SIX MONTH JOURNEY ALONG THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
We last left Loren McLaughlin on his journey along the Appalachian Trail at Max Patch, a scenic bald mountain in North Carolina. Gladwin resident McLaughlin spent six months, from April to September in 2022 hiking the 2,194 mile long Appalachian Trail, otherwise known as the AT.
