For more than 20 years Merlyn has been hiking and enjoying the great outdoors all over this country’s backwoods and wilderness areas. His favorite wilderness trail to hike is the famous Appalachian Trail, where he and his wife have hiked sections over the course of 30 entire days and nights on the trail at one time. He has hiked the AT in the winter and can tell you from first hand experience what to do and not to do associated with hiking the trail as a first timer and during off season. He has written two books on hiking the AT and is one of the foremost wild craft herbalists that can hike the trail and tell you everything you can and cannot eat. Merlyn can be reached at retsuzen@peacemail.com.