Bill Bryson’s book “ A Walk In the Woods” described the author 's experience hiking the Appalachian Trail and how being surrounded by nature, characterizes what it 's like to be a “real” man. The Appalachian Trail is a 2,100-mile hiking trail where begins at Georgia and ends in Maine. During the story, Bryson describes his experience and how the trail looked at the time.Throughout time nature changes because of its ability to adapt to the climate changing. The diversity of the trail back then was predominantly white, because in today 's society is slowly changing to multicultural.The equipment used back then was not as advanced as the ones used today. As years go by the trail changes because of many reasons; such as, the number of animals in the area, the people that go through the trail and weather itself. Twenty years ago the Appalachian trail does not resemble the way it looked like back then, the trail has gone through many changes that include the cultural background, the use of modern technology and the geological change of the trail itself. In 1996, the Appalachian trail was composed of white male hikers, in which Bill Bryson and his friend Stephen Katz were. During that time women were rarely seen on the trail. As Bill was hiking the trail he came upon …show more content…
The weather changes the trail in many ways, once it begins to snow and rain it slowly erodes the rocks and other materials. Mudslides and avalanches occur and remove everything in its path.The heat cause draughts towards natural water supply. Hikers going through the trail leaving trash behind and having no care for pollution. Hikers constantly go on the trail and leave foot traffic disrupting the natural growth of nature. Natural forces consist of the animals, insects and the trees that take place on the trail. Hurricane Sandy which happened in 2012 has caused more erosion and blowdowns on the