FORSYTH COUNTY — Charlie Ewing Jr. has grown up hearing about his father’s adventures along the Appalachian Trail. In fall 1986, Ewing Sr. completed his “thru-hike” of the famed trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine. One who completes a thru-hike of the AT, as it is often referred to, makes the entire trip — all 2,165-plus miles — from start to finish at one time.
Father and son hike to the mountaintop
Two Forsyth County men trek across the Appalachian Trail 28 years apart
