Every year several thousand people attempt to hike all 2180 miles of the Appalachian Trail in America.
Keith Foskett, accompanied by an array of eclectic characters including a world champion juggler, a drug dealer, and a sex-starved builder from Minnesota, thought it was a great idea.
Battling a fear of snakes, bears, being in the woods after dark and his own demons, it’s physically exhausting — as well as psychologically challenging. His adventure weaves a route through some of America’s wildest landscapes, and is told with insight, humour and reflection.