NOBO Meets SOBO (1951)
Description:
On August 6, 1951, Northbound (NOBO) thru hiker Gene Espy met Southbound (SOBO) thru hiker Chester Dziengielewski at the Smith Gap Shelter in Pennsylvania. This grainy photograph is the first ever image of a meeting between a successful northbound and successful southbound AT thru hiker. It is also the only known photograph on the trail of Dziengielewski, the third person to thru hike the AT.
Collection:
Hikers
Date:
08/06/1951
Creator:
Gene Espy
Subject
HikersContributor
Mills KellyFormat
Black and white photographSource:
Gene Espy
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Rights
All rights reservedCitation
Gene Espy, “NOBO Meets SOBO (1951),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 23, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/938.
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