Legacies of Linville Gorge 03 - Allen Hyde

For the third in the "Legacies of Linville Gorge" series ... it just had to be Allen T. Hyde.
Allen is the author of "The Linville Gorge Hiker's Guide" and the winner of the 2008 "Willie Parker Peace History Book Award" from the North Carolina Society of Historians. Allen saw a need to document the trail system that exists in the Linville Gorge Wilderness area above and beyond the officially published USFS trail system.
Allen lives 150 feet or so from the Linville Gorge boundary and makes it a point to hike all of the trails each year, most twice. His book is in it's third printing and is a valuable addition to any hiker or lover of the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area.
Join me for a snap shot of one of the true legacies of Linville Gorge as I visit with him in the home he built by hand on the edge of what we Gorge Rats refer affectionately as the Big Ditch.

[@PisgahGravelProject]

RIP Hawkeye. Thank you very much for these priceless videos. I've watched them many times over, and wanted to share my appreciation.

[@MrHatManS]

Keep this series coming

[@mrriprock2]

Interesting man with some great story telling. Enjoyed it...Dash

[@ekhaat]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing
Cheers

[@ldcakes8873]

Good interview Hawk-Eye, That fellow has accomplished a lot with his house! I hope you can interview Travis Proctor sometime too, he sounds like an interesting man to meet.

[@steintanz]

"hike all of the trails each year, most twice" - Wow, that's a good way of spending your time. He must be the truest "rat" of them all :o)