I thruhiked in 1995, and while I did go to the ATC headquarters to sign in, I don't recall having my photo taken, but it may have been. I do however vividly re

I thruhiked in 1995, and while I did go to the ATC headquarters to sign in, I don't recall having my photo taken, but it may have been. I do however vividly recall the photo archive at Rusty's Hardtime Hollow just off the Blue Ridge Parkway section of the AT a few miles but was well worth the trip. Rusty had polaroids of hikers going way back, they lined the walls of every building, when he built new bunkhouses, he started new annual collections. There were thousands of them. Every night he would roll his truck down into the parking are blast James Brown and feed what he could to whatever he had or whatever hikers could bring. Wood fired hot tub, sauna, huge garden, it was a paradise after almost a 1000 miles on foot. I hope the ATC was also able to recover Rusty's photos, because he had a real gold mine. The few years after hiking when I lived in the area I would bring beverages and hot dogs for the hikers. I lost touch with Rusty after I went west. I was hiking recently in Maine and talking to another thruhiker who went through in the 2000 and she said the Hollow is gone now which would be a shame of his archive could not be recovered.