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Soren West ’64’s new book on hiking the Appalachian Trail

May 4, 2022

Soren West ’64 has written a book featuring more than 200 color photos capturing his end-to-end hike on the Appalachian Trail in 2016. The book, just published, is titled Northbound with Theo: A Man and His Dog Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail at Ages 75 and 8.

The book can be purchased from Amazon here.

Over 2000 miles, February to October, all sorts of weather! After 46 years as a trial attorney, Soren and his golden retriever, Theo, set out to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Soren loses 30 pounds, has a tooth reset and his shoulder repaired. But he also meets wild people, unscalable rocks, and night-time frights on this “life-changing adventure,” all the way with Theo!

The video just below is the publisher’s promotional trailer on the occasion of the book’s publication.

At our 55th reunion in 2019, Soren gave the following talk as part of the session titled “Kaleidoscope of Passions.”

To view other talks in the “Kaleidoscope of Passions,” click here.