By Jordan A. Bowman
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
June 26, 2020
2020 has shown how so many things we take for granted are, in reality, both invaluable and vulnerable; how the commitment to justice can transform the conversations we are having about equality, diversity, and inclusion; and, how places known by many as an “escape” from the pressures and challenges of society are not separate from the realities of the world.
As we look back at the beginning of this year, when details about COVID-19 were relatively unknown, our top priority was — and continues to be — developing guidance to help protect not only individual hikers and volunteers, but the broader impacts to the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) and community at large. We continue to operate on the assumption that no one is safe unless everyone is safe.
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