Name: The Prophet of Happiness: Eiler Larsen’s A.T. 1930 –1936
Start: 2026-05-16T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-16T11:00:00-04:00
Location: The Damascus Trail Center

$The Prophet of Happiness: Eiler Larsen\u2019s A.T. 1930 \u20131936$

Historian Mills Kelly tells the story of Eiler Larsen. It's fair to say that he was the original hiker trash hiker.
About this Event

Eiler Larsen successfully completed a hike from Maine to Georgia between 1930 and 1936. Along the way, he spread his philosophy of happiness to anyone who would listen. He loved hiking, but he loved nature and humanity more and everywhere he went his only goal was to spread happiness. It's fair to say that he was also the original hiker trash hiker.

Mills is the host of The Green Tunnel podcast and the author of the recently published A Hiker's History of the Appalachian Trail.