A Walk in the Woods - Murders along trail- Chapter 13- #12

When Bryson and Katz take a short hiatus from hiking during the beginning of Summer, Bryson draws attention to the fact that two women were murdered on the Trail very close to the location and time they themselves were hiking. Bryson seems very saddened by this, finding it hard to look at photos of the woman on one of the trail notices. I think Bryson has only a short discussion on this topic because he does not want to discourage people from hiking on the Appalachian Trail. In fact, I might have omitted some of the detail he goes into. It is very disturbing, and scary (the brutality of the murders is horrifying). Overall, I think it is important he mentioned it because it is reality, however, I think he could have had a shorter discussion on it, but it part of his experience -a walk in the woods.