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Alice Hodgkins ’11 stands on top of a treeless mountain in North Carolina during her effort to hike the entire Appalachian Trail during her gap year.
Courtesy of Alice Hodgkins/Graphic by Harrison Korn

Alice Hodgkins ’11 stands on top of a treeless mountain in North Carolina during her effort to hike the entire Appalachian Trail during her gap year.

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