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Jun 11, 2021 · In 1990, at the age of 50, Bill and his guide dog Orient started the 2,100-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail. Walking this trail would prove his faith and serve as an act of devotion.
Mar 19, 2014 · In 1990, when he was 50-years-old, he set out to hike from Georgia to Maine on the AT with his guide dog, Orient, and ( according to his website BillIrwin.org) without a map, GPS or compass. After hiking for eight months, Bill completed his trek at Baxter State Park in Maine.
Mar 15, 2014 · Mr. Irwin, then a 50-year-old medical technologist and corporate manager from Burlington, N.C., did not use maps or a compass. He was blind, and he relied solely on his German shepherd guide...
Feb 1, 2021 · On the day before Thanksgiving, 1990, Bill Irwin and his guide dog, Orient (trail handle: The Orient Express), completed an eight-and-a-half-month, 2,146-mile, continuous hike from Georgia to Maine, a hike that required several million human steps, none of which Bill could see, and several thousand falls, all of which he could feel. My daughter, Emily, age 11, and I were among the lucky few ...
Mar 7, 2014 · Bill Irwin, who in 1990 became the first and only blind person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail without human assistance, passed away last Saturday morning. Irwin, at 50 years old, started hiking north from Springer Mt. with his dog Orient on March 8, 1990 and reached Baxter State park on November 21, 1990. Unlike most other hikers, Irwin did ...
Mar 8, 2014 · SEBEC, Maine (AP) — Bill Irwin, the first blind hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail without assistance, has died in Maine at the age of 73. A posting on Irwin's website says he died of prostate cancer on March 1, the anniversary of the start of his historic 1990 journey.
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On November 21, 1990-the day before Thanksgiving-Bill Irwin, 50, arrived at the base of Mount Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park, thus completing a walk of the footpath known as the Appalachian Trail. Irwin's goal of hiking the entire Trail began on March 8, 1990.
