Then when she realized there were no white blazes painted on the trees, instead of backtracking she panicked and headed into the brush in hopes of a shortcut. It’s possible Inchworm wasn’t paying attention, missed the sign to continue east on the AT, and followed the Woods road north a great distance. It’s not uncommon for the trail to coincide with a road like this.
The guide also has an instruction to follow this road a short distance east. The AT guide that I own calls either the railroad road or logging path a “Woods road.” It’s at the 1982.3 mile mark (northbound) on the AT. The Maine Warden Service now believes she descended Poplar Ridge, crossed Orbeton Stream, then strayed from the main trail on either an old railroad road or logging path.
Gerry Largay disappeared on a sunny day only three miles from the lean-to where she was last seen. But at the same time, I don’t want my family being interviewed by “Inside Edition.” Although not considered an “extreme” sport, there is an element of danger. One of the appeals of solo hiking in the mountains is the challenge. If (heaven forbid) something happens to me, I would want my family to immediately know the whys and the wherefores. But the other is that I plan to soon hike the White Mountains in New Hampshire, very close to where Inchworm disappeared. One is, I hate to admit it, morbid curiosity. Their grief at her disappearance was bad enough without having a huge question mark hovering over it.īut I guess I’m also asking for selfish reasons. I ask this question because it makes no sense why Maine authorities could not rescue her in time, and her family should have to suffer so long without knowing anything. How could a woman totally disappear for over two years despite the largest manhunt in Maine history? (But after two years in the forest, how much evidence would there be?) Her death was officially ruled as “inanition.” It’s a rarely used term that means “a state of being empty.” Empty of food… or, perhaps, empty of will. Police say there was no evidence of crime. Medical analysts eventually confirmed that… yes… the remains were that of Inchworm. (photo courtesy Hutch Brown and “The Bollard”) simulation training (and, according to the alternative Maine publication The Bollard, some of this training involves torture). It was a hundred yards inside a restricted area of forest owned by the U.S. The site was only a half mile from the AT. Then, on October 14, 2015, an environmental impact researcher found human remains inside a tent in a thicket of woods near an overgrown logging road. It was as if Largay had been swallowed by the earth. Although they publicly denied foul play, this was only because they had no tangible evidence. But for over two years, there was no trace of Inchworm. Hundreds of volunteers and search and rescue workers fanned out to search for her.
But she never arrived.Īfter George Largay reported his wife missing late on July 24, the story spread like a brush fire. She was looking forward to a hearty meal and a soft bed. Largay was to meet her husband at a road crossing the next day. The photo shows a lean, muscular woman with a beaming smile almost as big as her backpack. The following morning, one of them took her photograph. On the night of July 22, Largay shared a lean-to just east of Saddleback Mountain with five other hikers. The Maine section of the AT is known for having long stretches of isolated, rugged, and densely forested country. Her husband had driven their car and was periodically rendezvousing with her at road crossings. She tried to talk Gerry into also quitting, but Largay insisted on continuing solo to the endpoint of Mt. But her friend had a family issue arise and had to bow out in New Hampshire. She was also a veteran backpacker. She and a friend had started their hike at the AT halfway point at Harpers Ferry, WV. Largay, whose trail nickname was “Inchworm” due to her slow hiking pace, was an intrepid 66-year-old grandmother from Tennessee. To this day, the details of her disappearance are a mystery. On Monday morning, July 22, 2013, a woman named Geraldine Largay vanished while hiking the Appalachian Trail in southern Maine.
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