Lonestar Longshot: Inside the Improbable Push for a 1,400-Mile Texas Thru-Hiking Trail

Lonestar Longshot: Inside the Improbable Push for a 1,400-Mile Texas Thru-Hiking Trail

I met 67-year-old Charlie Gandy at the last Walmart on the xTx trail. He still had 943 miles left to go — including long linkages through the Chihuahuan Desert with no water, bracing segments on narrow roadways, and a thicket of property lines in a state that’s 95% private land. A friend of Gandy’s and fellow long-distance Texas route developer put the challenge in perspective. Lawrence Walker contributed to the Texas portion of the Southern Tie…