Customer Gallery & Feedback

Below are some of our customers posing with their fully customized maps. You will see a variety of color schemes that the individual hikers chose (or helped create), and all of these contain their personal “PhotoBar” at the bottom of their map with their favorite A.T. photos.

All but one of these custom maps also has the hiker’s timeline of where they hiked each day. The timeline is sandwiched between the elevation profile and the PhotoBar, but is too small to see clearly on these images.

Note: NoBo refers to a hiker who hiked the compete A.T. (Appalachian Trail) NorthBound (Georgia to Maine), and SoBo refers to a hiker who hiked the trail SouthBound (Maine to Georgia).

Steve ‘Mighty Blue’ Adams just received his custom Red Eft Mapping McGyver GigaMap, and posted his video review of his map on YouTube. You can follow Steve’s podcasts on his link on the Hiking Radio Network.

“ **I’ve never seen such a beautiful map. Absolutely incredible work. I went to college for geography and took a couple of cartography courses, so I have great admiration.** **So detailed and packed with so much good stuff ! I collect maps and this is one that I can’t live without.** ”
– ‘Nature Boy’***, 2019 A.T. Thru-Hiker, NoBo***
**( ‘Nature Boy’ mounted his map at Josephine’s Pizzeria and Enoteca in Indiana, PA – go check it out! )**

**“ I got the map! It is amazing! ”**
– ‘***Scraps’, 2018 A.T. Thru-Hiker, SoBo***

“ This is wonderful and exceeds my expectations. Thank you so much. This is the best gift you can give yourself after completing your hike. The quality and detail is amazing… It will last you a lifetime. These maps are awesome. The best way to remember your hike. I look at mine every day. ”
***– ‘JRock & Unicorn’, 2019 A.T. Thru-Hikers, NoBo*** ***(State colors designed by the hikers)***

**The outfitter every A.T. hiker knows so well, Mountain Crossings at Neel Gap, GA, not only carries our maps but thought enough of them to hang one in their historic store. Thanks!** **(This is an example of a standard State Color map)**

**“ Thanks for all your hard work putting this map together. A labor of love I’m sure. ”**
**– Jeff Taussig.**
Jeff is the owner of the ( super clean ! ) Green Mountain House hostel in Manchester Center, VT. This example of our standard map in BOLD hypsometric coloring shows a great option for wrapping our map around a corner of a wall if you don’t have 10 feet of clear wall for this GigaMap! **(Actually, we slightly customized the maps Jeff purchased – because his hostel is in Vermont, we added the Long Trail and its shelters to his maps.)**

*“**I think it looks great. Thanks for all the work you have put into this project. I will treasure it forever.**” –* **Dr. Don Robinson, Cleveland, TN**.
Don and his rescue boxer Maggie relax in front of their GigaMap. Don has hiked about 20% of the A.T., and also a majority of the 800+ miles of trails in the Smokies. Don as well as all of his sons are Eagle Scouts, and Don has earned numerous national Scouting awards for his lifelong association and work with that organization.

**“ I was so excited to find the map at our house yesterday when we returned. It is amazing, and my wife loves it too! We’ll be enjoying this for years to come. ”** – Shane Leib , Section hiking the A.T. since 2010.
The Leib family, A.T. section hikers. Their PhotoBar shows the sections they have completed with a photo under the elevation profile, and sections still to be hiked are in white. They will either stitch or attach with flexible fabric glue new canvas photos as they complete sections – a cool quilt effect showing their progress through the years. The Leibs designed their own state color palette.

**“ It’s perfect! Now to find a wall ! ”** **( ‘ADD’ did find a wall – in his office ! )**
***– ‘ ADD’, 2019 A.T. Thru-Hiker, NoBo***

Amicalola Falls State Park wanted an all-green version of the map, which they felt appropriate for a Park setting. We were honored to have them mount this just a few feet away from the iconic A.T. Approach Trail Arch. Amicalola also sells our maps in the Park visitor center.
**NOTE: This map was specially printed for the Park on a special outdoor banner material (scrim). – The professional canvas maps are not suitable for outdoor display.**

**“ My wife and I just viewed the map for the first time. We are dazzled. Truly amazing. She felt the same way about it as me.** **Also of note are the map colors. The final colors are far more impressive than the downsized jpegs we viewed. ”**
***– ‘Recalc’, A.T. Thru-Hiker, 2015-2016, NoB***o

*“It’s beautiful. I love the colors. Also, STOP LOOKING AT IT ALL THE TIME!*” – wife of (customer and author) **Clay Bonnyman Evans ‘Pony’, 2016 Thru-hiker, Flip-Flop**.
**(Calm Hypsometric version)**

Below are some final comments, from other customers. These are from map customers who ordered custom maps, but have not yet shared photographs of their mounted maps:

“ He absolutely loves it. Thank you again…this is a priceless treasure for us. ” – M.C. (who gifted a custom map to ‘Dawson Murphy’, 2019 A.T. Thru-Hiker, SoBo) All-green full-custom version.

“ I showed the map off to several friends and family, all of whom could not get enough of it! I and they have nothing but positives to say, no negatives whatsoever. ” – ‘Duck’ , 2019 A.T. Thru-Hiker, NoBo (Bold hypsometric version, full custom)

“ Thanks for all the hard work McGyver, the map is simply incredible! ” – mr.batman.777, via our Instagram account.

The final comments below were from a customers who own our Standard, non-customized maps:

“ Just wanted to share with everyone how much I truly love the Appalachian Trail map…it is gorgeous… just what I envisioned for the wall in our mountain home. Your craftsmanship is impeccable… the quality and detail is so far above anything I’ve seen in my long search. It is so much more than a map, it is art. ” – J.G. (A.T. Hiker, Blue Ridge, GA) J.G. purchased the State Colored version.

“ I got it. Oh my God, it is damn beautiful. My girlfriend and I are blown away at how beautiful it is. We haven’t worked out where it’s going to go, but it is definitely going to play a part in the future of our home. ” – Steve Adams, host of the podcast Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail. (That link will take you to a podcast where Steve talks about unexpectedly receiving our standard map as a gift from one of his listeners).

Later, Steve upgraded his standard state-colored map with a full-custom version which commemorated his 2019 thru-hike. That custom map is reviewed at the top of this page.

And finally, a review of our maps by A.T. Yo-Yo hiker ‘Hawk’, who saw our maps at the 2020 ATKO (Appalachian Trail KickOff) at Amicalola Falls State Park. By the way, Hawk mis-spoke once in the video. The maps are not on vinyl – they are printed on professional canvas using archival inks.

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Below are some final comments, from other customers. These are from map customers who ordered custom maps, but have not yet shared photographs of their mounted maps:

The final comments below were from a customers who own our Standard, non-customized maps:

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