When Matt Hall — this year's Appalachian Trail chaplain for the United Methodist Church — travels the mammoth foot path that slices through the eastern part of the United States, fellow thru-hikers will call him "Trigger."
It's the name of Roy Rogers' horse, Willie Nelson's well-worn guitar and the figurative pressure points he was taught to identify during his treatment for addiction. Hall, who lives in Hillsville, Va., thinks everyone can benefit from pinpointing their own pitfalls and learning to sidestep them.
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