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Read your link - thank you for sharing! If you've hiked these other PA hikes, in your opinion, how does the Loyalsock (59 mile linear) compare to...

Thank You neighbor! :sun

I have been suggesting that for over 20 years but most often it gets ignored. In fact I even posted a couple of videos demonstrating that. I now do...

Did you use a calculator to add up the individual weight ?

Great list. Might consider Craig Mains “Hawk” 7 times thru hiker north south flip flop and yo yo. Total purist in the finest sense. Doesn’t skip...

This's so so sad. I hope i'm not being too intrusive for asking what happened? He looked well younger than his age and well fit, but look can be...

I’m doing the Nantahala Basin loop, clockwise from Standing Indian campground, so I’ll be going southbound down ‘ good ol’ Albert’! Sounds fine...

Cheers Slugg…I’lll chech that one out too!

Definitely for me as I’m 69 though Glucosamine/ Condroitin have really helped my knees. I’ve been taking it for over a year now.

Thanks…I may be a little over cautious but yeah, we will pick a decent weather window.

This is where trekking poles rock.

Sorry - if you clicked this link you were probably thinking “what is he talking about?”..This is the one I meant to share:...

Your grandson will love that stretch, going downhill on Albert (unless it's raining or otherwise really wet, so that the rocks are too slippery). If...

A reply from ‘Hoofit’ is on Page 2….

I know where you mean! I turned around on that rebar as it was wet and there was a big ‘ thunder boomer’ rolling in. As I am mainly a solo hiker,...

I am guilty of toking in my tent but I wouldn't in a shelter or if I was close enough to hear people breathe, or with kids around... but really I...

Thanks Slugg… I’ll check that out….

Thanks..I didn’t know about that. Hopefully we’ll get good weather and get to hike down Albert but it’s good to know about that option.

Some discussion on Mt Albert in this recent thread: https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/141454-(un)Packing-Fears-Heights?highlight=Heights

Go to this link about my time at Thistle Hill Shelter in 2013, and then go down to my "Big mistake!"...

You can always take the bypass trail around the tower to avoid the steep downhill SOBO. But first go up and visit the tower if it a pretty day! ...

Conversely, don't *ask* everyone how many miles they've hiked or how much their pack weighs -- or why they chose those shoes, or why do they use...

Hey, lighten up, at least they are going in their tent( and risking a fire), to appease other people.. Or maybe they’re just running low and...

You need to take at least another hundred off to attract a serious buyer…hikers are a cheap bunch, if they can be! Good luck!

Beach bunny/ Maryland!!!! Am I missing something? ��������������������������

Saving 100$ on a like new tent,am I missing something?

FWIW - I never had a lot of luck crafting stakes out of wood. They tend to break easily, usually in rough weather and frankly I can use the time for...