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If you have a shuttle, I'd definitely consider a section of the AZT. Go to the ATA website for info on access and water. Easy access from Phoenix is...

Something similar to Craggy Gardens and other CCC pole shelters was my comment.

The steel bars in the rocks up cliffs in Maine and the Mahoosucs always add some interest.

Only a few more days to make comments. 2/11 is the final day. So far 62 comments have been submitted. I've made some tally marks for specific...

There are many places on the AT where we marveled at the hard work done by the trail builders. We talked about how their efforts made the trail...

I met him mid day where the trail crosses VA 621 (Upper Craig's Creek Rd), between Niday Spring Shelter and the Audie Murphy Monument. He was an...

https://secure.img1-fg.wfcdn.com/im/25615405/compr-r85/9845/9845454/its-a-dry-heat-coaster.jpg The danger of a desert's dry heat is that you can...

Thank you for details and suggestions, Traveler.

I used part of the AT/old AT to loop back to Hot Springs from Hot Springs, and from there hitched to Asheville, but that's a day hike sort of thing. ...

I suggest trying the Precipice Trail in Acadia NP. If you can do that hike, you can do anything on the AT.

I second the Stratton Mtn hike, specifically Stratton-Arlington Rd to Highway 11/30. It feels pretty remote and the trail is pretty easy. The kids...

There are a few areas along the AT that I have traveled which elevated the "Spidey sense of danger" when moving across, through, or over rock ledges...

The climb up South Kinsman in NH is fairly exposed (a steep scramble over open boulders, cliffs). And of course Katahdin.

There is not much you can do about the dew point, thats Physics describing a nature's law. You can provide some measures to work arund condensation,...

StillMoving - perfect thing to do. Wish you all the best! There are too many topics just the same, in hiking and bike travelling, so I dont see...

Whoops, forgot to mention that I also sent all my clothes to InsectShield for their permethrin treatment that is supposedly longer lasting than do it...

Just an update - I think my last trip with 3 days food and all my gear I was at about 18lbs with my starting water as well. I thought I had pictures...

Lehigh Gap

I get by on 3 flavors of breakfast and 5 or 6 flavors of dinner. Lunch is the same every day. That is enough variety that I enjoy every meal, but it...

In my area some folks have issues at Webster Cliffs on the east side of Crawford Notch. The AT runs along the top of the cliffs. There are trees to...

Thanks but no thanks to premethin for me. I have lived a good chunk of my life outdoors and most bugs do not like me. I can count the number of ticks...

Very many have, even for much longer than a day hike. That aside, to complete a thru hike in 2 years or less; your gonna need "gear". Before...

Just an article that reviews permethrin-treated clothing: ...

Ordered a Western Mountaineering Badger MF 15, 6'6", right zip from Moosejaw.