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I would suggest giving them a call, they seem to be friendly bunch at their annual sale and expect if they dont have any stock they may be able to...

If it helps, I've had great luck finding discontinued hiking clothes I love on eBay. Hope you find your sock, or some new "old" socks!

Just a guess but that place is soooo small and cramped inside, they may not be able to be open safely when busy due to Covid. Plenty of camping just...

Literally had a group out this weekend and a backpacker with brand new Zpacks carbon fiber trekking poles had one snap in the parking lot before we...

We're not going to get any of the politics that have been involved with the pandemic other than to note that there's absolutely no way the new...

You can still get infected after being vaccinated, and there is a possibility that that you could get it and not know it. A person that has it, but...

Hockey tape might b better thom

https://kmph.com/news/local/batch-of-moderna-vaccines-on-hold Moderna vaccines on hold due to allergic reactions found in Tulare, Kings & Kern...

Predicting the state of Covid and government regulation and how they'll affect the AT this year is challenging, but there are promising trends, apart...

If you get 2 ply or 3 ply Gore-Tex pants they can help keep you warm. The heat loss from legs however is probably inconsequential. Get a better hat...

But if you're vaccinated you can't get it (95%). if you can't get it, you can't spread it (100%). The goal posts are moving. Also for the...

David Terasevich at the ATC says no exceptions for those who have been vaccinated.

One of those Boston Dynamics dog looking robots might do a fine job as a trail bum/rescue dog. It would probably have to spend most of its time doing...

Another reported design flaw is the threads, they are made of aluminum (not Ti as one might assume) and can cross thread easy enough. If you do you...

A quick look at some of the more well known brands supports Blackmagic's post. There are few, if any, full-zip rain pants with a liner. You may have...

We did find the BRS stove covers most of our cooking needs so far hiking in the summer and protecting it from wind. Also had no issues with it...

Thanks a lot for the tips, much appreciated as we don't have a lot of experience camping in cold conditions.

Are the dogs thru hiking or doing search and rescue? Bear dogs are used in the north as well as the south. Hikers sometimes befriend them, leash...

There is a bike trail that follows most of 89, If it allows people to walk that should connect Sunapee back to the AT. Don't know how much of it is...

Yeah nice picture but you are disregarding information present. That looks to be a mostly open grown tree, which is great for wind tolerance. ...

Glad to see love for some love for international treks. I've researched some extensively. I'd start with a coin flip flop hike. Go to HF and flip...

Huh. Interesting. Well you both bring up good points, and that's helping me clarify what this particular expedition is about for me. I just found...

I had no trouble at all in the south (GA-NC-TN) this past fall (2020). I absolutely agree about calling ahead, which I did, and every place I...

I started what you describe in June, 1974, age 17, the day after graduating high school in Potomac, MD. I got a ride to Swain's Lock, walked the C&O...

Pardon if this has been mentioned, but one of the biggest differences that I saw in the age of covid (which may also apply to 2021) is that non-USPS...

The bulk of the work has been completed, and the Trail is open. Cosmo

i'll give you a hint about this book-----don't start reading it when you crawl into tent for the night.... especially when the hogs that were...

Being close to home, how about a friend with a car. Give up on being a purist. Focus your time on the beautiful, "close-to-home" hiking without...

The night we camped exposed on the rim of Crater Lake Oregon in Feb 2013 we were pounded by 50+ mph winds throughout the night without a care in the...

I'll have to look that up. I read Call of the Wild and White Fang at least twice as a youth. Never ran across A Piece of Steak.