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We were picked up by two old dudes that assured us they had a clinic where they lived and that they were on their way home. In my excitemnt to not be on my feet anymore, I neglected to ask how far...

I know that you may feel like everyone is picking on you, but what is happening is they know what this trail is really like.

This! And once again, good luck and happy, healthy hiking to you OP!

"I will say you know who your friends are when they carry you out of the woods."

Yessir, thats a fact!

The foot is fine, I just have problems sitting cross-legged on hard surfaces because of the knot on the outside of my foot. And yes, concetrating on the pain, trying to intentionally play with the...

I am completely unsure as to what you're saying or to whom.

Since my pack, in the Summer, usually weighs about 25lbs, I don't need as much ankle support as when I'm trying to do miles carrying say 50. I understand this question can be somewhat of a dig, but...

A quick reply to these folks with their "too long didn't read" responses... I'm sharing these stories because they are mine and I enjoy telling them. If you don't want to read them I'm fine with...

The small clinic we hitched a ride to was eighty five miles from the trail and only five miles from the Canadian border. I would have been rather distressed with having to return that distance if it...

You're right, it's nonsense of me to try and speak logically, like an adult, to an 18yr old...

What was I thinking? Good luck not eating any buffets on your hike bud...

You really, really need to go read some trail journals my young friend. My trail appetite never kicks in until the 3rd or 4th week of a hike. At which point you feel incapable of putting it in fast...

What had begun as a cool, overcast day gave way to bright blue skies after lunch. We had just finished out lunch relaxation and drying out process at the Spec Pond Lean To and were proceeding South...

ALL food is delicious on the trail...

After the first few weeks of hiking you don't miss television, you don't miss sex, you don't miss electricity or hot water... you miss FOOD! In 2000 on my...

Yes, instead of teaching our children and each other how to live properly and in unison with our natural surroundings we should shoot anything that might harm our precious little dears. I suggest we...

You assume very much dude, very much. The year I broke my foot and hiked the Whites anyways I had already done Springer to the Shenendoah, flipped up and was going SoBo. I broke my foot and kept...

I understand and truly empathize with your sentiment. It is however rather naive to even begin to imagine that some of the small groceries in some of these trail towns have the time or storage space...

I have been through basic training and Airborne School. I have not completed a Thru hike, therefore I do have enough expereince to say that I think a Thru-Hike is harder, for me.

Congratulations...

Basic training, AIT and Airborne School were all pretty easy for me. They couldn't hit or even cuss by the early 90's and I had been yelled at by scarier looking people with actual ill intent enough...

"Milkcarton Kenny" almost made me choke on these cold pizza rhinds I'm gnawing on...

Connie while all of that sounds absolutely delicious, very little of the actual meals you mentioned are to be found easily or cheaply, on trail or off. At least not in the places I've lived.

While...

Holy Moly Troll, I just surfed your link. I'm gonna have to get one of those just for entertainment before I leave!

I may very well be cursing myself for posting this, as my attempts at making plans this far in advance have usually foundered well before hand, but I'm throwing my hat in for 2010!

See you folks...

I'm not at all trying to deter people from attempting any hiking, be it day, section or Thru... but it would behoove many folks to know what risks there are that can be avoided.

As for the Whites,...

Thanks SL, very comprehensive. She gnawed it straight in half and left it be, like she was sayin "Yep, you won't be usin THAT for a while!"

I'll take a run at it and see whats what. Thanks again...

Hitching to town for resupply. Had an old fella that was really lustin for my bootay. He didn't want to take no for an answer, then when he finally let me out burned off with my pack. Unfortunately I...

My dog chewed the strap of my Go-Lite Breeze, my favorite pack, and I'm hoping some of you fine folks may have a suggestions for a quick fix.

Any suggestions or advice are welcome and much...