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I've lived in DC since 1981 and I second everything Cookerhiker said. Solid advice.

Kevin Gallagher's video "The Green Tunnel"

http://vimeo.com/20218520

Cool. Thanks for the info Bob.

You'll have no trouble finding a ride north after Trail Days (May 17-18). You're all good, man. If all else fails, you could get a bus from Damascus. You don't need to make it to Roanoke.

Wow. I might have to get one of these. I have always thought JetBoil was far and away the best cooking system out there, but I have always carried a Soto stove and Ti pan just for the difference in...

This reminds me of something funny. There are always hikers who keep walking until well after dark. They show up at the shelters very late and either wake everyone in the shelter up or pitch a tent...

I'm with Lone Wolf. Last year, I used the bear cables, if they were available. But if there were no cables, I kept my bear bag in my tent, wrapped in my shell under my head as a pillow and I never...

I stayed there last year and really liked it. Will you guys be open this summer?

Yeah. Every place in Damascus probably books a year in advance. So you can either stay in a nearby town like Abingdon or sleep with the hikers on the outskirts of town.

And one of the best foil-pack foods for the trail.

I agree. I finally let a couple smart hikers shake down my pack at Franklin and they made me toss everything that I hadn't been using.

Your pack sounds a little heavy right now, but that's...

There will still be plenty of people going through there in early May. The "peak" will depend on the weather in Georgia at the end of March and beginning of April.

I have never owned one, but I think in the original model, you could leave your fuel cannister in it all the time (even when you pack it up). The model most people had last year, I believe you had...

Vermont was the most wonderful thing I had ever seen until I got to New Hampshire, which was my favorite part of the trail until I got to Maine. Maine was not only beautiful, but it was the only...

Along most of the AT, you can just stop and camp anywhere you want. Except for the National Parks, this is almost always allowed. If you are not near a shelter or designated campground, you will be...

Thanks for the input guys. I think I am going to try the Lekis with the angled cork grips. If I don't like them I can always go back to the straight poles.

Odds are you will see some thru hikers (unless the weather in early and mid March locks them out). But you'll have plenty of water.

There was one stretch (I can't remember exactly where it was... northern part of the trail somewhere) where the mileage signs were WAY off. They were all about 30% short of actual mileage. I wonder...

I was going to start bringing mouse traps to the shelters and leaving them behind, but one of the people I was hiking with almost broke down in tears at the thought of killing mice like that. Oh...

This happens on a different day at every lattitude and every altitude. So you walk in and out of it constantly. The first time I remember seeing it where it really grabbed me was on the descent to...

Actually, one of the coolest things I've ever seen is watching the green poke through the leaves on the ground for the first time this year. When you are out in the woods walking up and down the...

If it were me, I would just do a SOBO. If you graduate on time, you will get out of school in May. That gives you a month to screw around, hang out with your friends and get your stuff together...

That is exactly how I use the poles most of the time, but I think it is because after a few hours of holding the handles, my thumbs get sore right at the base of my thumb.

I am a side and stomach sleeper. I used a Big Agnes 35 degree (with a 10 degree liner and a big agnes insulated inflatable pad) from March to September last year and it was excellent on all but...

The reason I ask is that last year, I spent a lot of time sort of "leaning on" the straps of my poles (instead of grabbing the handle) while I walked. By the end of the summer I really couldn't feel...