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    Great list, thanks!

    Great list, thanks!
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    I would like to find anything for $5 in this...

    I would like to find anything for $5 in this area! Will keep looking -- thanks for the encouragement. One of the taxi services, maybe?
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    Georgia resupply options?

    Setting up to section Amicalola to Fontana in early October, having some trouble finding a resupply point near Winding Stair Gap ... advice? Would like to avoid hitching to and from Franklin, best I...
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    Sectioning Smokys September 15 - 30

    Slow old guy hiker here with 1400 AT miles done, max 10 miles a day. Looking to share shuttle fees with 1-3 other quiet folk.
    I plan to work by the Cosby Knob bear closing by shuttling up to...
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    Good idea and much better than wringing and...

    Good idea and much better than wringing and washing our hands every time someone goes over the mental edge, BUT ... like first aid, there are guidelines that need to be followed, and there are...
  6. Agreeing with WMR, PenMar to Harper's Ferry (or...

    Agreeing with WMR, PenMar to Harper's Ferry (or the other way) is a good option; I hiked it with my 13yo grandson a couple of years back. If you have any interest in Civil War history, please read up...
  7. Thread: Stop or Go?

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    Stop! Trail maintainers are being pulled out and...

    Stop! Trail maintainers are being pulled out and hospital beds are filling up in many areas.

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    Serious enough to be on the trail before lunch? ...

    Serious enough to be on the trail before lunch?

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    How about starting south from NYC (NY-22 Metro...

    How about starting south from NYC (NY-22 Metro North at 1451.7, doing 425 miles of NJ, PA, and MD instead? Weather will be cooler, and you will likely meet more of the serious hikers.
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    Stayed at Jerry's Cabin on 9/20, found it in...

    Stayed at Jerry's Cabin on 9/20, found it in great shape ... and contrary to reports on Guthook of flying squirrels attacking food bags on the bear cables, I saw none.

    Pity, really. I use a...
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    Just stopped at Little Laurel on 9/22. Spring is...

    Just stopped at Little Laurel on 9/22. Spring is down to puddles and wet gravel, nothing out of the pipe.

    No water sources between Jerry's Cabin and Spring Mountain, and both of those are down to...
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    How about rattlers that rattle but don't coil?...

    How about rattlers that rattle but don't coil? Crept by one about a mile south of the Mohican Outdoor Center in New Jersey, stretched out with only its tail sticking out onto the path. It was very...
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    Jones Falls, short side trail east of Roan...

    Jones Falls, short side trail east of Roan Mountain.

    Nick Grindstaff memorial, Johnson Ridge on your way to Damascus ... for the next time you wonder what had value in *your* life.
  14. Thread: Dream Hike?

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    Sounds great! Wishing you many miles together. ...

    Sounds great! Wishing you many miles together.

    Virginia Is Flatter, But It's Not Flat
  15. Marys Rock, camp at Byrds Nest 3. Back down to...

    Marys Rock, camp at Byrds Nest 3. Back down to Big Meadows Wayside, blackberry milkshake.
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    If life has been generous enough to leave you...

    If life has been generous enough to leave you with some extra green in your wallet and the driver has helped ease your journey, pay it forward. Tip generously, and not just because you think it is...
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    Update from my 2018 stay

    Great bunkhouse stay in September 2018, good parking and clean accommodations, super shuttle support on short notice. I plan to return this year and kick off the hiking season this year with a slack...
  18. I suppose you'd better add me to the retard list....

    I suppose you'd better add me to the retard list. I would likely have done the same ... but I would have buried the bodies in the woods.

    Virginia is Not Flat
  19. Moreland Gap Shelter -- resident copperheads removed

    Just back from enjoying the forest and the waterfalls in the Pond Mountain section of the Cherokee NF in the wake of another Hurricane that wasn't. Very little non-human wildlife observed; the mice...
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    That is a seven mile hike from the Front Royal...

    That is a seven mile hike from the Front Royal drop off to the AT trailhead. On the positive side, Jalisco's Mexican Restaurant is on the way.

    Good to see more long haul bus service coming in to...
  21. Thread: Ruins?

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    Nothing left but the foundation of Jim's Pop Corn...

    Nothing left but the foundation of Jim's Pop Corn Stand, which sold sandwiches and ice cream where the AT crosses the Mason Dixon Line at the Maryland-Pennsylvania border....
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    Great Eastern Trail is planned to go by Flagg...

    Great Eastern Trail is planned to go by Flagg Mountain, isn't it?

    http://www.greateasterntrail.net/maps-trail-descriptions/alabama/

    Virginia is Not Flat
  23. Couple of northbound flippers and three who said...

    Couple of northbound flippers and three who said they were from Georgia as they dashed by.

    Virginia is Not Flat
  24. I noticed the red dot trail on the map. Is the...

    I noticed the red dot trail on the map. Is the view worth the extra effort?

    Beautiful valley in any case. If Life gives me the chance to do this all over again, I might try to escape the white...
  25. AT Delaware Water Gap to High Point State Park

    First chunk of my section hike north to Massachusetts. Climb out of DWG was much easier for me than last year's westward climb over the rocks around Mt. Minsi on the Pennsylvania side. Temps were...
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