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I'll be sure to, thanks! I can always count on jacka$$ to reply.

I understand that the Great Smoky Mtn. National Park is closed due to the government 'shutdown'. With that being said, is the AT open? If it's closed per the NPS, are people still hiking on it...

Is it near the cheese factory area? I think I remember a place just north of it.

Wow, nice report!

I have found the mileage on the small map they hand out at the rangers station to be 'off' a fair bit. I have a full size map of the whole trail I purchased several years ago. But, I've been told...

Will a 20 degree bag be sufficient for an overnighter? I usually sleep clothed.

I gotta go to Salem, VA the first few days of Febraury for a work project. I'm off over a weekend. What's the must see stuff on the AT near there? I'll either be dayhiking on Saturday and Sunday or...

I'm out of town till late next week, but I do plan on visiting the Wilderness Section then. Like you said, by May it's way too hot. I've got axe, hatchet, kaiser blade, and small hand saw. I'll see...

I'm willing to do some work sometime. I was thinking of getting a volunteer group together or something. The trail could be a really nice place if it was given just a little attention. I was just on...

WYOW.....weigh your own weight, you heard it here first.

For south Mississppi, it's the dead of winter. Too hot any other time, lol.

Thanks! I'm bookmarking this site now.

I have a bailout plan. I've got family that lives right in Wears Valley and who also hike. I'm quite familiar with the park and such, just wasn't too sure of the wintertime temps at night. Also,...

Thanks guys. I just wasn't sure about a bag. The one I've got now is 20 degrees, and has been fine on nights that have gotten into the 20's. I know it gets colder than that up on the ridgetops, I...

Kookork, don't take the blowhards here too seriously. I mean, at some point on the trail, we all crap in the woods.

Anyone got a bag degree rating recommended for the Smokies in winter? Looking to do a December/January Smokies hike. Also, would crampons or snowshoes be required? Thanks.

Speaking of the end of the world as we know it, REM has disbanded, but I feel fine.

Wait, someone mentioned in an above post that puking would lighten the load. So, has barfing become a new ultralight method??

Y'all got any suggestion for good spots to star gaze along the A.T.? Preferably in the southern half, as that's easier for me to get to. Max Patch, etc? Or is the sky got too much light pollution?...

Parent to parent, if he's mature, let him go. My oldest daughter is 11 and she wants to go hiking so bad. As soon as I get some time off, we're going. When she is mature enough, I.e., 17-18 she can...

Well, I know our federal government has set aside some space in some parking lots for 'free speech' areas. I know of one inside the Smokies. Just saying.

But could you imagine walking out at a parking lot and finding boiled crawfish and shrimp, gumbo, and gallons of sweet tea? I declare, such cuisine would cause me to forget my Southern manners and...

Is man or is he not part of nature? Let's begin there.

Yes. Those who do not worship the one true God DO need help. YOU can call it propaganda or spam or whatever. However, the correct term is the Gospel. You don't have to believe, you don't have to...

True. There are those on the trail who need help, and food is one way to get to talk to them.