I have read the book, and saw the movie.
As far as rescues, how many hikers are rescued from the AT each year?
I hope they restore the bus to its condition when McCandless used it and put the...
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I have read the book, and saw the movie.
As far as rescues, how many hikers are rescued from the AT each year?
I hope they restore the bus to its condition when McCandless used it and put the...
Removed because two people died hiking to it over the last several years. More people die hiking the AT each year.
How does an RV work in your plan? You couldn't leave the dog in the RV while you're hiking.
I can't see any way two people hiking with one dog following somehow would even work. I mean, if one of...
Why do away with the certificates? If you thru and don't want one then don't apply. Nobody is making you accept a certificate or put your name on a list.
I thrued using a NeoAir, never had a leak. I rarely slept in shelters but when I did I used a Tyvek sheet, the same piece I use as a ground cloth.
Congratulations for making the most irresponsible post I've read yet. And your profile says you're a retired Paramedic (as am I), you should know better.
You do realize that people carry and spread...
I use FT ULIIs. I thrued with the jacket (didn't carry rain pants), had a few rips that were easily fixed with duck tape.
I have yet to find something cheaper and lighter.
The shuttle bus will only be part of the official AT if they paint a white blaze on the floor ;)
The East Bound (what NOBOS would use) MARC station is about 200' from the Canal. Then it's a 3 mile walk to where the AT leaves the Canal towpath, same distance as you would walk coming from HF.
Actually that was reeseb's idea. Thanks and welcome to WB.
This is an excellent option for NOBO hikers hitting HF during a weekday, Train 878 departing HF at 6:50am, arriving at Brunswick at 7:05.
SOBOs wouldn't get to HF from Brunswick until 9:05pm.
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The bridge reroute might not be your only alternate route. After starting on GA 5 months prior in 2011 I had to take my first blue blaze, a high water alternate route in Baxter SP when Hurricane...
The ATC put out an update on the HF bridge, not much new:
"The #AppalachianTrail footbridge crossing the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry is still out of commission following the train derailment on...
I understand the concern with future accidents on the bridge. However railroads run through towns and cities in extremely close proximity to people everywhere, sometimes with catastrophic results,...
An article on the status of the HF bridge repairs.
Some highlights:
NPS owns the footbridge. They want a study on the structural integrity of the bridge before repairs. CSX says it's safe.
No...
Private property like much of the AT back in those days.
I was just replying to Skyline's post and identifying the road.
Miller Lane is off Sandy Hook and heads towards Rt 340, if you look at this map...
I remember crossing the 340 bridge years ago (70's) but I can't recall how we got off the bridge and back down to the AT. I don't recall even hiking on the C&O back in those days. I guess you'd have...
Both links work for me. The one is a Facebook post from the Appalachian Trail Section Hiker page the other is from WUSA channel 9.
News article, but not much info. Happened at 3am this morning. No injuries. Looking at the pictures posted on Facebook it looks like the footbridge will be closed for quite some time....
A trail derailed at 3am this morning taking out the AT footbridge in Harpers Ferry
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100815802841869&set=gm.2609861659091064&type=3&theater
Sorry to hear of the passing of Cimarron. I met with him in 2011 on the trail just south of Seth Warner shelter. He was looking for the shelter and had fallen on some rocks on the muddy trail, he was...
I've had 2 bouts of Gout in the past and went on Allopurinol many years ago. When I thru-hiked I went off it and didn't have a problem.
Not saying you shouldn't take your meds but I just didn't...
I use a fishing license holder that looks like this:...
Jack Tarlin, AKA Baltimore Jack. Do some research.