Thanks for all the help!
1) The Barn won't take anyone after 8:30 and didn't return my call after leaving a voicemail, so I'm staying at Quality Inn Gorham before starting.
2) Then hiking south...
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Thanks for all the help!
1) The Barn won't take anyone after 8:30 and didn't return my call after leaving a voicemail, so I'm staying at Quality Inn Gorham before starting.
2) Then hiking south...
Hi All,
I completed a SOBO back in 2011, and now one of my friends is starting SOBO soon.
I haven't been back up north since then and was hoping to do the 100 mile wilderness with him, but I...
Hi All,
I've done Winding Stair to the NOC, a lovely and difficult stretch, but the shuttle around is a bit long.
I'm wondering if anyone has done the Bartram section from Wayah Bald down...
I've done the GA Loop a few times, and I like starting from from Woody Gap (works nicely going either direction). As for safe parking... I've not had any issues, but I feel like I've heard at least...
Thanks! The Deep Creek/Jenkins/NG is exactly the loop I'm interested in (combined with a longer loop over to Bob Bald and back down into the main parking area). I'll be going back in February so I...
Hi Again,
I've been slowly exploring Joyce Kilmer / Citico for the past few winters after a mishap a few years ago (the same mistake most make on the loop hike that Backpacker Magazine...
I noticed that my local state park is completely booked for next weekend: every primitive, hike-in, car, group, and cabin site.
I also realize that it will probably be peak fall colors here in the...
After my SOBO thru in 2011 I found myself drawn back to the AT any chance I got for about 3 years. I'm not sure if it was nostalgia, trying to cling to the experience, tagging views that I missed, or...
Haha, nice!
Well said. I might have to steal that line.
I thru-hiked SOBO in 2011. The experience was wonderful, and I think about it almost every day, 10 years later.
What I thought was interesting was the idea that the "magic" of the trail isn't...
Brief essay from a fellow thru-hiker. I can relate to it, but also pull back a little. Thoughts?
Long distance hikers use the term on trail with the kind of significance that a lawyer uses on...
Hey! I live in Sewanee. I teach at St. Andrew's-Sewanee, the local boarding/day high school. We have about 10 miles of trails for hiking/running/biking that adjoin to the university trails. I'd say...
I live 10 minutes from here. It is limestone as others have said, and water dissolves it in interesting patterns.
The really interesting part of the geology is Fiery Gizzard, though, is that some...
I mean, he was trailing us about 50 feet back, peering around trees as if being stealthy. No more verbal contact was made after we jumped in front of him. The odd thing was, we clearly saw him...
We were aware of the ATCs official statement; we had heard almost verbatim what you just wrote. No other information was available. The rumors kept talking about the Priest but no specific location...
We had a hard time finding information, as you say, but hikers were gossiping at the shelters each night. My partner and I stealth camped for two weeks south of the Priest just to avoid the strange...
Yeah, one of the (many) strange parts of our encounter was him drawing attention to a certain anatomical area. He pointed to a scratch near his pelvis and joked, "occupational hazard." We (my hiking...
So many from which to choose (from my 2011 thru hike alone)!
Stumbled upon the Vermont Freehikers or something like that. Of course, before making conversation, we just saw 9 naked old men. No...
Yep, there was a sharp switchback to the right (we were descending from Saddle Tree toward Big Fat) at a rock, so we continued straight on the rock to that amazing view and then saw a false trail...
Tipi,
Thanks for the suggestions. I've been to Cohutta a lot both solo and with groups, but I always venture near Jacks or Conasauga areas, so lots of waist deep rivers crossings in February might...
This sounds intriguing. I never noticed that figure 8 possibility. Are there campsites large enough for 3 - 4 tents along the Duncan Ridge, Jarrard, and Slaughter trails? Also, other than Blood Mtn,...
Greetings,
I lead a large group of young folks on a 4 day, 3 night backpack trip every February. Typically, we do 30 mile sections of the AT (about 8 miles a day).
We've pretty much done from...
Bleach is the way to go! I'm still not sure why it hasn't caught on other than a common but misguided fear of it. NOLS and Redcross both recommend as safe. It is cheap. I bring two bottles in case...
During my 2011 thru-hike, a hiker was tagged on the ankle by a copperhead while filling up at a water source behind a shelter (in VA). He remained calm and called emergency services. He wrote about...
Sometimes short term discomfort equals long term comfort!
On my 2011 thru-hike, I ended up with excruciating plantar fasciitis somewhere around PA. I got the orange superfeet, and within 3 days I...