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Here is the story that made the national news and the belated partial retraction from ABC. http://abcnews.go.com/US/facebook-group-members-accuse-paralyzed-hiker-lying-completing/story?id=50031481

Hey Halfmile, just wanted to thank you for all you do. Hope you know how much the thru-hiker community appreciates you! (Postholer- this petty sniping isn't winning you any friends.)

I just want to reiterate what echoes said. I hiked last year with Halfmile's maps and printed my own all the to Cascade Locks. It was a pain in the ass, and kind of pricy when add up the cost of ink...

I took the Amtrak Crescent from 30th St. Station in Philly to Gainesville, GA to start my '08 thru.

In the book Bryson only hiked continuously to Davenport Gap, a little over 300 miles. Then he yellow blazed huge swaths and did some day hikes. Altogether he claims to have hiked over 800 miles of...

Here you go. Just click on the drop down menu on the upper left to change the trail and on the right to switch to "Earth".
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php

Serious hikers aren't carrying propane.

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The most discarded gear I saw was as far from Springer as you can get. Every shelter in the Hundred Mile Wilderness looked tike a thrift store after a tornado (my favorite discard was a Russian gas...

It's been years and it was only an overnight but I would highly recommend the hike to Ozette Beach in Olympic NP-temperate rain forest, incredible beach combing, black tail deer that bed down next to...

I was in Damascus on April 12 with lots of company.

Trail runners are the way to go. One thing I learned very early on the trail was that my feet were going to get wet. Once I accepted that it is so much easier to hike- no more elaborate attempt to...

It will be hot but that is a fun and relatively easy section to hike especially if you're a history buff with the original Washington Monument ( http://www.cnyhiking.com/ATinMD-WashingtonMonument.htm...

The cardinal question before putting anything (besides first-aid and shelter) in your pack is: Will I use this item every day?

Let's try again with context. Joe to go? Two more recommendations Taoromina's Pizza on US 30 and Water Gap Diner in PA.

Joe to Go?

2008 the AT through SMNP- 50 degrees dry and sunny at Spence Field Shelter on St. Patrick's Day. 20 degrees, six inches of ice and snow Icewater Spring Shelter March 19. That noted The Smoky...

I'm flying from Philly to San Diego on April 13 to start my thru-hike.

Piloted by the amazing Ron Haven?

When all is set and done the best reason I can give anyone to thru-hike is the opportunity to experience the innate human tendency for generosity in its purest form. I can't even begin to list all...

Is it still associated with Hosteling International? I loved the building but the HI rules were a little off-putting. They seemed designed with more of an eye toward corralling teenagers and...

Years ago I was staying the village of Montreat near Ashville and hiked to Mt Mitchell on something called The Old Toll Road. It is an an abandoned tourist highway that was made obsolete by the Blue...

I passed through fairly early (late March) and it was already humming with thru-hikers. When I was unable to get a bed at Elmer's Sunnybrook I managed to go in on an A-frame cottage on the river with...

AT thru-hiker Colleen Lewis (aka Forest Gimp) GAME '08 has won Backpacker Magazine's "Be a Field Scout" contest and a trip to Glacier National Park. Can't wait to read her reports....

Any mathematicians out there feel free to correct the recollections of this old history major but few years ago I watched a fascinating documentary on fractal geometry. In it they discussed the...