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  1. Thread: Johnson, VT

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    re: Johnson

    In addition there is a library in Johnson with Internet access, just around the corner from the grocery store. Friendly folk, I don't know that they get many hiker visitors. :)
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    garbage bag

    I'd suggest just getting a plastic garbage bag, stuffing your sleeping bag in it, pushing out all the air (fold yourself over it or something) and then just twist the open end around so that the air...
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    secret shelter

    The secret shelter IS awesome. There will probably be directions to it on the trail near the road/bridge crossing a mile or two before Governor Clement. As of this summer (2006) the privy was still...
  4. Well, Spirit Walker, I'm one of the carless, and...

    Well, Spirit Walker, I'm one of the carless, and I'm traveling for work the weekend of the PA Ruck, and there were several of us young recent thrus who all wanted to just get together in DC and hang...
  5. Washington, DC slide show and thru-hiker hang out

    Several still-in-withdrawal hikers (Tofu and Figaro GA>?? '05, and The Tortise GA>ME '06) are tentatively planning to get together the evening of Monday, January 22nd at my house on Capitol Hill to...
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    OK, I'll pull out a couple, if that's OK. I had...

    OK, I'll pull out a couple, if that's OK. I had a bunch of days which were big miles, all of which stand out as some of the best days on the trail. In order from biggest.

    39 miles (34 miles were...
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    fun thread

    Receive your first mail drop, or resupply for the first time?

    No mail drop, first resupply Neals Gap

    Take your first zero day?

    Damascus

    Send home your first load of unneccessary items?
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    White Rock Cliffs, VT

    I discovered this year, that there is in fact space to pitch one (small) tent at the top of White Rocks Cliff on the AT/LT section in Vermont. When you take the blue-blaze down to the cliffs, get to...
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    I think my favorite blue-blaze that I did was in...

    I think my favorite blue-blaze that I did was in the Whites. Scrubs and I had dropped our packs off at Madison Hut, and cruised our way down via Airline into King's Ravine. We then went up through...
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    Greatful Greenpeace Guy, who run's Terrapin...

    Greatful Greenpeace Guy, who run's Terrapin Station Hostel does shuttles - especailly if he doesn't have to get on Skyline Dr. But why bother?

    My advice: just hitch-hike. There's a road that...
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    the MARC runs only Monday-Friday, and I think...

    the MARC runs only Monday-Friday, and I think costs $9.

    http://www.mtamaryland.com/services/marc/
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    North Shore Road - NYTimes Editorial

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/opinion/20mon3.html?th&emc=th
    <nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "> The Road to Nowhere</nyt_headline>

    Published: March 20, 2006
    <nyt_text> ...
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    AMEN! - i spent about 1/3 of my nights in my...

    AMEN! - i spent about 1/3 of my nights in my Squall.
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    Poll: That's pretty much the conclusion that I came to....

    That's pretty much the conclusion that I came to. I realized once I had traded down to my little frameless pack I didn't even use it anymore.
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    sexist pigs

    Here's probably the most bothersome story from my thruhike last year. Free Spirit and I were on our way up towards Goddard Shelter in Vermont, and we got passed by three large (burley?) "fit" middle...
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    Franconia!

    I spent my entire hike looking forward to Franconia Ridge. I had been up there once before, the previous summer, and it was rainy and nasty. This summer, the mountian didn't dissapoint. It's...
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    I think your right - it's the Class of 2005. We...

    I think your right - it's the Class of 2005. We rocked. And now we're in red!
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    Man! I NEVER saw that coming! :datz

    Man! I NEVER saw that coming! :datz
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    Article about Elmer's

    It's a great article, check it out at:

    http://www.mountainx.com/features/2006/0111hall.php
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    i'll play the game - listed after is what I...

    i'll play the game - listed after is what I percieved to be the popular choice with the people I was with from Harper's north. Then in parenthases I'll say what I have.

    camp shoe? - crocs (I...
  21. 2 cents

    I made the mistake of buying a Marmot softshell and taking it with me. I don't regret it. It's sexy. But if I had to do it all over again I'd buy a down jacket.

    What the Softshell WAS good for was...
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    Hah! LOVE THE B.O.! As Grey Fox once said...

    Hah!

    LOVE THE B.O.! As Grey Fox once said hiking behind me... "that smell, it's like crack to me!"
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    I'd just take some heavy duty aluminum foil,...

    I'd just take some heavy duty aluminum foil, double it over, and call it a wind screen. It seems to work just fine, is much lighter than flashing, and is easily replaceable.
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    AMEN! :clap That said, I started off...

    AMEN! :clap

    That said, I started off with some and I think I ditched it in Hot Springs... or Damascus, I can't remember which. You don't need it.
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    cork footbeds

    First Note: Every person't foot is different. For some people Superfeet actually make things worse. One other problem with Superfeet, and this may have something to do with the pain the balls of...
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