You can locate the FS Road referenced above on the National Forest Map of the Chattahoochee National Forest. I used to maintain Sheep Rock top to Low Gap before the Re-Lo (yes, in the dark ages). ...
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You can locate the FS Road referenced above on the National Forest Map of the Chattahoochee National Forest. I used to maintain Sheep Rock top to Low Gap before the Re-Lo (yes, in the dark ages). ...
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Check out my blog --- http://ChasingTheTrail.blogspot.com --- then leave a comment there or message me here. I'll send you a box of food if it's stuff you like -- left over from my...
Best guess ......
Politics
Money (taxes)
In PA for instance some of the Trail was moved from a path beside a river to a rocky ledge walk with no water --- because real estate developers could...
1- learn to bear bag & google Leave No Trace & learn principles
2- I'd suggest filter for water as you have a dog & you need to protect the dog from Giardia too ...
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I have a Senior Hiker theory --- and wonder if anyone knows if the area above & below the Carrabassett River crossing has been searched? Knowing how those of us "of a...
The correct # is Maine State Police Communications Center in Augusta at (207) 624-7076
Use this
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/docs/default-document-library/at-shuttles-parking-vandalism-5-13-13.pdf
Could any of the hot springs in Hot Springs be the culprit?
Glad the 'scuttlebutt' was incorrect ... I'd heard from someone there in Damascus but the 'word on the street' she'd heard was inaccurate.
I don't mean for this to sound harsh: I hope the driver...
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/witnesses-car-strikes-crowd-va-parade
More on the story.
So sad if the driver died ... what a mess his heirs will inherit.
Tawa,
Read this article: http://francistapon.com/Travels/Advice/Hike-Your-Own-Hike-on-the-Appalachian-Trail-and-in-Life
And remember ... a successful hike is one in which YOU "hike your own...
When I was on the Trail last week, I met some hikers who planned to be at TD. Waiting to hear Trail Names of the injured. Praying for everyone.
Coosa
If you're there ... please let us know if you're okay and if you can tell us what happened during the Parade and give Trail Names of those injured.
Thanks, Coosa
Black Diamond Spot ... A bit heavy, imho, but it isn't too expensive and it works quite well. LITHIUM batteries help.
WHATEVER you chose ... INSOLES are extremely important.
And on the ROCKS [Maryland and following] you'll want extra padding. I put another insole under my green Superfeet in my Wildcats.
http://www.newtrent.com/store/iphone-external-battery-iphone-portable-battery.html
I got the EasyPak online at Amazon and a 'freebie' choice.
Put iPhone on Airplane Mode turn off all...
http://sourcetosea.net/online-appalachian-trail-elevation-profiles/
Check these out http://www.atlantatrails.com/category/hiking-trails/appalachian-trail-hiking/
There's a nice loop that goes from Springer to Three Forks and back ... take the AT and the Benton MacKaye and it creates a nice 'figure 8 loop' ... you can leave your car at Amicalola Falls Parking...
Sometimes it works, sometimes the person you think you know ends up being so needy that you begin to feel put upon and like a caretaker rather than a partner.
Decide at the beginning what you'll...
Maryland.
There are rocks after Pogo campsite. Then from High Rock, MD toward Pen Mar there's a 1/2 to 3/4 mile of rocks that some describe as '2 miles long' .... I'm old and slow and it took me...
Try BassPro, EMS, Gander Mountain, Dick's Sporting Goods, Academy Sports.
Neck Knife. And no knot in the cord, use a cord lock.
Get them to read Zach Davis' book Appalachian Trials.
Get them to read some Trail Journals ... it's not all 'that' dangerous if you're...
Try a NEW Trent. I got mine through Amazon and got an extra for free.
Coosa
I suggest "hand washing stations" with soap & warm water & a fingernail brush and a separate bowl for rinse water as TRAIL MAGIC
Dispose of dirty water in a "cat hole"
1- clean hands before...