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Thanks again for the quick input, Shutterbug. I am reconsidering my plans for the Wonderland. The idea of adding winter gear (crampons etc) to my pack is causing me to rethink. My crampons also...

Thanks for the updates Shutterbug. We have late August permits and it sounds like it may not even be fully melted out by then? What are your thoughts?

Hot Cheese

We carried the Big Agnes Superlight SL3 and it was a palace. Huge and comfy and relatively lightweight.

I have all of them and have used them to varying degrees. The one I like the best for its format and used for our thruhike was the Handbook. It gave us info our friends carrying the companion...

He is young, between 30-40 years old. Full head of hair. I would say he is good looking, atleast to me, kinda intense eyes and very high energy, talk a little fast. Lots of talk about his speed...

I am sorry you see it as slander. I was just reiterating what I knew about the Hollywood we met. It is only slander if what I am saying is false. Secondly, I did say in my post, IF it is the same...

If this is the same Hollywood we met in NH, he had a different story for everyone he met. He told one of us, he started in Harper's Ferry, told another hiker he started in MA and told the rest of us...

yes, Kirby . . . you are thinking of the right people. You were the first fellow 2008 thruhiker we met, seems like a lifetime ago and yet like yesterday. :)

Birdbath and I summited September 26 after a final almost epic push due to weather. I will post details later. We were #337 and #338.

LOVE the 4 sisters. They are a great group of young women. We met them way down near Springer and saw them almost every night for the first week or so. We have continued to keep in touch with them...