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Awesome, thanks for the info, guys! Keep it coming! I'll be out there the second week of October so this is great to know.

I've heard this is a nice section before. How does this compare to the Roan Highlands section?

I see Uncle Johnny's Hostel does parking and shuttles. Would you recommend parking there and hiking SOBO, or parking further North and then going NOBO?

Excellent, thanks for the info. I will look into this section. Know of any shuttles/places to leave a car for a week?

No worries! :) I understand there's not going to be complete solitude out there (I mean, yeah, it IS the AT), but we'd still like to get out to some less accessible places. I'm open to other...

Thanks, Tagg. Too many people in Shenandoah/not remote enough for our tastes and I'm not worried about needing to bail. We're experienced backpackers having done a bunch of stuff out West and at...

My issue with the Smokies is that we have no interest in staying at the shelters, nor do we want to be constricted to a certain number of miles per day between shelters. Otherwise that probably...

My boyfriend and I are planning on heading out to the AT for a section hike in early/mid October. The question is...where to go! We'll be traveling via car from South-central Wisconsin. Here's our...

+1 I have done this before and they happily refunded me.

Regular or large size?

She's now taken her instagram, twitter, etc links off her website. Just facebook is left, and she's made almost everything friends only after having a lot of public posts last night.

Not quite a race, but this could be something you'd be interested in:

http://findingtractionfilm.com/

Nice! You will definitely enjoy the SHT. It's awesome. I hope you are prepared for a lot of road walking on the IAT.

I live practically right on the IAT in South Central WI near Madison, so give me a shout if I can do anything to help! Are you going East to West?

Good luck, Trinn! Give me a shout if you need anything around Verona/Madison.

I know someone who ran 16,000 miles after a hip replacement, then had to get a second one because she wore out the original! So I would say it's definitely possible.

I myself just had a hip...

You should register for The Barkley. I bet you'd see lots of the park that way.

http://www.ultrunr.com/

That's a great place to start.

Are there aid stations, or are you self supported for the entire 25 miles? Do you have a link to the website?

I try to take in...

Trails are closed to mountain bikers when it's muddy. If you're leaving ruts on the trail, you shouldn't be biking on it. Mountain bikers follow this rule.

I am a hiker, a trail runner, and a mountain biker. I don't see this as such a bad thing. <shrug>

Of course! I hike on it, run on it, and snowshoe on it. I have seen a lot of ski tracks as well, but do not ski myself.

I hang out on the forums at Runner's World under a different name. I have wayyyyyyy too many posts there. Feel free to come visit.

As long as you're not running injury woes, still with what...

I run around 2000 miles a year.

Road shoes last me about 300-500 miles per pair.
Trail shoes last me until they fall apart or get really old. (Montrail Mountain Masochists. Currently I own 4...

I more of a trail runner than a backpacker. However, I am currently injured, so I am not doing any running at the moment, but a lot of hiking. My ass hurts. :D Running doesn't engage the butt as...

Absolutely. The thru hiker wouldn't have a problem with the distance, but with the cutoffs. It's a different ball game going 50 miles in 12 hours than doing it over 2 days.