planning to do the 105mile trip.averaging about 10 miles per day.but noticed the campsites don't workout good doing 10 miles per.some folk hav mentioned the terrain in places would be hard to camp.so...
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planning to do the 105mile trip.averaging about 10 miles per day.but noticed the campsites don't workout good doing 10 miles per.some folk hav mentioned the terrain in places would be hard to camp.so...
Thanks for the info.will probably just start at dicks creek gap ango straight to neel.(since none of us like the idea of goin 8 mile to bly and coming back)also only got 4 days and 3 nights to...
we did springer to neel last may.(3 days)we plan on going from the n.c.line or close to the line to neel this yr.my wife will let us out in n.c..Where would be the safest place(for her)to let us out...
i also have terrible time sleepin on trail.ive tried just about ever kind of pad.even doubling the pads (still no rest).The best i have found is go to walmart an get a big piece of foam from the...
start at rockfish and just go.u can hike the skyline dr. if u get tired u can easily have someone pick you up.the a.t. crosses skyline numerous times for 90 something miles
just got back (springer to neel 2 1/2 days)didnt think it would work but used duct tape on spots where i always got blisters.hey NO blisters thanks chinmusic for the advice.IT WORKS
me and afew tenneseans are also doin georgia starting next week .we r planning on averaging about 11 or 12 miles daily.starting at u.s.f.r.42 on top of springer.i am assuming that there are good...
[QUOTE=mweinstone;1153999]the correct thing to do is inform a ridgerunner.
i guess this is a crazy question but what is a ridgerunner?
crazy ? In 1969 was the trees on the trail in ever state marked with the white blaze?
water is the big thing in summer.we hiked a.t.in shenadoah nat park last year and water was a problem for us.on one stretch of the 104 mile there was no water for maybe 30 miles.
which mt.in georgia is the tuffest to climb?(hawk mt.,gooch mt.,blood mt.,)and how do they compare to the 8 mile climb from amicacola falls to the top of springer.we are doing georgia a.t. in a few...
thanks johnnybgood.also is bears a problem to be concerned with?and we hear this part of the a.t. is fairly flat,about how many miles aday can average hikers expect to make?
hikin next week(3 week in sept).any recommendations.what do we look forward to.any must sees.just general info on that stretch of the a.t. were from tenn.and have never hiked that area.