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    Default Stranded hiker rescued after night on Appalachian Trail - Johnson City Press (subscri


    Stranded hiker rescued after night on Appalachian Trail
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    ERWIN — A hiker stranded overnight along a Unicoi County portion of the Appalachian Trail in freezing conditions was rescued Wednesday by county officials. Lt. Jimmy Erwin with the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department said J. Ardenia Gaines, 59, of ...
    Woman rescued from Appalachian Trail.WCYB

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    The story makes it sound like she didn't carry a tent but was expecting to stay at a shelter. If that is the case not very smart. Glad it ended well. They did a good job getting her off the mountain.

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    She was carrying a tarp which she had pitched for the night. She is an older lady and misjudged the effort required to posthole in deep snow.
    I am not young enough to know everything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SouthMark View Post
    She was carrying a tarp which she had pitched for the night. She is an older lady and misjudged the effort required to posthole in deep snow.
    Postholing is no normal person's idea of fun.

    Young male hikers may brag about post holing for miles before reaching the intended goal, but age, wisdom and experience are probably why the snowshoe was invented.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinker View Post
    Postholing is no normal person's idea of fun.

    Young male hikers may brag about post holing for miles before reaching the intended goal, but age, wisdom and experience are probably why the snowshoe was invented.
    Young male hiker here. Post holing sucks!

    Once did it for 7 miles up Mt. Harvard with a buddy. Never again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinker View Post
    Postholing is no normal person's idea of fun.

    Young male hikers may brag about post holing for miles before reaching the intended goal, but age, wisdom and experience are probably why the snowshoe was invented.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreek View Post
    Young male hiker here. Post holing sucks!

    Once did it for 7 miles up Mt. Harvard with a buddy. Never again.
    Yes, postholing sucks. And then there's crawling beneath snowdowns---whereby the green tunnel trail collapses with snow load.


    This is what a person looks like after posthole backpacking---you get the Lizard Gaze and crazed.



    It's no big deal.



    Don't worry about it.



    What happens when you posthole in shorts?? You get road rash abrasions but caused by ice.



    This is nothing. It's not fun until the snow is up to your waist. Then the camera gets shoved in the pack and the fun and games are over.

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    I postholed for 4 miles or so, some of it waist deep, from Morgan Stewart Memorial Shelter to Depot Hill Road on April 1, 2001. There was almost no snow in the valley, and I walked in a rain/mist/fog combination the whole morning. Fortunately it was a day hike, as I was pretty beat after only covering the 10 miles from Taconic State Parkway.
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    Breaking trail on snowshoes is no picnic either. Add a pack and elevation gain and it will wear you out but fast.
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    It's just post holing......... Sorry, couldn't help myself

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    Postholing in trail runners is a good idea also .....

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    Postholers also have to consider what they're doing to the trail. Around here, the Department of Environmental Conservation asks hikers to please use snowshoes after an 8-inch snowfall to avoid postholing the trail for snowshoers or skiers that come after. Snowshoeing a postholed trail is no fun, and skiing one could be a real problem. On the AT for the most part it doesn't matter, because people will be along bare-booted anyway. The trail will turn into a skating rink. On less-traveled trails, snowshoes are polite.
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