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I have a hennessy hamock ultralite w/ snake skin cover w/ tree straps need $110 t0 120 or trade for ride to hot spring NC. or Eriwn TN. Im currently at the "Captains place" rt 635 Big Stoney Creek VA. I need to get home for Thanksgiving, I can get a ride to interstate 81 Radford, Puliski exit 91 route 100 to Pearisburg. Can anyone help out? thanks

18 November 2012

Today I find myself in Wisconsin looking for a trail close by to hike, March is just not coming fast enough for me. The ideal of getting started hiking is making me more anxious each day that passes. My wife and I got some walking in yesterday at The House on the Rock here in Wisconsin, up and down stairs and walkways; it was like a short hike. But I was able to find a hard seven mile trail I hope to hike Tuesday in a place called Merrimak (the Ice age trail) if all ...

Tags: goal, loss, walkways, weight, wisconsin

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Well I figured I may as well start a journal about my prepping for my thru-hike in march 2013. Planning on hiking with my bestiest buddy. Decided to do this last year after watching a documentary about it. Turned out that 2013 was the best time frame to do it since we both were going to be in a transition phase. Right now im doing alot of reading and research and once Santa starts being nice to me, Im gonna start small hiking trips so by the time we are ready to go, everything gear and weight ...

Tags: fun, newbie, thru-hike 2013, women hiking

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Heading to Franklin, NC from Hiawassee new on trail started from Springer Oct.19th I hope to get there within 6 days-I am a service-connected disabled Army veteran I have passed the lion killers couple coming from Maine thursday their 2 friends were rescued from the Rockys' I plan to break for the worst of winter at Franklin-walked into hunter directly on the trail near the Deep gap which made me feel very uncomfortable about how he pointed the weapon- he fired ...

Nov 9, 2012

My weight is 288 and seem to be lingering right there. With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner my weight loss goal is going to be even harder.Got to go see my friend in Mississippi at the hunt club and was able to walk around a little but I didn’t want to disturb the hunters at the club. Well that is about the progress for now, so let’s see what happens.

Tags: christmas, club, goal, walk

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