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Enjoy the AT, see ya in May....
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Enjoy the AT, see ya in May....
So what are the guesses for when Karl will arrive at Newfound Gap today?
# Name: Karl Meltzer
# Latitude: 35.841
# Longitude: -82.9067
# Time: 9/23/2008 05:26:58 PM
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Name: Karl Meltzer
Latitude: 36.6319
Longitude: -81.6032
Time: 9/18/2008 05:44:54 PM
appears to be on the road just below (south) of the summit of Whitetop
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Name: Karl Meltzer
Latitude: 36.8105
Longitude: -81.421
Time: 9/18/2008 06:03:52 AM
appears Karl has started at Rt16 this morning, just yards north of Partnership Shelter
he is here: ...
Name: Karl Meltzer
Latitude: 36.9617
Longitude: -81.3951
Time: 9/17/2008 11:46:57 AM
location about 30 minutes ago:...
looks like Spot has died?
Name: Karl Meltzer
Latitude: 37.6761
Longitude: -79.3328
Time: 9/11/2008 04:36:34 PM
Used this Lat & Long went to google maps & got:...
Nice to see he is from NH and that he has always wanted to hike the AT, see article here: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=40143
From what i read in the article, I can't tell how...
Terrapin,
I just got an email from a friend in Mt Shasta, CA which is very near Castella via I-5 and this is what they say:
"I know Chuck emailed you yesterday but last night more thunderstorms...
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6384
Here we are way ahead of where we would normally be. The reason: fire closures from Sierra City to Chester on the PCT.
July 11 entry - http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=242579
Tomorrow we head out from Donner Pass and head 40 miles north (toward the fires) to Sierra City. Depending on whether or not the...
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=5288312&page=1
Living With Bears, Playing by His Own Rules
'There's Just Something About a Grizzly Bear That's Hypnotic'
By KIMBERLY LAUNIER...
http://www.monohotsprings.com/post.html
Many links to Sierra locations and nearby business or resorts:
http://www.sierrapacktrip.com/links.html
http://pct.wikispot.org/Hot_Springs
I just looked at this map and it appears that Mono Hot Springs in down the road from VVR . So it appears that there is a hiking route from PCT to Mono Hot Springs. It appears that it is south of...
in this post
there is the following info and the post contains an email for the poster so you may be able to ask him some specifics on how to get to Mono Hot Springs from the PCT:
here is a post
In 2001 we camped near the stream (not far from PCT) just across from the hot springs near Muir ranch but it was June 20 or so we never crossed the stream to go to the hot springs...
"Wild Virginia" in Richmond Times-Dispatch
????what route is he taking? Is he doing every side trail on the way to Front Royal?
obviously, hyoh, but i am just curious about his route?
many hikers use "running" shoes... e.g., i use New Balance 806s or 807s.... maybe u could spare the expense of the boots and the Kelty pack will probably work fine for his 1st hike...
Load it and...
here is map,...
These 2 links seems to work and talk about fires from lightning in the Trinity Alps:
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/jun/22/trinity-alps-trail-report/
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I used some "Body Glide" after I got some chafing on inner upper legs and it worked great. Haven't tried it on butt cheeks or feet yet!
Interesting!
I did not realize that there were still private residences within the SNP.
I am curious, how many private residences are within the SNP?