I use Lowa hiking boots. They have a lot more ankle support than my military boots. My desert boots might breathe a little better.
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I use Lowa hiking boots. They have a lot more ankle support than my military boots. My desert boots might breathe a little better.
Scamp is a pretty good name for a cat.
I've read in another thread that the southern half is much better that the northern half because it is more in the woods and less on the roads. I hope to find out later this year. Some of the roads...
There is another new shelter on the trail. Its a few miles south of Cowans Gap state park on map K, but it is north of US 30. It was called Big Mountain shelter. A very nice timber frame 0.2 miles...
I hiked down to Hancock MD last year the end of May and beginning of June. I hope to finish later this year. I went around the contested part of the trail by going down the Kennedy Valley on McCabb...
Did you make the climb. I'd like to know what conditions were like?
Kent. I walked in, bought what I needed and walked out. I never looked back, didn't give it a thought. I'm pretty sure the locals never looked forwarded, didn't gave me a thought.
As noted above The Priest is the hardest climb on this part of the AT. It only has one good view going up it from the north heading south and no view once on top. Be in hiking shape and you will...
Leave by mid March. The crowd thins itself out soon enough and you can always camp apart from other hikers if you want.
The later you go the more insects that will buzz you all day as you hike...
Lots of good advise and a combination of things might work for your feet.If your feet sweat a lot as you stated earlier, stop every 50 minutes for 10 minutes and take off your boots and maybe your...
I bought the Tuscarora guidebooks and maps a few weeks ago. I plan on hiking it this year. I think I will start in the north and go south, but will have to make a 12 or 15 mile detour at Green Valley...
I met BP in the White Mtns. He was carrying a GPS as mentioned earlier for BackPacker and was heading north tracing the trail.
The Lowa boots I'm wearing right now took me from Georgia to Maine. I had to get them stretched width wise once in Penn. and kept pads in them. They are heavy, but took pretty good care of my feet.
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I'll take notes. Not sure about a GPS track though. I'll see if I can figure out Trail Journals.
I want to hike it all. Should take about three weeks, but Fireball did it is two.
I haven't hiked it but I'm thinking of hiking the Tuscarora starting late May. It runs more North South.
My ride wanted to see the waterfalls so I got dropped off about a mile into the approach trail. We checked in at the state park and took a happy snap at the arch, then drove up to the falls. From...
I did pack a Pendleton wool shirt. I started in mid March at Springer. It was pretty heavy - collar, pocket, buttons, long tail. I generally wore it in camp, but sometimes it was cold enough to wear...
If your wife has little/no hiking experience I think you should take her car camping first. See what works and how she handles "various aspects" of living in the wood.
My neighbor across from me...
March is a great time to start the AT. But then again so is Feb and April. I started the Approach trail with 49 lbs loaded and I was able to outfit the odd hiker or two at night in the shelters. I...
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Manning's book gives the distance, if the hike is a loop or oneway, difficulty level and description. Other info too.
Ex: Jeremy's Run is a 5.2 mile loop, moderate difficulty (whatever...
I carried Wingfoot's handbook. I also carried maps of the trail. But I started taking a state road map as they have the AT depicted on them. I just cut the map down leaving the AT trail and as much...
Russ Mannings book - 75 Hikes in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park is pretty detailed. It describes lots of side trails and hikes off the AT.
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1) Technical Difficulty: White Mnts of NH, then Tenn
2) Scenic Beauty: Maine, truely scenic and peaceful in many spots
3) Trail Maintenance: Too hard for me to call
4) Shelters: Georgia, worst...
One hunter has already been accidentally shot and killed here in Virginia. I guess the hunter that killed him fired on a noise with no visual confirmation.