I use the Tega and manage to cram everthing into it. However, I'm only a section hiker and I am only out for a few days at a time. I have the medium size... which is a bit larger than the small.
I...
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I use the Tega and manage to cram everthing into it. However, I'm only a section hiker and I am only out for a few days at a time. I have the medium size... which is a bit larger than the small.
I...
It is really easy to hitch in that area.
You could also try calling the Shuttle Connection -- you can find their info at http://www.theshuttleconnection.com but it will cost you since they are...
Probably not since you've revived a thread from 2004! :sun
- Ivy
I usually do a one-night backpacking trip since I have a somewhat long drive up to Vermont (four-plus hours one way at this point.) I am heading northbound and have from Appalachian Gap to Journey's...
I hiked in this area Memorial Day weekend and I don't recall there being any water in the area, but I probably wasn't looking for it either because I stayed at David Logan. Bloodroot Gap has a...
Anghiker -- I'm doing the same thing but unfortunately I can only hike on weekends. Have you got a copy of the End to Ender's Guide? There is a list of people in the back who will shuttle for...
The "Exploring the Appalachian Trail" book says overnight parkign is available at the Greylock Community Club, which is on Route 2 in North Adams, 100 yards eas t of the AT crossing. It lists a phone...
In 2003, I ran into a thru hiker named Tadpole who was thru-hiking with his very small dog, Twinkle Toes. I don't remember the breed, but I do remember she was small enough that he could scoop her up...
I am planning to head down to Georgia in September to hike from Springer to Franklin, N.C.
In the meantime, I'm section hiking the Long Trail. :)
- Ivy
Why not save your money and make a Pepsi Can stove?
- Ivy
Hey, I'm still hiking, just on weekends. :)
Last weekend the LT was very muddy. There are spots that are blowdown hell and other places that are smooth sailing. I guess it's all just typical...
When hiking the 100-Mile Wilderness last year, a fellow hiker & I took a float plane ride to start the trip with Katahdin Air. We took off from a pond on the Milinocket end and landed at Spectacle...
Bring lots of DEET. I will echo Sidewedge... the black flies are really awful this year. I can normally tolerate them pretty well (I hiked in Maine quite a bit last year during black fly season...
I wish I could take you up on that offer Tinker but I don't think I can get the time off in April. Otherwise, I would have loved to join you two!
- Ivy
I don't know that I'm in great shape... but I do hike at least once a week... usually two days a week, mainly in New Hampshire's White Mountains. (Basically I'm in the same shape I was in before the...
As I remember, it wasn't my pace that left you in the dust... it was just that I didn't posthole as much as you did. :)
Still trying to figure out a plan and fit the vacation days in this spring...
Thanks for the replies so far. In what I had mapped out for the trip, I had myself stopping at Winding Stair Gap so I'm glad to see that listed as a possibility. :)
- Ivy
Hi all,
I'm looking for a little bit of help planning out my first section hike on the AT in the south. I have eight hiking days available and would like to start on Springer (no approach trail)...
Last I heard, several publishers had turned the idea down. With the Web site gone now too, I'd bet it's not going anywhere.
It was still a fun way to spend a weekend though! :)
- Ivy
Ah, there it is. :) Thanks Rick! :)
- Ivy
It used to be that I would log in (using new posts), read the threads that interested me and then when I logged out the other threads would automatically be marked as read.
Now the threads are...
You can follow a trail most of the way up Owl's Head except for the mile-long trip up the slide to the summit, which is officially unmaintained but easy to follow. There are three stream crossings if...
I'll repeat what others have said... just follow your gut instinct. If a place or situation doesn't feel quite right... even if you can't put your finger on why exactly... just hike on. I've only had...
I'm a section hiker... but often travel solo while backpacking. As others said, use your intuition... if a spot doesn't feel quite right, hike on. (I've done this once or twice... probably nothing,...
In addition to Model T's book, I also really enjoyed Rubin's "On the Beaten Path."
- Ivy