Search:

The "Hiker to Town", "Hiker to Trail" tyvek sign worked very well for me and people often commented that it was the reason they stopped. It lays out very simply, "yeah, I'm homeless, but I'm...

HYOH, but I think all the concerns about night hiking and getting lost are overblown. I just finished a fairly late SOBO and ended up doing night hiking almost every day. I did two 24 hour hikes...

I over the course of my hike I used midweight REI, Teko, and Smartwool socks. Even when my feet got wet, if I kept hiking, they would stay warm enough. However, if all my gear got really wet, I...

Awesome, glad I could be of help.



I got a little carried away and bored so tried doing some 24 hour hikes. Got some blisters the first time I tried (did 58 miles), but was fine after doing...

Nuh uh, everyone should be wearing these. People should give up their boots. HYOH is a big lie.

Just kidding. It's an opinion, but when I was starting my thru, I had no idea where to start when...

I went through 3 pairs of trail runners on my SOBO thru. I started with La Sportiva Imogene, and they lasted 300 miles. I was able to pick up a pair of slightly used Montrail's (I believe that's the...

Awesome, I felt like many times I was writing to nobody at all, so I'm glad someone was able to enjoy it. I never caught up to anyone else but Lt. Daaan, Ripple, and Sabi. I got snow in all sorts...

Even though I was back of the pack, I still consider it a 2011 hike

trail name: Reboot
direction: SOBO
start date: July 16, 2011
approach trail: nope
end date: January 5, 2012

This make me...

The GMC is avoiding the currently closed section like it's the plague, but it was not marked at all and the state park wasn't aware. I talked at length with a GMC volunteer and two maintainers on...

I thought that was PA. Some of the finishing NOBOs also said they got 500 miles on theirs when I talked to them in ME.

I bought a pair of Imogene's for the start of my SOBO hike after deciding to go the trail runner route. After some research, I figured about 500-600 miles per pair was to be expected. I however...

Ran into him and his buddies this year at the Mahoosuc Notch. They were all in high spirits and having a blast. I take comfort in knowing that he was doing something that he loved.

If you want to avoid trail magic, go SOBO late in the season. Everything is timed for NOBOs so I only read about well established trail magic spots in the registers, but they are not to be found...

There were many paved roads with traffic. I don't remember any that didn't have traffic off the top of my head. I resupplied in Kilington at VT 100/US 4 and at Manchester Center.

I just finished VT on Friday (zeroing the weekend) and nothing was posted anywhere as far as I could tell about closures. Expecting a closure sign, I asked the Ranger at Gifford State Park if the...

According to TJ aka Teej not yet it seems


http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1166844&postcount=8

Wanting to go NOBO because there are more people is a positive feedback.

People go north to be with more people, and there are more people going North because more people want to do it the more...

I have a general idea of the pros and cons of each direction, but they seem pretty even to me. That said, there are many more NOBO hikers than there are SOBO, and I'm trying to figure out why. Do...

I'm planning on bringing firecrackers as bear deterrent and was wondering of the legality of this. I highly doubt that I would get in trouble for using them in places where they are banned if I used...

I've called BSP again and the one lady said my target summit date of June 4th is probably not going to be possible. I asked her if June 11th would work and she was a little more optimistic, but...

I'm looking for a solution that could work with a smartphone or manually entered coordinates

Where is the gadget/app for it? I think this is the site for their app and stuff and it's still down

http://www.spottrackerapp.com/Home.html

Sounds cool. Unfortunately their site is down, but I'll try to check it out when it's back up

I'm looking for the same thing. It would be great to have an embedded google map that plotted the last updated position on the terrain map, with the ATC's google map info of the trail and shelters. ...

Is it common to run into those recovering on the trail? I'm a responsible drinker, but I don't want to make others uncomfortable if I chose to drink on my hike. My gf is going with me and doesn't...