good to hear. Thanks.
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good to hear. Thanks.
I am trying to help a few friends that want to meet up with me on my section this summer so I told them I would work out all the logistics so they can just show up and hike.
We need to get off...
Thanks for the resource! guess we will be rethinking that plan
I have a few friends meeting me for a couple days on my Damascus-Carvers Gap section this summer and am wondering if there is any parking near the trail off Walnut Mountain Road crossing (is right...
+1 on the music helping..... but I usually only put it on during a tough/long climb, a bunch of PUD's, or the last few miles of a long day... it's my little motivational system
I crossed below the falls and stayed on the opposite side bank. Awesome little campsite under the overhanging trees - except I almost packed up and left when 2 locals hung around for a bit longer...
STAY AT WOODS HOLE! of course this is after you catch your breath at angels rest
I use daily contacts (new pair everyday - greatest advice Ive ever taken about contacts/glasses - love them!) and I bring glasses for night. Just sanitize before putting in and taking out contacts.
ya... Ive done from Pearisburg down to Damascus so Ive been through the highlands.... craziest night Ive ever spent out on the trail on top of the highlands. So foggy I could barely see my hand on my...
That would leave me about a 15 mile day for pickup on TN143.... sounds like a plan is staring to come together
thanks Kerosene. The wife is going to be down in Tennessee to drive me back up to Damascus so at least if I need a shuttle somewhere I should be good to go.... shes not a hiker (unless its flat - she...
know off hand what's the mileage on the IMT before you reconnect to the AT?
Is IMT more scenic? or really just a suggestion to mix it up? Thanks
Thanks Cranky
don's the man. hooked me up 2 years ago with a ride and pick-up (the first time I ever stepped on the trail)
me - app-uh-LAY-shun (grew up northeast ohio)
guy I know - Appa-latchin (grew up southest ohio on the river)
Webster - a-pə-ˈlā-ch(ē-)ən. a-pə-ˈla-, -sh(ē-)ən\
....who knows.....
This is my next section for this summer (starting June 7th-ish)....
Anything I need to know? Anything I shouldn't miss? Features along this section?
Thanks!
ahhhhhhh......woods hole....... what a great memory to bring up on a cold rainy day at work.
Pearisburg to Troutville in June......anyone????????
I have done Pearisburg to Damascus and am looking for my next section. Looking for anywhere from 75-100 mile section......suggestions?
How's the trip headin north from Pearisburg? Good PA...
I dont use a sleeping bag - i just stick with the thermolite tech blanket snapped to the fitted sheet. i was a bit chilly up on the greyson highlands this past summer (as in my hands and feet in...
I'm wondering if anyoneknows of any decent tent sites between saunders shelter and damascus headed sobo? I need a quicker day than the 15 miles between the two. Thanks.
on my section last year i started to chaff under my waistbelt..... a little body glide and bingo, all gone. I found mine at Sports Authority
mmmmmmmm a whole pizza pie mmmmmmm
bodyglide bodyglide bodyglide! prevent it and clean everynight to air out, reapply in the morning before hiking