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waterville toward I80 = southbound, no?
i have already completed that entire run, so count me out.

when you get to 'great island indian path' a few miles before ravensburg SP, snap some pics of...

seriously? i was there before the 11th came out and it was fenced off tight. this was october 07. we were really looking forward to climbing it after reading about the view in the 10th edition.

i...

of note:
i do not carry the whole guidebook with me.
i squash it down on my copier and copy the pages i need (using both sides) so i can reduce my carry weight. i color-photocopy just the area of...

hhmmm..
i wonder if he made it up there this weekend?

if not but you still plan to go later, then i'll say that maps are overrated. i only carry mine so i can communicate with my ride if/when i...

what i can tell you guys about section 16 (from little pine state park to blackwell) is that most of the springs and a few of the smaller 'runs' mentioned in the guide book and maps are dried up....

though i am flaky regarding plans more than a week or two in the future....
let me express my interest in hiking sections north of section 16 (blackwell). i would not need to go off-trail for...

well,
cell reception was pretty good. i called the wife to tell her about this:

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first bear i have seen in on the trail... ever! ...

all of old section 1 and most of old section 2 had great cell reception.... the knucklehead hiking with me was texting the whole time. :rolleyes:

far as september goes... looks like i'll be...

the hotel is no biggie.
'base camp' is only a couple hours away, so my ride can just go home after i get dropped.
i'm curious about cell reception in this area. i carry a phone just in case...

definitly a possibility.
though, i feel like i let you down the last time. :o therefor, i'll say:
i'd like to go, but don't count on me. :cool:
with my job i never know whether i'll be able to get...

yikes! thats a hard read!

first section of mst i did was old section 1 from joe hayes vista to pa322.
it wasn't that flippin' hard!

mr. ki0eh,
any insider information concerning sections...

generally i would consider a trail overgrown when the brush on either side touches consistantly in the middle (where the trail should be).
to elaborate, the footpath can only be seen if you look...

you mean these trees? :)

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/volks-man/PICT1780.jpg

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thanks for the info regarding patches. though, i do not fully understand the text acompanying the assn patch.
am i to understand that the patch is only available to assigned overseers?
or that...

here's an attempt at posting pics..........
the sun-washed out hill in the background is the west side of the rail-trail.

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ki0eh,
where would a guy score an older mst trail patch? i already have the retro 70's one offered by mst now. i assume there were some others offered over the years?
if there are any laying...

i have two or three pics of the gravesite. alas, i am not home and have no remote access to them. when i get home i will try and post them.

without my guide in front of me, the best i can say...

i went.
i'm back. :)

i just bit the bullet and went for sect 14. i wound up being solo but had a pit crew 2 hours away in the event i couldn't finish due to knee troubles. my bail out point was...

i suppose i'm needing to get out the old guide book and revisit those areas in print. :o
i seem to recall nearly an entire section below pa22 (old sec 1) that was on a railroad grade?
idk.
no...

that was the first section i did!

step over the mountain and 'plop' your in a state park! the first picnic tables you see on the left, traveling north to south, were makeshift cots for me and a...

thanks blue sky and ki0eh!

who knows where we will end up. i'd like to hit some of the flatter stuff in the southern end but the sections above woolrich are much nearer our home-base/launch area...

hey there, ki0eh!
how'd it go last week?

i think my brother and i are going to try and do a section or two above woolrich some weekend in april. if we hit two sections this will be his first...

which sections did you wind up doing?

must be something about that trail and injuring one's knees.:(

shame it rained for you. if it were dry and you hadn't cut your knee how much further...

no applause necessary.
:)
i'm just doing my thing, walking your great trail.
i didn't know how important trail reports were before... now i get it.
next time out i will report again, only if...

i did forget to mention that there is some light construction going on on the west-branch bridge near the end of the section. doing something to the concrete gaurd rail ends at either end of the...