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Dogs on the trail and Boy Scout groups are two of many heated issues on the trail. The difference between the good/bad dogs and scouts depends on the responsible (or not) owners and responsible (or...

Proenneke: WW2 veteran, trained as a naval mechanic, no college, lived in Anchorage a couple of years, had many friends and aquaintences, kept in contact with family....while building his own cabin...

Erwin to Damascus and Mt. Rogers to Damascus. Start with Grassy Balds and end with ponies! What could be better!!
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Richard (Dick) Proenneke, Alone in the Wilderness
When the hippie generation was getting stoned at Woodstock, Proenneke (WW2 veteran) was building his own cabin in Alaska and lived there by himself...

When I completed my AT hike 2000-2001 I was a die hard leather boot wearer. Two days before finishing in the 100-wilderness I acquired a foot fungus, not fun. I started afterwards wearing tevas...

If mooning the cog is childish then what do you call the small group of fans that had tickets to see the Ivory Coast play someone else in the World Cup, but had to do it pantless? The pants were the...

I don't usually stay there, but if I'm in town, I'll stop by dollar general and get a mess of cleaning supplies, a box of trash bags and a package of T-paper. (I know there are pig hikers out there...

I've never really come across a dog hater, but I have had negative run-ins with dogs and BAD owners, giving dogs on trails a bad name. I hike with my dog on a retractable leash when there's no one...

Is the price of gas making people change there plans about attending the Gathering? I've been fortunate to live close to work and all, that I've been biking more (and my butt shows it!). Last two...

Just north of Pinkham (on AT) lots of stealth camping, but why sleep nervously about getting caught. Osgood campsite is about 2 or 3 miles south of PN (& free). Or better yet good legal campsites...

I agree Grassy Ridge could get real windy, Overmountain shelter isn't to far past GR. About 1.8 miles past the first small shelter (Stan Murray) which is only about 2 miles or so past GR. It's a...

I too broke my left one while sledding (age 11), right into a tree. No surgery or cast for me, just a soft padded doo-dad that looks like pack shoulder straps to help keep my shoulders back so it...

Speaking as a Yankee, forget the North! Go South, young (YAH) man. The people are friendlier and all around less pretentious (yeah, I know there are exceptions no one is perfect) than Northerners. ...

Actually mt fuji is the most hiked, but thanks to the NH parks people no road will ever be built now or in future to the top. Oh yeah and you can breathe the fresh air as you climb, fuji I've read...

Oh yeah the show is alive, well and still broadcast over the CBC and some USA PBS stations. My sister got tickets to taping of a show for her husband. He even got to be one of the "club" members...

IMHO the best place is anywhere from GA to ME and you don't expect it. The one of the best I received was a cup of cold milk recently squeezed from the teat. The Angel that gave it to me even...

I like chacos (terranos) the best. Unless it's wet and cold, I save the socks for camp and bed (keeps my sleeping bag cleaner). I've hiked in tevas, but they make my feet smell really bad! Others...

The next of kin were murdered! Data from involuntary experimentation should be destroyed and NEVER used. This is why you have to be informed by your doctor about any procedure, possible side...

I second the oatmeal, I would have scattered it in the 100-mile, but then I wouldn't have had food and it would have been littering.

I woman I know has a son over in Iraq and to him and other soldiers the most welcome thing they could receive is food. Apparently Halliburton has a long way to go before their food is as good as...

If you don't use a hormone pill you'll find your period winds up in sync with other women on the trail.

I'm glad I got to meet him in 2000. He shuttled me to an ATM and I'm very grateful to have had the pleasure of staying at his place. He told me his father was with logging crew at chimney pond on...

Actually Fort Richie is an almost empty base. If you see Military guys at High Rock they're probably just checking on their radio towers up there. Camp David is somewhere around Catoctin National...

Bob and Pat are definitely two (of many!) reasons to keep coming back to the AT to hike. I have not hiked over the newly relocated AT from 19E to Dennis Cove, but I had experienced the old route! ...

Just playing devil's advocate: How would you feel about seeing a nuclear power plant from the AT instead?

I'd rather see a wind farm.