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    [QUOTE=ATMountainTime;1317408]Must be a UGA...

    [QUOTE=ATMountainTime;1317408]Must be a UGA Bulldog fan.
    Nope, been a GT fan since Billy Lothridge.


    GO JACKETS! :)
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    Hairbear, hilarious. A surveyor told me to carry...

    Hairbear, hilarious. A surveyor told me to carry a small vial of urine. If stung, rub some of your own urine on the site. He claimed it would take the pain away. Probably impossible to obtain a fresh...
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    Just to be safe, wear some orange hunter's gear....

    Just to be safe, wear some orange hunter's gear. I don't know the exact dates of hunting season, nor the locations (WMA's). Just be safe.
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    There's actually a third way: (Typically...

    There's actually a third way: (Typically something like pancreatic cancer) Short, but vicious. You have time to speak to those important to you but you go soon without the years of a downhill slide....
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    Yeah, but I'm not in any hurry. I love this...

    Yeah, but I'm not in any hurry. I love this planet.
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    I walk at home each night. Two miles in tonight...

    I walk at home each night. Two miles in tonight and I got stung on my left calf by a big fat yellow bas&*%d. I'm soaking it in alcohol (from inside to outside)
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    Hawker, I understand what you're saying. I have...

    Hawker,
    I understand what you're saying. I have dreams of long distance hikes, but for a variety of reasons I'm not sure it will happen. I do plan to finish the Ga section of the AT this year....
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    Hawker, just park at Turner's Corner and pedal up...

    Hawker, just park at Turner's Corner and pedal up 129 to Neals Gap before you climb to Blood Mtn...
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    9:56 minutes of my life that was NOT wasted....

    9:56 minutes of my life that was NOT wasted. Congrats on both your hike and the video. I miss going to LEX. My son went to W&L.
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    Hawker, just curious...by any chance did you...

    Hawker, just curious...by any chance did you start from Mtn Crossings at a pace that was too fast? I've made that mistake and found that I never recovered. (Climbing Brasstown Bald). do you ride with...
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    Probably close to 50 years ago, a family trip to...

    Probably close to 50 years ago, a family trip to Gatlinburg with a sidetrip to clingman's. I didn't know what the trail was, but I remember stepping on it and looking both ways. does it really go...
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    If poison ivy/oak/sumac bother you, you might...

    If poison ivy/oak/sumac bother you, you might want to cover your legs....
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    I agree with all of the above posts. My thought...

    I agree with all of the above posts. My thought about the dog owner: If you don't keep your dog restrained, and he is not trained to be civil in public, he has no business in any public place. Send...
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    Minnitonka,

    I too have Meniere's. Tinnitus is 24/7/365. I've basically learned to ignore it. (Just glad the vertigo is gone...) The tinnitus ranges from crickets to freight trains to ringing...
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    I did a local round trip on Monday, my wife and i...

    I did a local round trip on Monday, my wife and i went from Gooch Gap to Woody Gap; she drove home and I returned to Gooch to the second vehicle. When we reached the halfway point at Woody Gap, I...
  16. BMT as alternative blue blaze through Smokies (split from Tenting the AT)

    Just curious about the Smokies. The BMT winds up at Davenport Gap. Forget "white blaze purism" for a moment. Does anyone take the BMT as a blue blaze alternate route through the Smokies? To my...
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