Hanging AT Map

[Tin Man]

Has anyone (besides me) laminated the 4 foot National Park Service Map of the AT, mounted it on cork-board, hung it on the wall, and marked progress of their section hikes with color pins?

[1Pint]

No, but I've hung one at work on the wall that I'm facing during most of the day and another at home on the closet door across from my bed so it's the last thing I see at night before the light goes out.

I use these two for a reminder that I only have 6 little months until I can start my thru attempt. It's also nice for my coworkers/friends who are trying to understand my upcoming adventure. When they see the AT stretching and stretching and stretching they start talking about sending me cookies or joining me for a day somewhere along the way. Very cool.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

The male dino made a frame for our 4 ft map. I'm looking at it now.

[MedicineMan]

its like a long black snake slowly crawling north in black magic marker....this is the laminated via Kynkos map, its pin onto the frame of the unmarked laminated map that is untouch, so a working map on top of a non working map...

[Hikes in Rain]

Mine was framed by my father-in-law, and I use arrows cut from Post-it Notes to mark the section hikes I've completed. Hanging in my library.

[Tabasco]

I have it on my office wall, plus on my computer I have a mapping program with the centerline of the trail plotted and push pins with the shelter locations. Different color push pins for sleep nights and lunch stops.

[StarLyte]

It hangs on my AT wall with many different colored felt tipped tracings. I have yet to color in New England.

[jaywalke]

http://www.atctrailstore.org/catalog...d=219&compid=1

I have this one on my wall.

[Greywolf]

My Sister and Brother-in-law were my support team. When I came home they framed it with glass, and had hand noted a circled with a date each time I contacted them. This way you can read all the information around it. So.... I have a nice history of my hike. I shows where I went fast, where I got stuck and where I went slow. Of course it is dated beginning and end. I really do look at it all the time even after 10 years.

[Footslogger]

Has anyone (besides me) laminated the 4 foot National Park Service Map of the AT, mounted it on cork-board, hung it on the wall, and marked progress of their section hikes with color pins?

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Sure did. Mounted it on gelboard and even built a frame for it. Used it to track my wife's progress/location in 2001 and then in turn she used it for my thru in 2003. It hangs on the wall in our dining room now with both push pins located at Katahdin.

'Slogger

[MDSHiker]

I have the 4ft map laminated and hanging on the wall in my office at work.

[Wonder]

First and last thing that I look at everyday.........

[Grampie]

While I was thru-hiking my wife had one hanging in the kitchen. She would mark my progress whenever I called. I normally call every 5-8 days. Now I have the map with the dates and where I was. It's a nice reminder, to go along with all my other things to remember my hike by.

[Lilred]

Don't have it laminated, but it hangs in my classroom. I have marked in red magic marker the first 500 miles. I think I'll use a different color marker for each section.

[dirtnap]

I take my laminated 4-foot AT map and suspend it a foot in front of my face, via a stick tied to my head. High enough to keep my neck straight. I then stare, cross-eyed at the map while hiking the AT. I focus on my exact location on the map until I can literaly see my progress.

This leaves my peripheral vision to deal with the terrain and whatnot. This works out well since peripheral vision is more efficient than focused vision.

Every now and then I stop and sit down. I use a magic marker to place a dot on the map, recording my progress.

I like to watch the ink dry. I imagine it is a small freshwater lake which is the only source of water for a nearby village.

As the lake dries up, people get more and more desperate. Soon there are water riots and carnage ensues. . .

One time there was a fire and everybody died.

-dirtnap

[Jack Tarlin]

I've actually got a very pretty one that's about four feet across and ten feet long. It used to hang on the wall at the old Dartmouth Co-op in Hanover; I got it cheap when the place closed.

Now all I need is a house to hang it up in.

[Tabasco]

Send it to me Jack. I'll take good care of it and grant you full visitation rights too.

[Jack Tarlin]

I actually thought of donating it to the A.T. Museum, but that might have to wait awhile. I really wanna see it hanging over my mantle at some point, if I ever stop travelling and settle down in a place that acually has a mantle. Which also might take awhile.

[Deerleg]

Has anyone (besides me) laminated the 4 foot National Park Service Map of the AT, mounted it on cork-board, hung it on the wall, and marked progress of their section hikes with color pins?

Yep. About 600 miles down and forever to go. Pins from the Whites to Springer and multi-colored markers with lots of gaps. Shot gun Approch

[Cuffs]

And to think I almost bought this very map you all speak of, but decided against it because it might have been just too much and put me over the top! Guess I need to rethink this situation and go get one. ASAP!!!