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I'll be 57 next month with no underlying medical conditions . I've never had a flu shot, my theory has always been don't fix it if it ain't broke....

Rain Man's greatest joy even more than his hikes was his family. He loved and lived his pride in his daughters. He was a great supporter of his...

Interesting. That's honestly not a feature I've ever wanted, but I'm curious to hear more responses about this.

Yep, the shelters are probably safer, but even they can be crushed during a windstorm. Here's a post that I made a few years ago after hiking the...

My wife and I got our first dose (Moderna) Jan 13. For reference, we are 59 and 64 years old respectively and have some underlying medical issues. We...

Partly true, partly not. Influenza viruses mutate rapidly so the virus that causes this years flu is different enough from last years influenza...

As an NPS volunteer and AT boundary line maintainer I wonder what this years policy will be regarding working on the trail.?

While the ATC is still encouraging people not to start a thru-hike, they know that people will anyway. By leaving registration open, people planning...

Agreed, didn't even reported my 2011 thru hike, recognition wasn't even an issue.

Finding reasonable privacy in the forested sections of the trail shouldn't be too big an issue. There are enough places where you should be able to...

Sure enough, if you stop to go to the bathroom, another hiker will come along. Given a choice, go to the upslope side of the trail. Hikers tend...

Last year on the traverse, one guy in our group brought an anemometer. We were up around 60 sustained during last hour or two of climbing up Mt...

I'd say it would be like any involved bathroom break that was more then #1. Just hop off trail into the bush and do your business. Some places you...

The spreadsheet is ready for viewing. Follow this link: https://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/2008/2021.htm The link is also available on the homepage. ...

"Now who can argue with that?" - Olson Johnson, Mayor of Rock Ridge

I don't seem to be able to delete this post.

I will keep that in mind. Maybe I'll share it with a few family members, then send it on. Thanks for the suggestion.

My husband hates to read also - unless it's a technical manual for automotive work. He says the only book he's ever read is Jack London's To Built a...

I just received my first dose Friday night. The actual shot i barely felt but yes me too shortly after my shoulder started hurting. Saturday it felt...

Israel being the most advanced vac shooter, seems to notice some effect already by infections going down (comparing groups with vac, and groups...

Vaccines are a temporary fix. You will need another one in a few months because the effects wear off. Just like flu vaccines that people have to...

The happiest hikers I've known, and the best nourished, provided all their own food through mail drops. Otherwise, stuck with gas station...

I have no experience with what you're going through, but at least in GA and NC/TN, it is pretty easy to walk 50 steps to the left or right and be...

This just led to a flashback of my scariest tree experience. I left Kent, Connecticut where I was sneered at by grown men in polo shirts with popped...

I’m going to go back to what Rob and lone said about areas of above average to massive tree death due to some infestation or disease or other. The...