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- What should I be doing to prepare?
- Resupply question
- First post and a list of my gear I need opinions and advice!
- Help out a newbie with food and recipes? (plus - fishing?)
- Zero Days
- June in Springer
- Day Hike: Clingmans Dome to Davenport Gap?
- thermolite reactor instead of sleeping bag
- Dick's Dome to Bears Den in a day
- Stove comparison
- Shenandoah Huts
- New sleeping bag type
- Requesting Info on Middle VA Section Hike
- NC/TN/Southern VA section hike
- preferred stove
- Fontana. Drop box or resupply?
- Clothing Additions for Fall Hiking
- Compression bags/stuff sacks/dry bags???
- Tarps and Weather
- AT&T cellular service at Pine Grove Furnace State Park?
- Good zero day schedules?
- Mandatory Bear Cannister?
- Latest start date for NOBO...earliest for SOBO!?
- Where Will I End Up?
- Section hiking the AT with a 10-year-old
- Long Underwear pant
- Recommended midlayer top for April 1 start from Springer - fleece or down?
- Crampons/Micro Spikes on AT starting March 8
- Resupplying on fuel for MSR Whisperlite
- +/- 25 mile weekend section hike
- Really need help on Long Underwear
- Snow In Salisbury, Ct???
- Mitts for sales
- 2013 or 2014???
- New Hike from Front Royal to Harper's Ferry
- Neels Gap Resupply
- Fontana lake to hot springs hike
- NOBO hike - What are the hardest sections, the first?
- Shorter hikes
- Is a quilt a good option for me? April 1 NOBO
- Mid-April Start, Gloves Needed?
- NoBo Temp questions June (rain q's, day/night temps)
- reccomended part of the trail for June-July 2013?
- When to Start? (Winter weather 2012-13)
- Fontana Dam
- Preparing a tarp??
- AT Profile Maps
- Camping at Gooch Gap, USFS 42
- Current conditions around Jerry Cabin
- AT friendly shoe companies?
- Petzel CORE usb chargeable battery
- Camping and Water at Woody Gap
- E85 in a alcohol stove
- Thru-Hiking Traditions
- Bear Canister still needed in GA
- Food and Fruit
- Pre GSMNP printer locations.
- average weight for a 40 day section hike?
- spring conditions in Pennsylvania
- Sheltowee Trace trail angels? Anybody live near London?
- Issues logging in and getting logged out when clicking "Todays Posts"
- GA Section Hike Early March: What to Expect
- Thornton's Gap, SNP
- Neels Gap to Deep Gap
- October Section Hike in Georgia (Springer to Standing Indian)
- Section hike from Grayson park, va. southward for 5 days. (advice needed)
- Spring VA-AT hikes and clothing recomendations
- Thru hikers
- transport to harrisburg, va
- Trail runners or waterproof boots for snow hiking
- CT to Katahdin
- Sleeping pad questions
- starting after the March/April traffic jam
- Hiking from Springer Mountain for roughly 2 two weeks
- GSMNP is there a way to hike the AT though it without having to stay at shelters
- Seafood
- Desperately Seeking Shade
- like to know?
- parking for neels gap to deep gap section
- Food at Neels Gap/Mountain Crossings
- Winter Hike of Smart Mountain, NH - This Weekend
- Any snow to speak of in MD?
- Winding Stair Gap to Hot Springs
- Tarp Colors for Hiking on the Appalachian Trail
- Postholer Trail Journals & SPOT Signals
- Taking care of "business" in TN/NC - What do you do?
- Cold feet wet shoes
- 100 Mile Wilderness in September
- sleeping Bags
- Am I carrying too little (no sleeping bag, etc) and what clothing?
- Hammond Hollow Trail or other options to split Daleville to VA 614 into 2 pieces
- Was planning a 5 day trip in GSMNP this weekend, roads are closed, need suggestions.
- Black flies
- Mobile rate?
- preparation
- difference between these two jackets?
- Army Slepping Bag
- Fleece Jacket weight
- Fontana Dam - NewFound Gap
- Permits?
- Sober Hike info
- May start
- Some of the BETTER trail Journals for 2013 NOBO thrus?
- Another newbie with questions...
- North or South from Pearisburg, VA
- 1st Timer: Need Help
- Hiking entire Shenandoah AT - North to South or South to North?
- Early spring section Erwin-Pearisburg weather?
- Standing Indian Campground to The AT
- Resupply at fontana dam
- Camp site around Woody's Gap?
- Water for Rice Field Shelter
- Harpers Ferry to Thorntons Gap
- Where do you check for the temperature?
- Evernew 2L Hydration Bag
- Ridge line for tarps
- Holly Inn, Mount Holly springs PA
- NOBO Thru-hiker starting date
- Down Sleeping Back Question
- Carter Gap Shelter vs Betty Creek
- Best 2 night Appalachian Trail hike near Smoky Mountains/Cherokee National Forest
- Two questions for thru-hike alumni ... regarding the physical trail?
- Candy, oatmeal and bars at MOuntain Crossings
- What do you do with your hiking clothes at night? Any good tips?
- noob question
- Handgun carry on AT
- Dragon Tooth
- current new england trail conditions
- Section Hiking
- Need help figuring out a jumping out spot north of Hot Springs NC
- Whats a good getting off point 50 or so miles north of Unicoi?
- Thru Shoe
- 4 day hike Shenandoah National Park suggestions
- Maildrop VS. Mail Services??
- Hiking in snow
- Do you have to stay at shelter?
- just got food stolen by bear on cowrock mountain Georgia
- insulation layer
- Resupply Data by Baltimore Jack
- Good recommendation for tarp and quilt
- Water containers
- Cheoah Bald: Water Source?
- Stove in checked luggage not allowed?
- Smoky Mts AT Thru-hike permit problem
- Unable to make shelter in Smokies
- How long to cross the Smokies..
- Bly Gap/ USFS 71
- Hiking aps for iphone
- GSMNP-tent or no tent?
- Training for 2014 Thru-Hike
- need a camp site between low gap and blue mountain shelters
- Tipping/Donations
- no hammock. no tent. thoughts?
- Replacement Shoes: Buy Now or Later?
- Best section to hike mid-July??
- Smokies Through Hiker Registration ???
- Northern Lights
- Aqua Mira or Filter: Harper's Ferry to Mass./VT
- Ridgelines and waterproofing
- Temps for Late April Deep Gap to Neels Gap
- Big Agnes Fly Creek 1 Platinum Tent OPINIONS?
- what is stealth camping
- Joyce and Sally shuttles
- Sleeping Bag REG vs LONG
- Food bag vs. canister - Seems to me a canister has more pro's than con's?
- Public Transportation Pt Clinton to Hamburg & Cabelas
- Trekking Poles are failing, need suggestions.
- Hiking 40-50 miles into Damascus North or South for Trail Days
- Options in Rangeley ME ?
- Trail Conditions in Connecticut
- Obituary: "Crazy Hazel"--Class of 1986
- iPhone Apps
- Suggestions for winter Camp pants
- Franklin, NC shuttle
- How to get home once we're done...
- Will I be warm enough?
- Pecks vs Tri-Corner Knob: Tenting
- NC AT - Fontana to Dick's Creek Gap - Seeking Shuttle and Trip Tips
- First time hiking the AT questions
- Camping along BRP and Skyline Drive
- Copied to SF:Suggestions on how to carry travel guitar with me?
- Why no section hiker section?
- Food safety prep
- dropout %
- Section hike New England Aug-Sept
- soy free
- Blue Ridge, GA to Springer Mtn
- Summer Sleeping Bag
- Windscreens?
- marmot customer service
- Tenting vs. Shelters
- Section Hiking Dickey Gap to Pearisburg, June 15 - 22
- Late APR Weather & Trail Conditions @ Harpers Ferry?
- Any Problems Crossing Kennebec River near Caratunk Maine
- Osprey Atmos 65 Backpack
- How to check historical weather averages
- Ease of resupply
- closest shelter to a road in Shenandoah
- 441
- Is Dicks Creek the only maildrop between Unicoi and Winding Stairs?
- Trail conditions between U.S. 30 and Pine Grove Furnace park?
- Summer Sleeping Bags for NC higher altitudes in June, July, or August
- Sleeping bag for late april start
- Do I need more than a softshell/rain jacket April 18-May 8 Springer to Damascus.
- How dangerous are moose?
- Georgia temperatures May 20- June 1
- Preventing shoe size change over the course of a thru?
- Ice trail on Clingman's Dome
- Hammock camping - please enlighten me
- Food bag
- Tyvek or Plastic Under Your Tent
- How important is odor proof?
- Around what time of the year does attempting a NOBO hike become unreasonable?
- Vitamins/pills
- What is Aquamira Shelf life?
- Starting Section Hike in Hot Springs
- Best Field Guides...
- Cheapest place to buy gear?
- Shelter Privies
- Where to stay / resupply around roan mountain or elk park
- Shin Splints...What have I done!?
- GA to NC and Smokey Mountain Sections questions
- help need awol trail guide
- Food Drop in Southern SC
- NOC no longer runs shuttle in the smokies does anyone else?
- Thru "Bubble" ????
- water crossings?
- Shining Rock Wilderness
- Newbie planning section hike next year 2014
- Camping on 69 north of Wayah Gap (Southern NC)
- Would like to do a month or so hike from Springer. Got a couple questions
- Access to Mooney Gap (Southern NC near GA).
- Max Patch to Hot Springs
- Would skipping a section you already hiked count in a thru
- parking
- Chester Gap to Harpers Ferry - Hiking partners with varying levels of fitness
- Which Hostel for a Mail Drop if not staying at Inn at Long Trail?
- Springer to...?
- Is the road through the Smokies open?
- Lost my car key
- Propr pack fit question -- pain inevitable?
- Plb rental
- Compton Gap to Harpers Ferry in 3 Days?
- Springer to Damascus ....
- Prepping for 2014: RT day hikes on the AT - which areas have good roads?
- Walnut Mountain Road Parking??
- Nat Geo Map# to include Tinker Cliffs & Macaffe Knob?
- Current Water source situation Pearisburg to Buena Vista?
- Money Spent
- Bear Bagging