Frau
03-09-2008, 18:05
This may have been posted numerous times, but I did search the forums and found nothing. Maybe I used the wrong search words...ANYWAY:
Nessmuk and I aretry
| going canoeing in GA (Okefenokee, etc.) the last week in March. He wants to hike Springer, but time is limited. He insists 'someone' told him there is a shorter way to hike Springer--circumventing the 7 mile approach trail, a FS road maybe? He cannot recall who told him this and asked me to ask here if this is so.
His reason for asking is two-fold: 1.) Our trip time is limited and he hopes to make an overnighter on Cumberland Islander as well, AND 2.) He has much metal in his left ankle and cannot hike more than 9 miles/day. If we must we will overnight at Springer to break up the 14 miles. I hate doing this (hiking only 7 in and then camping) because 14 miles sounds like a good one day hike to me. BUT, I do need to take his physical limitations into consideration.
Overnighting there will push us for time, but if we must we must. In the event this 'rumor' is untrue, he is making plans to cut out Cumberland, and add enough backpacking gear for Springer and maybe Mt. Mitchell on the way back to VA.
Does anyone have the answer to this question, or the link to where it has been discussed on WB before?
Many thanks,
Frau :sun
Nessmuk and I aretry
| going canoeing in GA (Okefenokee, etc.) the last week in March. He wants to hike Springer, but time is limited. He insists 'someone' told him there is a shorter way to hike Springer--circumventing the 7 mile approach trail, a FS road maybe? He cannot recall who told him this and asked me to ask here if this is so.
His reason for asking is two-fold: 1.) Our trip time is limited and he hopes to make an overnighter on Cumberland Islander as well, AND 2.) He has much metal in his left ankle and cannot hike more than 9 miles/day. If we must we will overnight at Springer to break up the 14 miles. I hate doing this (hiking only 7 in and then camping) because 14 miles sounds like a good one day hike to me. BUT, I do need to take his physical limitations into consideration.
Overnighting there will push us for time, but if we must we must. In the event this 'rumor' is untrue, he is making plans to cut out Cumberland, and add enough backpacking gear for Springer and maybe Mt. Mitchell on the way back to VA.
Does anyone have the answer to this question, or the link to where it has been discussed on WB before?
Many thanks,
Frau :sun