View Full Version : rocks bad, dirt good
long live dirt :banana yeaaaaa dirt
Panzer
4eyedbuzzard
10-01-2010, 23:38
No poll? :confused:
long live dirt :banana yeaaaaa dirt
Panzer
1 vote for dirt
Nothing like coming around a bend and seeing dirt after rockin for any distance.
Jonnycat
10-02-2010, 10:57
Dirt rocks!
Some rocks make dirt babies...
Let's just say I like hiking south of Harper's Ferry a lot more than north of Harper's Ferry.
Let's just say I like hiking south of Harper's Ferry a lot more than north of Harper's Ferry.
I vote for more pine needles
Blissful
10-02-2010, 14:57
Acorns are worse than rocks.
Toolshed
10-02-2010, 17:33
Buy one rock and get 2 dirts free...
+1 for dirt (this is in the top 3 reasons why the PCT is 800 times better than the AT)
What do these infamous Pennsylvania rocks look like? Here in Santa Barbara, rocks are better than dirt because dirt is like ball bearings.
harryfred
10-02-2010, 19:27
Acorns are worse than rocks.
I Agree!
yeah, yeah yeah, the message is too short:(
harryfred
10-02-2010, 19:31
I Love PA I love Rocks:banana
What do these infamous Pennsylvania rocks look like? Here in Santa Barbara, rocks are better than dirt because dirt is like ball bearings.
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(http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://dibella5.com/DSC06404.JPG&imgrefurl=http://dibella5.com/fdb%252005%2520spring.htm&usg=__PbCLeHApxcTUDxxVvDMT05Es_lA=&h=864&w=1152&sz=248&hl=en&start=0&sig2=5NNc18NpEm7R3Z5tkpRrlA&zoom=1&tbnid=LiVc0BXgaFQOQM:&tbnh=159&tbnw=218&ei=18qnTPSXJMK78gbRzpS2DA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwind%2Bgap%2Brocks%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D 1280%26bih%3D622%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=372&vpy=337&dur=1&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=92&ty=163&oei=18qnTPSXJMK78gbRzpS2DA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0)
Oh yes, I might get tired of those after a while. How long do you hike on rocks like that? Weeks? Days? Here and there?
Oh yes, I might get tired of those after a while. How long do you hike on rocks like that? Weeks? Days? Here and there?
There's at least 100 miles of rocks of all kinds, mainly in the northern half of the state.
It really is something to see. When I looked down Lehigh Gap I thought, "How am I going to get down that...."
I'll say this about PA though... the rocks are more than compensated for by how nice the people there are..
DaveSail
10-02-2010, 21:13
Most are after Duncannon ; ( approx. Midpoint of the Trail . )
A ?? sixty - year - old , female College Teacher , did the stretch
from there to the Delaware Water Gap in from June 6th to June 17th.
11 days . Week and a half . However , the Whites are LARGE rocks ,
and some say Kathadin looks like the sky rained rocks ! David
fredmugs
10-04-2010, 09:32
Let's just say I like hiking south of Harper's Ferry a lot more than north of Harper's Ferry.
10-K Once again you and I are in complete agreement.
Here's some of my PA pics.....
http://picasaweb.google.com/fredmugs/ATPANJNY#5207264332524340002
http://picasaweb.google.com/fredmugs/ATPANJNY#5207263812833297026
Pedaling Fool
10-04-2010, 09:42
I generally hate rocks, but there are some areas that really make me wonder. It's all how the rocks are laid out compared to the surrounding landscape. The two places that come to mind are Devil's Racecourse ~10 miles south of Harpers Ferry and the area of Blackrock Mtn in the SD of SNP.
berkshirebirder
10-04-2010, 10:09
I'll say this about PA though... the rocks are more than compensated for by how nice the people there are... --10K
And the beer, 10K. Don't forget the beer.
I think the scenery in Pa. makes the rocks less tolerable than other places. I rarely hear anyone complain about the rocks in N.H. or Maine.
theinfamousj
10-04-2010, 18:23
What do these infamous Pennsylvania rocks look like? Here in Santa Barbara, rocks are better than dirt because dirt is like ball bearings.
I didn't find the PA rocks that bad, but then again I was dayhiking my PA sections. In flip flops.
I've found worse rocks here in NC, though granted not on the AT. Check out the Art Loeb Trail in NC for a more horrifying rocky experience.
fredmugs
10-05-2010, 07:04
I think the scenery in Pa. makes the rocks less tolerable than other places. I rarely hear anyone complain about the rocks in N.H. or Maine.
Allow me to complain. The 13.5 miles NOBO down Mt Washington sucked.
Allow me to complain. The 13.5 miles NOBO down Mt Washington sucked.
That's where I broke one of my trusty hiking poles... Slipped right between 2 rocks covering a 2' void, I fell and ripped my pants and cut my knee and the side of my right shoe blew out.
That area reminded me of a lunar landscape.