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The pictures I have seen make it look like Ellie is happy. If they are hiking about 8 hours a day, she does have to ride in the holder for those 8 hours, but the rest of the time she out and about.
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Yes, they have a web site www.ellieontheat.com, but it hasn't been updated lately. Sacajawea carried her son using a baby board, as shown on the back side of the old dollar coin, half way across the...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPAdo8lwFk/?taken-by=ellieontheat

I guess I am remembering the ones with ropes. I don't have any of my own pictures here at work, but this is one in the 100 mile wilderness similar to what I remember:
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About the ropes, I think they are there to help guide you to the best place to cross and not primarily to provide support, so I don't think it matters that much if you are able to reach it. By...

Great. I will check out the trail description for the Doll Flats site.

If I remember correctly, there wouldn't be any spots to camp between Hump Mountain and the site of the old Apple House Shelter, as it is fairly rocky through that stretch. I am just trying to have a...

Thanks for the great info.

I met some SOBOs while section hiking from Katahdin to Katahdin Ironworks Road from July 9th to July 16th (completing my 20 year section hike!), and they seemed to think they were the tail end. I...

6/20/2016 Start Date for SOBO
2,189.1 Miles Katahdin to Springer
12 Miles per day
182 Days
12/19/2016 End Date for SOBO

6/20/2016 Start Date for SOBO
1,696.1 Miles Katahdin...

Just hiked a week in Maine and didn't see anyone smoking tobacco or weed, and I stayed in a shelter every night. Other years, I have seen some smoking, but not too often. I think the difficulty of...

The New York Times is making the 3,000 yards vs 3,000 feet mistake that was corrected in this forum earlier: "Ms. Largay’s remains were found last October, about 3,000 yards away from the trail..."
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I had to laugh when I saw the following headline: "Bear Bites Hitchhiker on the Appalachian Trail." At first thought it was an "auto-correction" error, but the article starts, "A bear bit a sleeping...

VA311 Parking Lot: 37.3804,-80.0893
Dragon’s Tooth Parking Lot 37.378368,-80.156052
These are the Lat/Longs I have used for the parking lots for use in a GPS.

Thanks. I didn't set out to section hike the whole trail 20 years ago, but looked forward to it so much every year that I just kept going. I already have a short "victory hike" planned with friends...

Katahdin to Katahdin Iron Works Road in early July. Finishing my 20 year section hike! (Also an overnight Roan Mountain hike with friends and an overnight McAfee Knob/Dragon's Tooth hike with a Scout...

I can second that groups make reservations and then don't keep them as we stayed by ourselves at the Horace Kephart Shelter despite another group having a reservation. We were looking forward to...

Consider volunteering your planning and hiking skills to a Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troop to pass along your love of the trail to the next generation. I was delighted to read in the thank you note...

If you have the time, take the side trail to see the John Waslik Poplar. It is about 1.5 miles round trip.
http://www.stayandplayinthesmokies.com/vendor/wasilik-poplar-trail/

I carry about 12 pounds for 7 days, or about 1.7 per day. That would be 8.5 pounds for 5 days.

Looks like they are about $59 on Amazon including free shipping. This likely doesn't meet your low cost solution, but they are durable and will last you a good long time.

http://www.rei.com/product/867139/sierra-designs-microlight-pants-mens-2012-closeout I have used pants like this for years mostly with long underwear underneath around the shelter in the evening....

This is a section-hiking story, but in the same vein. One year I was resting at a shelter before going to pump my water for dinner when a woman showed up and I said to her, “Hey Kathy!” Needless to...

I just looked it up and found hypothermia defined as a low body temperature, with no mention of wetness combined with a low air temperature. I had always thought of "hypothermia" as a condition...

My understanding is that hypothermia can occur in temperatures well above freezing, and is triggered by the person becoming wet. (Rain or sweat are typical causes of the wetness.) Even if the person...