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Yes, when they decided to request people get off the trails, they decided to close privies because they were not going to be maintained nor were the shelters going to be maintained because they did...

This does not spread through the air like the flu. There is some limited ability for it to. Viruses spread indoors. It is hard for them to spread outdoors because they are exposed to sun and do not...

There are three places a hiker is going to get COVID-19:

1) At the gas station filling up for the hike
2) At the restaurant going to or coming back or in the middle of
3) Using the privy.
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Social distancing on a hike is borderline absurd. You are not going to get COVID-19 on the trail. The average hiker is at basically no risk of contracting the virus. Viruses spread indoors. You get...

The problem you have with the opening up of the AT is that they have responsibility and the weight of lives lost on their decisions. I don't think you will see the trail open while social distancing...

The general assumption was that this would be an inconvenience for a while and then disappear and that probably still is for a lot of people. A vaccine would be available by spring and off you go....

So once you "open up," you still have social distancing. Texas is reopening state parks but I think you are supposed to wear a mask. LOL.

The bottom line is if you have to resupply or come from...

I don't think section hiking would make all that much difference since thru-hikers are not all that many really and you basically only have a problem in March. You would still have basically the same...

I don't think 2008 is all that good of an indication of what will happen in 2021 because so much of AT traffic is now being driven by YouTube thru-hike videos. A thru-hiker is typically an upper...

It will likely be very crowded for two reasons. Obviously, many of the people that put off this year are going next year and then a lot of people are going to be unemployed and numbers are higher...

Corona is officially contagious in Georgia now. Good thing I had cancelled my plans. Tough getting a ride this month.

Much of the trail is still open to anyone that wants to hike it. They are just discouraging people not to hike and requesting that they don't. The biggest issue is that a hiker is not particularly...

Is your risk of being infected more significant on the AT at this time than getting by in a larger city? Maybe to some small degree. Is it a risk to society? I don't think so and could even be...

Depends on the situation. If you have quit a job, I would not say it is particularly selfish considering that you are unlikely to get the virus on trail and are going to have it pretty hard in the...

I would like to go April 20 or into May to hike Georgia and possibly the Smokies and will if things turn up a little. But seems that we are only beginning to see cases and projections are that we...