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"THEODOLITE", sorry!

I'm willing to concede tectonic plate action with so much recent volcano incidence, but I was also enlightened and amused by Jon Krakauer's thorough investigation of mountain height competition over...

It's a fair and serious observation that there are indeed some homeless and or freeloader types on the trail--even criminally prone individuals-- that requires circumspect safety awareness. The...

Stumpkocker: Thank you for your kind words. Your respect and appreciation is what we experience on the trail and what keeps us coming back year after year. It's always a give and take and a...

Thanks, Don. You are very perceptive and understanding. Sounds like the only axe squeezebox uses is to grind against well-meaning folks he knows nothing about.

Noah's Ark Ministry is a multi-denominational widows group sponsored by the First Baptist Church in Ethridge, TN.

Thr Fontana Hilton is the hiker shelter at Fontana Dam, so named because it's the biggest and best with a heated rest room with showers!

Thanks to all for the enlightening discussion on hiker feeds and trail magic. I may have posted under the wrong title of hiker feed. This is our 5th year to do Trail Magic in the Smokies. We have...

It is Trail Magic on a limited 4 hour basis in a public picnic area close to the trail. Perhaps I misunderstood the term "Hiker Feed". This is my first time on White Blaze.

Thank you! We meet many grateful hikers, and our goody bags (prepackaged only) always disappear from the hiker boxes at the NOC quickly!

Fontana Hilton is directly on the AT--we actually set up next to the picnic area parking lot where hikers get shuttle rides; we walk down to the "Hilton"to let hikers know we're there. Then those...

Good Idea--Thanks, will do!

:-?AT TRAIL ANGELS of Noah's Ark Ministry (facebook) will serve lunch and pass out quart-sized goody bags to ALL HIKERS, Saturday April 9, 2016 at Fontana Hilton and Sunday April 10, 2016 at...