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I always hung my food on the AT. Last year, I hiked the Colorado Trail where there are often no trees or no suitable trees, so I slept with my food. One night I left a bag of garbage out and this...

You have got to be kidding! Somebody find that hiker and get him/her off the trail before they start a forest fire. Sadly, you can't fix stupid.

I started doing LASH's of the AT in 2016. As clueless as I was, I bought a 30 degree rectangular synthetic sleeping bag when I started out in April. I froze. I bought a Sea to Summit Reactor liner...

I have a Tarptent Rainbow. It has it's own poles. It can be staked or free standing. To be free standing, you need trekking poles or some sort of pole to splay the sides of the tent out. Check...

The PCT, the CT, the AZT, etc. as well as the ATC all give out completion awards. I've got mine on the wall for the CT and hope to add the AZT this year and the AT when I finish the last 265 miles. ...

I have an Ursack and used on the Colorado Trail last year. My confidence with it was not very high after a CT hiker posted a picture of an Ursack, which had been shredded by a bear. Facebook Post...

Thanks, WMR, for posting that. I was pretty curious about what happened. So now I know not to break into a hotel room for a good night's sleep.:banana

I guess I'm just cursed. I clear the my Chrome browser and still got the subscribe pop-up. Then I tried with a cleared Edge browser and got the subscribe pop-up.

Looks like it would be an interesting article. Unfortunately, it wants me to subscribe before the site will let me read it.

I think you need a certain amount of posts before you can send a PM. I could be wrong about that, so somebody will probably correct me if I am wrong.

I wonder how many times this has actually happened.
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I did this a few years ago, went through security with one of my trekking poles used as a cane. It was at the Tri-City Airport in Tennessee. I had a rubber tip on the end of the pole and the other...

Enjoyed the video. I have had a long interest in the Via Francigena.

I have traveled a lot to places I want to hike, the latest being the Colorado Trail. I a buy $17 duffle bag from Walmart and put my pack inside. When I get to my destination, I either throw the...

The main attraction in that area is off road vehicles and quite a few come from Texas (it seems that is somewhat of a joke in those parts - tourists from Texas). During the day, I'm sure everyone is...

I did the CT this past summer. It took me about an hour to get a ride into Lake City. There's not much traffic on that road. Fortunately, getting a ride out of town back to the trailhead was a lot...

I think I've posted this on the forum before, but since you asked... This was at Rip Rap Gap. Another hiker pointed out a bear was on a parallel path with me and pacing me. I took some pictures as...

I always enjoy your reports. I wish I lived closer to the mountains to get out like you do.

Curious as to what the bear was going after. I had several holes in my tent this summer on the...

I have a Tarptent Rainbow. It doesn't meet your needs, but I thought I would mention it for this reason. I can either stake it down, or rig it freestanding by using my trekking poles. It's...

I stayed at Bert's Restaurant in Palmerton a couple of years ago. I thought they were pretty good. That's about 2/3 the way between Duncannon and DWG. There were not too many bunks, but then, I...

I stayed at Standing Bear Farm. It is not somewhere I would choose to stay again. In my short list of poorly run hostels, it was near the top. That was in 2016. Maybe things have changed.

With the Top of Georgia hostel gone and new owners converting to more of a bed and breakfast, it would seem a hostel style facility like the old Top of Georgia would be a good fit in the area.

I tried to hike the PCT in 2020 and even had a permit, but then they closed sections and the PCTA gave hiking a bad rap. I was hoping to do it in 2021, but it looks like the same is going to happen...

I could have used some of this on the CT this year. Had some rodents chew through the screen on my tent. Thanks for the info.

That opening scene sure hit home. I kept getting caught out in the open during hail storms on the CT this year. Nice drone camera work by the way.