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That's what I like about our justice system. It rewards failure. Punishment only if you actually complete your crime. "Oh, so you TRIED to assult her, but she out-ran you. Well, you're free to go,...

Likely what you saw was a coyote, not a red wolf. All the red wolves re-introduced into that area were recaptured and relocated due to the fact that they were not fairing very well. By nature, the...

I was involved in gray wolf reintroduction out west. While I am by no means an expert on red wolves, I am pretty knowledgeable on the subject. I am thinking the girl wasn't likely being very honest...

I entered the Wiley Shelter on the New York side of the NY/CT border from the north on a night hike once. Someone had plastered the area with those little reflective dots. My head lamp lit those...

Well, if that is the case, I tend to agree. They can find their own place to drink their beer and smoke their weed. I thought you were trying to establish a priority of thru-hikers vs. section hikers...

Just north of the 501 shelter is a very nice tenting area near a great water source. If the shelter is crowded, this is an ideal space. Watch out for thunderstorms too, in this area. The ridges are...

Well, the whole idea behind going to a remote area is that there is not a lot of traffic, so sometimes a mud-bogged two-track road is the most durable surface available to the destination....

I may be wrong about this, but since you have to hike to a shelter, just by making it to the shelter, aren't you therefore a "hiker"?

I could give up my jeep in favor of a wagon too, if I lived in Atlanta. But two winters ago in Hartford when we got 26 inches of snow and my wife needed to get to work ASAP (she is a trauma nurse)...

Isn't cell phone use prohibited in Baxter?

Connecticut is probaby the state with the most frequent water sources along the AT. Most of the southern portion follows the river. You will need to take a filter, though.

One problem isn't necessarily that they are skeptical, though they may come off that way, but that they simply don't want to deal with the headache of having an returning endangered species on their...

The GSMNP ranger is mis-informed. While red wolves were introduced, there are currently no grey wolves anywhere along the appalachian trail. I worked for 2 years with USF&W on grey wolf...

Likely if cougars exist anywhere along the eastern corridor they are escaped pets kept by people who are obviously too irresposible to do so. In Michigan, several sightings over the years have...

I think if you pay attention to what wingfoot says, he is not saying there is only one way to hike the AT. He only maintains that for official 2000-miler status, you must hike every blaze. If you...

I think the two are related in at least a small way. If we care about the environment, we develop alternative energy sources, thus lowering oil dependancy. As a result, oil prices drop, those...

I don't allow anyone to disagree with me either, but they do anyway!

You need to expand your search. While that much publisized incident is one of the rare instances of wild jerky attacks, captive-breed jerky are around humans enough that they have lost their fear of...

Chiggers...sweet Jesus, just thinking about them make me itch.

Yeah, duct tape is the best. Moleskin and duct tape in combination has been a staple of hiker's blister care kits since the dawn of time! I think some of the cave paintings in France depict such...

I have a picture of a cub that I literally stumbled upon followed by a picture of it's momma...right before she "politely" escorted me from the vicinity.

Now I know what everyone is going to say,...

Good ol' hydrocortizone for the jungle butt that usually hits starting in day 4 of a long hike!

I actually use a piece of Dr. Scholl's "mole skin" under the duct tape. I cut it into a letter "O" and place the hole over the blister, then put the duct tape over it. Works like a charm.

I was wondering why you never posted to that site anymore.

I was kicked off a few weeks before he temporarily shut his site down last year, but when he put it back up I was allowed back on under...

One thing people need to keep in mind about Trailplace is that it is Dan's website. He makes the rules, like it or not. It is not a free speech forum, and he lets you know that straight up with no...