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Go to this website and listen. It is very enlightening

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/79323


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I actually tried some of this dehydrated water stuff. Found it right next to the oxygen cans located at the local convenience store here in Orlando. O2 runs almost $10 a bottle and the dehydrated...

First of all ggod luck and make sure that you hike with plenty of water. Georgia has been short on water this year in spots due to limited rainfall. That may or may not still be an issue but it's...

With kids that age the first thing I would say from experience is that 5 to 7 miles is going to be about the max you will get from them in one day. Sure you might be able to push them farther, but do...

First of all when dealing with a lot of these websites that offer MRE's and dehydrated foods, make sure before you order that these meals or foods are certified to be fresh.

In other words, many...

While it my not seem like it (I left the trail for problems with my knees - OVERUSE) the couple of weeks I was out on the trail this year hiking did do my general health good.

First of all, My...

Well I have been watching this with interest. Here are some of my observations.

1) Get over it!
2) The trail, as you should know from having already having hiked it once ,determines who you are...

Bruce, the Approach trail from Amicalola is 8.9 miles long and most people make it as far as the Hike Inn and quit there. These are mostly people who are not ready, carry to much weight and died...

Good Luck and who knows when it comes to the weather!

This year has been very interesting to say the least especially with all of the talk of 'Global Warming'. Take for instance back in February...

The cheapest alternative is to use a trap and hopefully large enought that you can configure it in several ways along with your hiking poles or sticks found along the way. That in conjunction with a...

At the risk of sounding well...

First of all, seeing as how you live in Harpers Ferry or very near there, it only makes sense especially with gas costs and vandalism issues.

If it fits your...

In the next couple of weeks is prime southbound season. Think about doing a southnound if you still want to do a thru. Otherwise a section hike is still an accomplishment. Because of knee problems I...

I too have a Speer and an HH. I usually keep the pack on the outside of the hammock either on the ground or sometimes if the ground is wet or damp I will hang it from a tree. Then there are nights...

Love my Tilley, Microfiber model. Only problem I have with it is when I hike with a backpack on. It rubs against the pack and is in general iratating to me. Other than that I really like it. Used it...

Go to a Wally World and buy one of the poles they have for 5-10 dollars each. This way if you mess it up cutting it or otherwise you are not out the price of the Leki's I would not even touch a Leki...

Go to this website and check these out. I have not used these particular companies products but have read of many thru TrailJournals and here on WB who have used them and swear by them. They have...

I just used Amtrak to come home from the AT in Georgia this past month. From Toccoa, GA to DC I rode in coach. My pack and everything else fit well in the over head bins with little problem at all. I...

During my time out there on the AT this year I saw both arrangements. The bare tips and people using the rubber tips. I guess I can see both sides of the coin on this and so I would say take the...

HIke north from Damascus and do Greyson Highlands.

TOG

Having tried twice this spring to thru starting in GA, I can say that the second timw I came home my legs were swollen from the knees down for three days after getting home. Doctors have yet to...

One thing you may want to pay attention to the next time hiking with your poles is to see if you are twisting them while using them. You will most likely still have the problem even with a two pole...

Seeing as how you specified Dick's Creek Gap, you might consider Cloud 9 1 mile down the road for parking. Frank may charge you for parking on his property but you have a reasonable assurance that...

This leads one to also wonder why the ATC calls the AT a 2000 mile trail and anyone who finishes it as a 2000 miler. Maybe that should have been our first clue.

Of course I feel the same way...

That would be my suggestion. Of course it is your decision.

TOG

Depending on time of day and such the person I would call on is Josh at the Hiker Hostel. Josh and Leigh are great people and very knowledgable about the area. They opened the Hiker Hostel a couple...