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As with everything, the answer is "it depends". It depends on how fast you can go, how often you are planning to stop, how much you eat, and a few other things as well. As a solo hiker, I was not...

Many of the people that I hiked with *hated* the Erik the Black books. I had the halfmile maps and found them completely sufficient (though I made friends with people who had GPSes in the Sierras --...

I thru-hiked with a hammock last year and did not regret it one bit. You do need to be a little creative in SoCal, but even there it is not too hard. I cowboy-camped twice -- once to stay with...

Dr. Geo
July 2
Summited Nov. 11
SOBO, ME>GA
Did approach trail

Thanks to everyone for the advice. It looks like I'll be doing some combination of walking and hitchiking. I'm also thinking about putting up signs asking for a ride at the university and the MEC. ...

Chris
sobo
Beginning of July 2010
Maybe approach trail

:)

Looks like this is going to be a little tougher than I thought.

Thanks for the advice. My plan is to attempt a thru-hike of the AT. I will happen to be in Quebec City on a business trip at the very end of my contract, so I am going to be moving out of my home...

Yeah, that sounds like it would be fun. I was initially asking about public transportation, but what's the rush? :)

Was wondering if anyone has experience with making this trip without a car. It's only about 200 mi., but I haven't been able to find any good info on the web.