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    Scouts Honor

    Weren't you taught to BURN the cans first? :eek:



    That is the "proper" way to promote fast oxidation and quick decay. :D
  2. Good Stuff

    Happy Birthday to Bill Bryson. :banana

    Post it here, ....... http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showpost.php?p=924636&postcount=1
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    Poll: 1/2 mile as the crow flies

    I live 1 mile down the road from the AT crossing at Smith Gap Road in Pa.

    See your ALDHA - Companion, Thru-hiker Handbook, or your (all new) "The AT Guide".
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    8 inches here at Smith Gap Pa. :banana

    8 inches here at Smith Gap Pa. :banana
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    Take Your Chances

    The question here is do you want to hike the entire AT in your lifetime? :-?



    At times you will have to hike, sleep, and make some fast choices, before, during, and just after lightning and...
  6. Caffeine Suppository

    Hiking or not, I don't use Caffiene on a regular basis, but for those of you that always seem to need a Caffeine fix, I would suggest asking your doctor for this product. :eek:
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  7. AT Museum Website

    [quote=Tent-N-Kent;925846]Thanks Mechanical Man , I bumped into Earl at The Place in Damascus , on his 3 hour rest break in town there in 1998. This is a wonderful way to treat your elders. Please...
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    No No No

    Don't Do It!!
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    Resentful SOB'S

    You are all just JEALOUS! :banana
  10. Earl Shaffer Visits Linda and John's Blue Mtn. Dome Home

    August 1st 1998, A day I will never forget.

    http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/trails/Appalachian/247.html?nogifs
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    AT conditions in Northern PA

    About the same as New York AT at any given time, ice and freezing rain are about the same too.

    PM me if you want to know local conditions at any given time in my area.
  12. Great Info

    Dogs are prohibited on half the trail? WHAT??



    You might be wise if you take note that, my dogs have hiked 1,320 miles of the AT with me and my wife since 1984, the fact that my dogs over...
  13. Get a tent with a large vestbule. :sun

    Get a tent with a large vestbule. :sun
  14. No Easy Way

    I have carried a 100 lb Doberman lots of times, and a 17 lb wired hair terrier over many stiles, electric fences, barbed wires, and many other obstacles in my 25 years and 1,320 miles of hiking the...
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    You CAN DO IT

    Socrates,
    I am giving you real trail information, I just hope it reaches you in time before your hike.

    As far as I know, a Great Dane named JAKE is the largest dog on record at the ATC...
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    Let me know when you intend to climb the big K, I...

    Let me know when you intend to climb the big K, I would love to join you. :)



    Millinocket is a great trail town, my wife and I climbed Katahdin 3 times over the years, and stayed overnight...
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    Nice Guy

    "Robo", gets my vote, you will know why, when you meet him.
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    Big House 4

    The Big Agnes - Big House 4, with full length fly, and spacious vestibule.

    Very easy to set up. :sun

    http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/BigHouse4
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    Hey Ron, You ever been up the big K?

    Hey Ron,
    You ever been up the big K?
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    Edward B. Garvey

    Edward B. Garvey
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    Bottom Reflector Pan

    If it stops the ugly round burn spots on all the shelter floors and picinic tables.

    I am all for it. :)
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    ATC Regional Office

    This problem will not just go away by itself.

    I'll bet the phone is ringing off the hook by now at the ATC regional office in Boiling Springs.

    If anyone has any questions on this issue, here...
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    Volunteer Pay?

    Getting paid to do something I love, sounds great.

    With 20 + years of AT trailwork related experience in Northern Pennsylvania, Karen knows me well.

    I have many volunteered many hours of...
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    Bee Balm

    Yes, that's Bee Balm - Monarda didyma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarda

    I noticed it's growing alot along the AT, especially in the area South of Dennis Cove Road, to US 23-Sams Gap.
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    Hi pokey pear, welcome to Whiteblaze. :) It's...

    Hi pokey pear, welcome to Whiteblaze. :)

    It's nice of you to shuttle hikers in NH, good luck and have fun.

    If you contact the ATC, you can have your name and services posted on the...
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