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All those are good pieces of advice. I wore two polypro shirts and two shorts. Kept one clean and dry at all costs to sleep in at night. In the AM, 15 minutes into the hike, I had the first set of...

I'd have to add:
McAffes Knob
Ponies at Grayson Highlands
Getting yer milkshake fix at some of the waysides in the Shenandoah national park
Walking thru the Smokies-every footstep of it

I just hiked from GA to HF and only 2x had the opportunity to build more than 2 fires. Folks got to the shelters before me, or it had just rained, or I was just toooo tired to go scouting for wood...

I was walking SB from Harpers Ferry on Saturday about 2pm and didn't see it or smell it. Came back NB to Harpers Ferry and there was one or two guys on my left working with a chainsaw. I just assumed...

Oh...and if you don't have any cat crap on hand, just squint a lot, looking thru the haze and fog when you walk in the rain. I swear I've seen my share of big foots with this method......

CAT CRAP!! I never thought I'd find another person who knew what I was talking about. This stuff trumps everything else I've tried to keep my glasses from fogging. And No, I'm not talking about the...

SaraLynne- its a tough crowd up in here. I alwayz remembr to ewes a speling progom when i tipe.

Due to my chosen field, work is cyclical, due to contracts, so layoffs are a pretty common thing. I think every time I've been laid off, I've done some traveling. Make sure yer all set financially...

I am not sure this counts as a trail quote, but I saw a guy standing in the woods and he called out "Have you seen the trail?" He was about 50 feet from the footpath. He wasn't lost.

I really hope that the phone works at the shelter that has the Pizza Delivery Service. Is it too ealy to call them and alert the staff that I like extra pepperoni on my pizza?

I can only speak for myself, but I will be at the end? very tail? of the NOBO bubble since I will be starting from GA on May 1st. Does anyone happen to know if this date will still be flush with...

Start date: May 1, 2015.
Trail Name: To be determined, I spose. Right now it could be Mt. Dew, since it's mah favorite soda and also a play on words---mountain do!
Hometown: Stafford, Virginia...

Hi there Masonormous. I am from Stafford County as well. Hopefully we will see each other on the trail at some point.

Hello to all May Starters! I am going to be starting on May 1 (hiking the approach trail the day before) so will be right up on Springer to touch the first blaze and head north. I going as far as...

Correction-space-extra space, not weight. I could probably go with something around 60L, but then again I'd lose all the fun of having enough room for those aforementioned rocks.

I just gotta weigh in here with everyone else. I bought 70L Osprey Aether for my 2015 AT hike and LOVE it. The hipbelt and suspsension are light years ahead of my old 1990 era Kelty backpack. I need...

Hi there Joy. If you start on May 1, 2015, I will see ya at the first blaze, as that is my starting time. Plus, its pretty cool that May 1 (....51515...) is also a numeric palindrome :)

My motivation comes from a few angles. In 2015 I will be 48. That means that in 2015 I will have been dreaming about hiking the AT for 40 years. It's time to do it now. I can (and will) always be...

Hello Hikers. OP here, reporting that I just went ahead and bought that 40 degree Walmart Ozark Trails bag we've all been posting about. I didn't mean to say that Wal Mart has cheap stuff, but...

Hiya Ricky and Jack-
Now I am not sure if it was green or blue, but it was about football sized when compressed. Sure beat my 4.5 pound winter bag (since I will be hiking solo in summer). I am...

Hello fellow hikers. I'm going to be doing some summer camping this year-and passed by this Ozark Trails 40 degree sleeping bag in Wal Mart. Does anyone have the skinny on it? Used it before? Is the...

Going to start the AT at Springer in May of 2015. Will be using an Osprey 70-brand new to me. My last one was a Camp Trails external frame, but NO where near as light and comfy as the...

I bought one of those 20 dollar Walmart "platypus" knockoffs. It worked OK and did taste a bunch like plastic. I never found any replacement parts on the shelf, but for 20 bucks, ya get what ya pay...

I just found my dog was positive for Lyme. Gotta get the doxycycline ordered tomorrow online. I gotta respond, if only to say I've camped at Oak Ridge and walked the Farm to Forest trail probably...

Back in about 1975, I grew up in Keys Gap, near Harpers Ferry, WVA. The AT ran right through our property, due to some confusion about property lines and survey markers. My father and I moved an old...