I have 'earned' much dislike to dogs on the trail, but this is a terrorist mind set, wrong way to handle dogs when its more often the owner. Evil mentality, leaving me with 'what else' this...
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I have 'earned' much dislike to dogs on the trail, but this is a terrorist mind set, wrong way to handle dogs when its more often the owner. Evil mentality, leaving me with 'what else' this...
The ramps are gathered above the 3000-4000 foot elevation. The camp is near Reliance, TN where the Hiwasse River and the Benton-Mackaye Trail pass thru. I didn't feel like I 'finished' my prior...
And today is the Annual Ramp Festival at Camp McCroy, Polk County, TN where you can savour the local's favorite dishes. Several citizens tramp up the slopes of Big Frog and other local mountains to...
Good call! Feathered Friends uses Pertex Quantum. It and MicroFiber are the supreme breathable fabrics. The WM Extremelite series uses their proprietary ultralight weight fabric, but is only a...
Many filters of varyiing names later, trying every known angle toward re-using, I found this absolute. I have never been able to reuse a filter once it is dried out. Others have, just not me. The...
I made the terrible mistake of 'doing what everybody else was wearing.' HYOH, those glued together, synthetic, open-cell water logged foam shoes don't work for everybody. Neither does Altras, as...
No, they are not. I asked the staff at Mountain Crossings, of which one quickly replied, "they are great at holding water." I have a fully-taped, roll top Dyneema food bag from a well known...
The canisters 'roll.' A determined bear can roll one uphill three-quarters of a rocky mile! Just weeks ago, a guy wedged his outside of the Russell Field Shelter in GRSMNP. It was not there the...
Yes to OR, it is some of the closest. The issue is how DELICATE it is. Patagonia has always been big on standing behind their products, and still are. Mine developed holes thruout, primarily on...
It is widely known as 'kite cloth' on eBay. In Australia & Europe, it is often called Tyvek Gold, widely available on eBay, and yes, I love this stuff, about as flexible as a wet dish cloth.
Several older folks, much older asked me to gather them some over the years. They would cut them in half throwing under their houses and sheds. Termites and a whole host of other insects will avoid...
I too have a Bearikade, and I thought I would share some little known, not public info concerning an extensive study done in the western Yosemite where the highest density of backcountry users and...
That broght back a flood of memories. My great, great grandmother was Shawnee, always at war with the Cherokee, unfortunately meeting during harvest times which resulted in horrific clashes. If the...
The Paw Paw report I found was thru the US Dept of Agriculture dated back in the 50's, and that was all I could find in around 2005. Information accessability, thanks to the internet, has uncovered...
They were plentiful along rivers and creeks when I was younger back in the 60's-70's. After I left middle Tennessee in '79, I would not see another one till about 2005. I spied its fruit...
I have posted in the past on this. The bears are chewing the limbs off of trees up and down the AT, the Cohuttas, Smoky's, Shenandoah, etc..... I have been chasing this for years, and a 'victim' to...
Keeping it simple, I can only speak for the GA section and it sucks. I really don't care to go back on it till some changes are made, so I'm 'hearing' welcome news. Too much road walking on very...
Have the 3 top models available, go on every trip. I still pack paper, just not as much. I carry the small size CampSuds/Wilderness Wash for soap. Bears and boar eat Dr. Bronner's. I also use a...
Do not take this for gospel, for it has worked 'most' of the time. Wherever there is a known spring or pipe and it's dry, wander downhill following the drainage, sometimes more than you like. The...
You are right. I made it out a few times this year and the 'numbers' were NOT there. One of the most populas stores along the Southern trail said that inflation and the fact that backpacking has...
Here's a little info to go with this. A lot of people are now carrying bear canisters. What they are doing in the GRSMNP where you are required to hang your food bag, but canister as well, is to...
Many of the canisters had different type bags but not all, most had nothing. The bears 'identify' by sight these days, hence not food/odor as that is in the past. Interesting cavet, smashing the...
I just came off the AT for the second time the last few months. 3 Ursacks 'ripped' open, 2 of them are on YouTube videos. One Ursack had the properly tied double-figure eight knot, but like my food...
You are exactly right, ATC is saying 24-27 percent swon via an employee. Lack of WiFi, outrageously overpriced Chinese made gear, bear/mice issues are all part of it. The appeal is absent for the...
This is where trekking poles rock.