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Thanks all, had a great walk despite the rain. Found a sweet spot just below a ridge atop Whitetop, and the wind roared above us all night, leaving the tent be. Saw lots of spring beauties out, and...

Thanks, Ken! Sounds cool. Appreciate the options.

Ah yes, that's an option too. Thanks for widening my scope.
Still, curious if there isn't something between 600/Elk garden and USFS 89. If I recall correctly, that's a climb to a ridge?
Been a...

Elk Garden, VA, of course.

Elk Garden, VA, of course.

From Elk Garden heading south, does anyone know of any camp/tentsites in the first mile or two?
(Camping by the road not an option)
Thanks!

I tend to roll my ankle, esp. when carrying weight. Did most of my long distance backpacking and my AT thru in low-top Merrels and Salamons. My hiking poles allowed me to "give" in my joints slightly...

Hi there,
Sorry to jump on an old thread, but I've been getting some inquiries about Christmas orders for this book from folks looking to hike the Long Trail next year, since I no longer maintain...

http://www.kjonline.com/news/Wardens-seek-hikers-aid-in-finding-woman-lost-from-Appalachian-Trail.html

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/107912/police-chief-no-charges-likely-in-va-parade-crash

Name, and revised age: 87

Cooker, yes, the insurance investigation will necessarily continue. Perhaps civil too, that's a point.

And, the incident made the New York Times:
http://wap.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/05/18/us/ap-us-virginia-parade-crash.html?from=us

There was coverage, just not alot of followup. Maybe local papers...

The driver is alive and charges will not be pressed. Clearly, they concluded this was plainly an accident; http://www.tricities.com/news/local/article_ae0c8844-c19b-11e2-a964-0019bb30f31a.html

Wondering where the info that the driver died is coming from, it's not been echoed by major news organizations, nor anything but rumor. The car passed to my right, went about 100 feet on the bridge...

Hmmm, why the harshness? sounds like a reasonable and well written plea for courtesy and thoughtfulness along the AT.

A thoughtful and engaging essay, Datto, as fun to read as your trail-journal. For anyone getting ready to hike, I can highly recommend his journal as a rich, fun and informative picture of what a...

We were out hiking around Hot Springs during this period. Even when the snow wasn't deep, the tangle of "low-downs," sprawling rhododendrons across the trail, made several sections really...

Sorry, didn't read closely - you're proposing to hike with $5,000 divided by two folks, not three. That's $125 per week for a five-month thru, $104-ish for a six-month three.

Can you eat, resupply, replace gear, take in a hostel in bad weather, phone home, pay basic ongoing bills (cell,etc) for appx $84 a week? That's what a 5-month thru would run, if you do the math for...

Just a heads up, as many don't put this together, but Tylenol plus liquor is very damaging to the liver - to the point of "oh-oh:"...

The former is a cultural reference, but I don't get where he's going either.

Base weight is the weight of your hiking gear, without food and water. Gear is a popular topic among hikers, and paring...

Welcome to White Blaze, Kookork.
Don't take comments here too much seriously. When people meet on the trail or camping, the barriers tend to drop away.

Might check out the lightheart tents, http://www.lightheartgear.com/ - nice design and light. Handmade by a hiker.

Snowleopard, how did that happen? How did she asphyxiate?

I've heard of this before. It's rarely, but almost always fatal, with meningitis-like symptoms.
Here's a news report on staying...