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If you think you should take a chair, by all means take one. When you get to Neels Gap, you can send it home.

Most AT shelters do not have water pumps. I can only remember 6-7 shelters with a pump. Mostly in PA, CT, MA.

Most thru-hikers will loose some toe nails before they finish. One reason is your feet get larger as you hike making your shoes tight in the toe area. As you hike, with a heavy pack going downhill...

Their is nothing better than a hot meal after hiking a long cold or wet day.

[QUOTE=Lugnut;780790]Down by the river (bay). Matt Foley would have been proud. Happy 40th Birthday. :banana
Happy birthday to a great friend of the AT hiking community for the last 20 years.

A certificate for completing the AT means little. It has become something that is given out to almost anyone who applies for one, with no proof at all if they did the hike or not.
I thru-hiked in...

It sure feels good to have clean sleeping clothes. A little wash up and clean clothes sure helped me to sleep better.

I hiked the whole AT on one pair of boots. Monorail AT hikers. Had them resolved after 1200 miles. Not much good at the end of my hike.

My start date was April 13. I finished on Oct 9. 12 0 days. Much better weather in April.

It's been 9 years since I first asked this question. Still looking for a answer.

Good luck with finding a female partner. During my thru I saw very few woman hiking alone. I was surprised at the amount of older woman on the trail that were hiking with someone else.
My advise to...

You will always remember your last white blaze. For most it will be the sign on Kathaden, others Springer Mt., or just white blaze at a road crossing. It will always help you to remember your...

When I read stuff like this I like to use my favorite Forest Gump quote; " Stupid is as stupid does."

Face I gotta out from the shelter go down the hill word the small pond. Several times I pitched my tent, with others, on the flat top of the dam. it’s posted as a no camping area, but know one ever...

Boots vs Runners
As a sucessfull thru_hiker at 66 years old I hiked with Montrail AT Hiker boots. I had no foot or anckle problems. The boots lasted me for my entire hike. Folks who use trail...

Sounds. Like you are playing your time frame kind of close. Trying to save a day hear and there and being concerned with the amount of day light hiking hours.

I have thru-hiked at a advanced age,...

The cabin at Upper Goose Pond will not be open , for hiker use, this season.

I have a full length Thrmarest that I used befor mt thru and am still using without any problems.

The first few weeks of my thru I developed a problem with blisters on my big toe. I started to put a light coat of Vaseline on my tow before putting on my Sox and boots. I never had a foot blister...

One of the “not to be missed” shelters is the Cabin on Upper Goose Pond in Mass. If you are a long distance hiker you will miss so much if you don’t stop. It’s a closed in cabin on a beautiful pond...

I think that you will find that most hikers who complete a thru ended up using a good after marker inner sole. Super
feet worked well for me.

I thrued in 2001 when trail runner type shoes were just becoming popular. I decided to use my well broken in Montrail boots. My boots lasted me for my whole hike. Had to have them resolved after...

If you are planning to use Mc. D for off trail food it's probably not a wise choice. Some are near a town trail crossings, but most are quite a hike away.

During my thru I hiked with a guy from New Zealand, All he had for sleeping was a Z rest and one of those emergency foil bags.
The temp at night went down to 25 degrees and I thought he was going...

I stopped there in 2001 and it was for sale then.