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  1. Havin' Fun. Leavin' Hot Springs 2morrow!!!!

    :bananaOn to Erwin then Damascus!!:banana
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    Thanks to all

    Thanks to all for their input and answering my questions on hiking the BMT.
    Mags for his journal, and especially SGT Rock for your awesome guidebook. Someday I'll come back and finish the Smoky Mtn....
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    Greylock>Springer>Big K. So I guess you could say...

    Greylock>Springer>Big K. So I guess you could say all sections. Throw in the BMT, Tuscarora and LT as side hikes.
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    I wear a pair of compression shorts over midwt....

    I wear a pair of compression shorts over midwt. bottoms for winter hiking. Never cold until I stopped moving. Been in the Carters and Mt. Marcy in Dec. and Jan. with no problems. Probably what I'll...
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    1 week to go!!!!!!

    Can barely wait:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana. Back on the trail in a week for the first time in 15 years. Hope to meet and see many of y'all out there over the next 12 months.
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    I was thinking along these lines a couple of...

    I was thinking along these lines a couple of months ago,so I called up a friend who works as an engineer for a water supply district and asked him about it. He said that they lease a generator to...
  7. Starting mine Nov. 1 (2009). Do I have to start...

    Starting mine Nov. 1 (2009). Do I have to start in 2010 to be a member of the class? Or just finish in 2010?
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    He can get his own dang jerky. He can't have mine

    He can get his own dang jerky. He can't have mine
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    For drinking while hiking, a couple of the...

    For drinking while hiking, a couple of the widemouth 1L soda bottles, for camp, a rinsed out gallon milk/orange drink jug. Lite wt. when empty, and it just clips on to the myriad loops on my pack...
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    According to the info in the data book/companion,...

    According to the info in the data book/companion, the NOBO climb out of Carter notch has an elevation change of 1350 feet in .7 miles. That's the steepest part of the AT I could find. South side of...
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    Sand boy. I like it. Maybe a new trail name?

    Sand boy. I like it. Maybe a new trail name?
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    I'm doing a SOBO winter hike this year, starting...

    I'm doing a SOBO winter hike this year, starting in Mass. in 2 weeks, maybe I'll see him along the trail. I would say it isn't very common, but I kind of like the idea of solitude.
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    Going to miss me by about a month. I'll be there...

    Going to miss me by about a month. I'll be there in mid December trying not to get shot at during deer season. Sorry.
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    The climb down into or up out of Carter Notch and...

    The climb down into or up out of Carter Notch and the Beaver Brook section were just plain nasty, but for me, climbing down a ladder that had the first and last rungs missing on the north side of...
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    Didn't use a pack cover on my first trip, and...

    Didn't use a pack cover on my first trip, and nothing inside my pack (Kelty Super tioga) ever got wet. But then again it was a pretty dry year, and I only hiked in a driving rain 3 or 4 days. I'm...
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    Got my BMB, Woohooooo!!!!!

    Came in last month with assorted quilts. Unfortunately, there are no trees down here to tie it to. Guess I grt to try it out on the trail next month to find out what it's like. Quilts are awesome. No...
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    On-line trail journal

    How does one start an on-line trail journal? My idea was to mail weekly updates to my girlfriend, who would then post them on-line. I guess my question is, what website do you go to to post?
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    Tipi, looks like probably sometime in mid-late...

    Tipi, looks like probably sometime in mid-late March. Maybe early April. Will be headed SOBO. Dates are tentative this far out. Just depends on how long it takes me to walk there from Mass.
  19. Another vote for compression shorts. Used them on...

    Another vote for compression shorts. Used them on my first thruhike, never a problem. They're also pretty light, so you can take enuf to have a clean set every other day
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    Thanx everyone. Sent you an email MAGS. Stepoff...

    Thanx everyone. Sent you an email MAGS. Stepoff in less than a month:banana:banana:banana. Sure am excited.Planning a menu for a year is more work than I thought it would be. Hard to believe I will...
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    Paging SGT Rock, paging SGT Rock,........

    Could use some info on the BMT. Hear you are HMFIC when it comes to BMT knowledge. Plan on thruhikin BMT SOBO as part of my upcoming semi-yoyo from Greylock>Springer>Big K.
    Step off for me is in a...
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    I'm with MAGS on this one, yes a thru hiker is...

    I'm with MAGS on this one, yes a thru hiker is not a realistic comparison because no one has 9 hours/day to exercise, but a couple of hours/day of intense exercise will. I went from 225 to 155 in the...
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    Some people have a bounce box for small stuff,...

    Some people have a bounce box for small stuff, like what they will use in town, cell phone, towel, bar soap yadayadayada. I like to use one to mail ahead food that I bought along the way, as well as...
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    Thanx for all the help everybody. Back to the...

    Thanx for all the help everybody. Back to the drawing board. I like the simplicity of the soda can stove, but not the durability issues. I do like the bud lite aluminum bottle idea. Anyone ever boil...
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    3 poker games/week for a year. Who needs a job?

    3 poker games/week for a year. Who needs a job?
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