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The Balds in North Carolina are fantastic!! But don't overlook Pearisburg to Troutdale Va (near Roanoke) Includes the Dragon's Tooth, MacAfee Knob and Tinker's Cliffs. Hopefully not too far north...

Although many good tent companies have their tents made overseas, I would be very wary of knockoffs. A tent can look the same but the thread count may not be the same and cheaper zippers etc. Check...

I only saw 2 bears on the entire AT. One in New Jersey that ran off so fast I could not get my camera out. The only up and close personal shot I got of a bear on the AT was caged in the zoo that...

Good list. I would add New Skin in the 1st aid kit. Paint it on your heels in the morning before you have blisters develop and it helps a lot. Shoe type is important and the source of much talk on...

Keep wadding it into a ball and sit on it wrinkled up, eventually it will be full of wrinkles and folds and it will lose most of it noise. Takes a week or 2. Puff Turtle