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I was ready to leave Daleville on a cold, rainy morning, when a friend offered a nice proposal to the group I was hiking with. Rather than hike out into the mess, she offered to drop us off 20...

OK, I couldn't let this go without replying... But I'm afraid I can't help you, at least not for this year's events :(

I want to give a brief word of thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday morning to see my film at Trail Days. We had a full house, which was far more than I expected at 8:45 am. I enjoyed...

It sort of makes me wonder what the staff of Youtube thinks occurs out on the AT. If they know something I don't, I suddenly feel quite cheated. Or perhaps lucky.

Tabasco - I'm not currently selling it, but I hope to make it available one way or another sometime in the next few months. There are still a few hoops that I have to jump through in the meantime. ...

For those of you who will be at Trail Days and are searching for a way to occupy your Saturday morning, I would like to offer up an option. I'm pleased to announce a new AT documentary that will be...

I met a southbounder in '05 who related an unsuccessful naming attempt. It seems he was taking a breather when a buddy came up behind him, covered to the neck with mud. His buddy was pretty pumped...

Mine was paid off, but I did exactly what Midway Sam mentioned and dropped coverage to comprehensive only. At least where I live this meant that the car couldn't legally be driven during the period,...

I kept going because it was exactly what I wanted to be doing at the time.

I've had pretty good luck with lentils. I like to mix them 50/50 with rice and add some spices, often curry powder or garam masala. I start soaking them when I get into camp, and start cooking them...

The 1 liter platypus I used in 2005 worked great for about 1,000 miles but then developed a slow leak. It wasn't a big deal since I kept my bladder in an outside pocket. A few things got a little...

Dick Cheney could always stand to hike another trail. He's already custom tailored to to fit snugly inside a pack. Lightweight, however, is another story.
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It's hard to pick out a day as the hardest day. Even the toughest days had great moments. Off the top of my head, though, two days in particular spring to mind.

The first was coming out of...

Like several others on this thread, I also met Craig and Suzy last year in Georgia. They were wonderful people, and I can't speak highly enough of them. They definitely weren't pushy evangelists. ...

It was a cold, rainy day in Daleville, and the group I was hiking with was planning to slack twenty miles or so south from Bearwallow gap back to town so that they could have a warm, dry bed at the...

In no particular order,
Tom Waits
Warren Zevon
Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams
Wilco
Carbon Leaf
and Bruuuuuuccce!!!

Right after the bridge at Abol Bridge, you can see three birdhouses on a tree near the general store. They were placed there by Woodchuck, the same fellow who made the halfway marker.

William Shatner
Ted Nugent
Ghandi
Nancy Reagan

Here's a few things that went with me for long distances, but were rarely used, if ever.
- Two packets of oatmeal, 250 miles. Ended up in a hiker box.
- Tea packets, even longer. I kept telling...

I ended up settling for a happy medium on my thru in terms of cooking. I wouldn't do anything too fancy, but I'd go a step up from just Lipton's. My typical dinners would often be a rice/lentil...

There's still some instances of taxation without representation in America. Take the 400,000+ citizens of the District of Columbia for example. We pay federal taxes but have no voting...

Best:

- Any of the meals I ate at The Cabin in Andover. Honey's cooking is unbelievable, and the spread that Bear puts out for breakfast can't be beat.

- Breakfast at Harrison Camps. Of...

I remember hearing the horror stories about the Governor Clement shelter last year and deciding to avoid it. There was rumored to be a 'secret shelter' somewhere in the area - find the right road...

Nope. If I recall correctly, they're at opposite ends of the state.

Wookie, are you sure you're not thinking of the Washington Times as the newspaper that donated to the Bush Campaign? Irregardless, this article was a special feature in a newspaper supplement,...