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I'm posting this on White Blaze because I want to publicly thank two hiking related people who helped me in my time of need, Jeff Patrick at Mount Rogers Outfitters and Diane at Cascade Designs.
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Thanks, HikerMomKD. With a trail name like that I bet you'd be fun to hike with--lots of good stuff to eat. Come on, fess up. You spend hours dehydrating groovy recipes. (grin)

Very cool, Northern Lights.

Thanks, Marta!

I got a nasty hole in the ball of my foot, got off the trail and took antibiotics, still couldn't do more than hobble a month later. I blogged about it, said it was from an infected blister, but I...

Thank you, Canoe. The publication was a long time coming. I signed the contract over three years ago.

Hi, Whiteblazers,

I'm on a long distance hiking/cycling trip, finally made it to a library, and wanted to tell my favorite people (I love hikers!) that Simon & Schuster published my second novel...

The art department at Simon & Schuster has asked me for a photo of a cliff along the AT. I have plenty of photos taken from atop cliffs on the AT, but none from the perspective they need. They're...

Update:

Members who contacted me prior to this posting will receive their advanced reading copy, but future books will be raffled off. Given the response this is a fairer way to offer members a...

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Miracles, Inc. is my debut novel and the publisher is Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster is also publishing my next work, a novel titled Black Heart on the...

Here's an update on the situation.

The site frames content, which means the link goes to my site and not theirs. (Paperli creates the illusion that the content is theirs, but it really isn't.)...

Yeah, probably so, but I'm hoping to warn other bloggers on this site that this might be happening to them.

No can do, Wise Owl. I write for a living and can't look the other way when someone infringes on my rights. I did some research and discovered several different ways to approach this issue. Will...

I blog at http://tjforrester.com/blog/ and today I discovered another site stole my content.

The site is called paper.li and it scrapes content off the internet and puts it on their pages just to...

What was his trail name, anyone know?

I've thru-hiked the AT a couple of times, section-hiked it the same amount, so I've been on both sides of this issue. The "holier than thou" attitude is ego driven and exists because youth and superb...

Raul, my sense of hammock camping is there is no need to clear brush away, no need to pick up rocks, no need to do anything but walk into the woods, tie a rope to two trees, and climb into the...

I've never tried a hammock, but the pros and cons are obvious.

Biggest con: going with a hammock would add weight to my pack.
Biggest pro: when hiking below treeline finding a campsite would be...

I agree about the perception that western hikers think the AT is easy because of its lower elevations. There are also folks who think the southern mountains are warm in March. :)

I thru-hiked the...

I last thru-hiked the AT in 1999, and I only saw one dog in a water source during that entire hike. Back then, dog owners tied their dogs away from the water sources, filled up collapsible bowls, and...

Map Man's compass points in the right direction.

Well said.

The outfitter at Neels Gap makes his living off experienced backpackers who try to adapt their gear to a long hike. Weekend hiking and thru-hiking are different skill sets.

I've...

Funny!!!!!

EJC, I'm on the trail this year, have walked from Springer to Hot Springs so far, and I'm impressed with the caliber of hikers I've met. They are knowledgeable, friendly, and driven. In the hiking...

30 lbs isn't bad for a new thru-hiker, wish I had a comparable weight the first time I began a thru-hike.

This year, I started with 17 lbs, no food or water. I have everything I need and nothing...