Gambit, congrats on your achievement! I'm in the same boat, working full time and taking care of a family. Section hiking is all I can do for the moment, but I'm retiring in 2022, and I'm planning on...
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Gambit, congrats on your achievement! I'm in the same boat, working full time and taking care of a family. Section hiking is all I can do for the moment, but I'm retiring in 2022, and I'm planning on...
Far out! Congrats!
Well, this section was really nice! Great views from Snowbird and Max Patch, leaves were a little past peak and all but gone in some places. We ended up staying at Brown Spring Gap the first night...
Not sure we can get to Max Patch day one. Going to have to start a little later in the morning. I'll look for those spots though. Sounds nice! Thanks for the info guys.
Hey all, happy election day! Celebrating the end of the election madness by hiking from the Pigeon River Bridge to Hot Springs at the end of the week. I've not done this section yet and wondered if...
Thanks Lester, appreciate the reply. I was about to commit to the tent, but may change my mind now.
Wow, OK, there's plenty of room at Icewater and Tricorner looks like. Thanks for the photos!
Yeah, would not want to go there unless I had no other choices. Thanks to all for the great info, especially Davenport shelter. The pics of that place do not look too inviting.
Great, thanks Gambit, appreciate the info. Do you think I'd be better off hammock hanging instead?
Planning to do the Newfound Gap to Pigeon River section in about 3 weeks, and pretty excited to be able to tent around the shelters instead of "sleep" with the mice inside. Not afraid of mice, but...
Thanks for the heads up. I've also heard from a friend who just did NFG to I40 that he had to go on the reservation web site at 2:00 AM in order to get a spot at the shelters he needed. He said that...
Hey, thanks all for the great info. I'll contact the Back Country Office and get the low down before I make a reservation.
Planning a hike from Newfound to Fontana in September, and I understand from other hikers I've talked to that they are requiring you to get a back country permit and reserve a specific shelter each...
Yes, just spoke with a friend of mine who is heading out there to do NFG to I40 in 3 weeks. His group had a hard time getting shelter reservations and had to make them at 2:00 AM in order to get a...
Excellent, thanks for the info. I've been wanting to get back out there and do the Smokies, but I've not been looking forward to sleeping in the shelters at all. Looks like now's my chance to tent!
I understand that the Smokies are open again, but is the AT thru the park open? If so, are the shelters closed? (and if so, can you hike thru without having to stay in the shelters?)
Thanks all for the info!
Thinking of doing a long weekend section of the Pinhoti in early spring. Does anyone here have any good suggestions for a 30-40 mile section that is fairly scenic? I've heard that the Cheaha...
That's a great section of trail.
I stayed there last year and this happened to another hiker's properly hung food bag. Those mice are really clever! They didn't touch my Ursack, but this guys lightweight bag was empty when he got up...
Hey, I hear you, especially the part about our western culture and a life over-filled with distractions. I will say that I enjoy the planning part of a section hike. I'm working full time managing a...
I found lots of good spots along the way in GA and NC. Guthooks and Awol both show the most heavily used locations, but there are many, many more.
Very interesting. I hadn't thought about it that way. I wear La Sportiva's on the trail, with superfeet green insoles (great by the way). What I wear off trail are good quality Dubarry deck shoes. I...
I thought it was at first, and treated it as such. I've had the problem three times now, and it really gives me fits for about a week, and then gets better. That does sound like gout, so that's one...
I've been having some pain in my right foot recently, specifically the base of the big toe. Has really limited my section hiking this year. Finally got it checked out by a good sports medicine ortho,...