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Lots of people go to Indepedence. (and hitch the 40 something miles to Bishop and resupply there) There isn't a large store in Independence, (or atleast there wasn't in 6/08) only a gas...

Ha ha! I guess so! Though, we did see him at the kickoff, but that was with a burger in his hand, not a pack on his back!

I also used the bear cannister loaner program, what a great service! That's the way I'd try to go if I ever did it again, but they only have so many to loan out per year, fyi.

I have the old ULA...

Clured - I went through 3 pairs of Hardrocks with no problems this past year. Though by the time we got to Agua Dulce and I put on my new pair of size 9s.......they were too small, so I ordered a...

Receive your first mail drop, or resupply for the first time?
Bought some food in Hiawasee, had we known how well stocked Neel's Gap was....we wouldn't have started with so much food. First maildrop...

A group of us stayed with them last year, very nice folks.

They have a huge platform for circle dancing, but we hit it on the wrong (or right :) ) night and there was no dancing to be found.
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does poison ivy count? :)

Knew of a few people who ended up with Lyme disease this past year, but that's about it.

Good luck!

I've driven a regular (low clearance) car down the road a couple times (but only as far as the AT crossing)
The times I've gone past AT Crossing, it was in a large truck and it involved one person...

carried my license, atm card, pre-paid phone cards, insurance card (while I was covered) and cash in a ziploc bag in the back pocket of my 1 pair of shorts, they were always on me or in my sleeping...

I measured out 1 cup of water, put it in my cooking pot and scratched a line as to where the "1 Cup mark" is.
Did the same for 2 Cups.
This way I'm atleast close to the right amount of water when...

I think it's the hikers who were in the "2005 hiker group"
I don't even know where to find a buddy list!!

I was rather suprised at how easily internet access was to find. Even when we were not expecting to find it...........internet everywhere!
3 days out from Springer (Neel's Gap) there was internet,...

We left Springer March 20 (05) and didn't see any flowers until we dropped down out of the Smokies. (about a week into April) It was amazing, we were walking along a small stream and I looked up and...

May sound like a pain, but each night........I would look at the photos taken that day on my camera, then on a piece of paper I wrote down the photo number and a quick description

(32. chickety...

Guidebook for the JMT!!! :banana

2003 LT hike, 12 days in a row of rain, then the sun came out, by that time I was half way through! Glad I wasn't hiking through that months and months on end..............yuck!!!

ha ha ha!

yes, I meant RAZOR!!! :D

I carried a light bic disposable for armpits (went through 2 the whole trail). Didn't shave my legs, some girls did.......I chose not to. It really wasn't that noticable. Up to you :)

1. Petzl tikka.......had it for years, works great.
2. Old pair of Komperdell's that I scored for $25 on REI-outlet, no shock absorber and they work fine.
3. Pur hiker...........which is now...

I left my car with my folks, my dad tried to keep up with it, driving it once or twice a week, but the brakes still had such bad rust build up (from sitting around the rest of the time) that the...

Highly recommend Hikerhostel.com
Great way to start any hike, wonderful people, great place to stay and convienent way to get to the trailhead!!!

I'm back to my job that I took the leave of absence from. Full time.

Missed the trail for awhile after we finished and couldn't decide what to do with ourselves and the days off, so we did what...

Abol Slide because a great friend of ours and his 10 yr old daughter suprised us on the summit and that is where his vehicle was parked!
I had never been up or down that "trail" before! I thought,...

Wasn't able to squeeze into Miss Janet's place this year on our hike because it's such a popular place........with good reason! But we saw her in town and she (of course), offered us and our...

I started with a pair of lightweight Montrail boots (gortex) and the soles on both boots broke by Damascus. (worn few times before trip)

Damascus - Delaware Water Gap - Montrail Hardrocks (brand...