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Hi all, we (Jeopardy and I) are looking to do a 2 week section hike in NJ/NY/CT/MA in early May (starting 5/3). We've thru'd before, and don't really care exactly where we start/end our hike...we're...

Sven and Uff-da here. We just finished our hike and are passing thru boston on our way back to the mid-west. Funds are low and lodging prices are HIGH in Boston. Wondering if anyway has some floor...

Word to your friends hiking now, or anyone who wishes...:)

Jeopardy and I are heading north in the morning (9/20/06) to have our 4th annual 'Magic in the Middle of Nowhere' hiker feed/get...

Although your theory may seem sound in your head, conditioning is very important to avoid injury, and weight plays a part. I think it is just as important as starting slow (my personal mantra to new...

Regardless of the number of times you've hiked the trail; unless you are a female solo hiker you will have no idea what the reality is. I don't care how many women you've spoken to, hiked with or...

I stayed at Shaw's a few weeks ago. The new owners are great, they've cleaned the place up nicely, replaced mattresses, painted and are just as hospitable as can be. Buddy is still doing the cooking...

A woman named Mr. T thru'd with an artificial hip in '04, against doctors advice if I remember correctly. She made it too! One tough little cookie.

Just so you are aware; the pictures you take with a cell phone camera are of such low quality and resolution that you cannot get a decent 4x6 print off of them. Buy a cheap digital camera and you'll...

Almond Joy and his girlfriend Mounds.


It was so funny because people would start laughing about a minute after they were introduced...once they started singing the jingle in their head. I don't...

I've had Girardiasis twice now. The first time I got it was in Maine, on the trail. I don't know exactly where because you don't get sick right away when you get it. Thinking back, hygiene wasn't...

In 2001 we spent close to $10,000 on our thru-hike. We had a grand time, took 6 and 1/2 months, had about 30 zero days and don't regret a thing. My feeling was that this was probably the only time in...

Kittery Trading Post in Kittery, Maine (just across the border from Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is holding a seminar for thru-hikers this coming weekend.
I have no association with this event, I was...

Who is more likely to ask innane questions day after day? Questions that do little to aid or contribute to the thru-hiking community? Who is more likely to stir the pot just for the sake of stirring?...

"...I can't believe that someone would suggest a dog couldn't do an AT thru hike. They can handle it better than we can, and don't have to carry as much weight. Any working-type dog should be fine,...

The patch is another alternative your doctor might reccommend, but I found that it doesn't stick on sweaty dirty thru-hikers (don't believe the commercials). So, I wouldn't go buying six month's...

Has anyone on Whiteblaze thru-hiked the SHT (Superior Hiking Trail)? If so, can you PM me?
Thanks,
java

Does anyone have a May 2005 back issue of Backpacker they'd be willing to part with? If so, I'll pay postage.
Thanks, java

Hi, does anyone know if there is a campsite and/or stealth spot just after you cross the dirt road and then the inlet to Moxie Pond. This would be North of Caratunk after crossing over Pleasant Mt. ...

My vote for worst privy on the entire trail, absolutely disgusting.
Great shelter though, got there in a rainstorm last year and slept on the ground under the overhang. Only one person stepped on...

If you're considering these for a thru-hike keep in mind that your camp shoe is often your town shoe. I'm not sure I'd want to be traipsing around town in socks, plus, I doubt if you could even go...

My cheapie Sierra Designs Rosa has two adjustable nylon straps attached to it that keep me on my thermarest no problem. I'm a restless sleeper and they've worked great for me. No sign of them ripping...

The Barefoot Sisters (Isis and Jackrabbit) yo-yo'd in 2000-01.

How Dense? Dense.

Which photo? One during the Flash thingy is mine, but maybe you're talking about the one in the bottom left?

I would think it was a Fisher Cat. Not actually a cat, but dark brown/black and has a bushy tail. Rather common in Maine.
I think we had a thread on them a few months ago.