Shelter Registers

[Mags]

how in the heck can anyone hike the PCT or CDT without registers and shelters every 10 miles? it must be horrifying

Truly terrible....

[Lone Wolf]

Truly terrible....

i mean, how are folks gonna know if joe bloe's hostel is closed or if suzy's market is out of ben & jerry's? i would NOT want to be in that situation.

[Monkeywrench]

I learned a couple of my best jokes reading shelter registers.

[buff_jeff]

used to be individual hikers would place them in there with an address to send to when full. now clubs hoard them for no reason. actually shelter registers belong no more than bibles or other stuff

Yeah, I was reading a register somewhere just north of Pearisburg and apparently a hiker packed it out and asked that it be sent to him when full, so he added his address to the register. A club member must have come back and crossed out his address and asked that it be redirected to them. I believe it was RATC, but I'm not sure.

[mrc237]

My typical register entry (when I bother) "EZ in EZ out"

[mrc237]

used to read 'em, used to sign 'em

Used to sleep in 'em too I'd bet and betcha you used to hang your food too!

[Mags]

CDT register in Pie Town, NM....






The best register was one in Lincoln, MT that went back to the late 70s!

IIRC, there were perhaps 6 or so registers I read on the CDT (not counting permit station ones).

[Tin Man]

Dang. I never considered that all those shelter register entries communicating where to party were for my safety.

[Dances with Mice]

registers don't belong in shelters

If shelters didn't have registers people would start writing in all those bibles.

[Tin Man]

If shelters didn't have registers people would start writing in all those bibles.

What bibles? I have rarely seen a bible in New England shelters. Must be one of them southern babtist things.

[Dances with Mice]

What bibles? I have rarely seen a bible in New England shelters. Must be one of them southern babtist things.

Heathens! You're all going to hell!

[Tin Man]

Heathens! You're all going to hell!

With all the other blue blazers.

[Dances with Mice]

With all the other blue blazers.

I bet your athiestic shelters don't even have snakes to handle.

[Tin Man]

I bet your athiestic shelters don't even have snakes to handle.

Since they are full of mice, I would guess not. I have seen snakes on the trail, plenty of times.

[Gray Blazer]

The shelters I saw this summer in NC/TN were a mess. Lotz of trash. Really disgusting. I packed a lot out, but, there was too much.

The Hermit of Little Bald maintains the Little Bald shelter log. I'm not sure what he does with it when it's full.

[rafe]

how in the heck can anyone hike the PCT or CDT without registers and shelters every 10 miles? it must be horrifying

Why not try one of those trails some day and find out for yourself. For a guy that never stays at shelters, you're awfully well versed in the do's and don'ts of shelter etiquette.

[Lone Wolf]

Why not try one of those trails some day and find out for yourself.

i have i've hiked quite a bit out west a LOT more than you ever will didn't see or use any shelters

[Hoop Time]

registers don't belong in shelters

If I recall from another thread, you would also say people don't belong in shelters!

By the way, it is my understanding a collection of registers will be part of the AT Museum when it is completed. If memory serves, they are actually working to acquire as many as they can because they often end up in a box in some storage room.

[Manwich]

Stay away from the shelters if you don't like what they have to offer.

Everybody seeks the trail for their own reasons and experience. Some are livid with the presence of shelters. Some (like myself) love staying at some shelters.

I don't use women's restrooms, so who the hell am I to complain about whats in them?

As I recall, its a "hike your own hike" world... i use the AT to get away from people telling me what to do... to preach to others about the way things should be is blasphemy.

[Lone Wolf]

By the way, it is my understanding a collection of registers will be part of the AT Museum when it is completed. If memory serves, they are actually working to acquire as many as they can because they often end up in a box in some storage room.

back in the day hikers would put them in shelters with an address to send to when full and promise some goodies in exchange. now the clubs have to have them.