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    Default Appalachian Trail is one step closer to Alabama

    “Only two things are infinite; The universe and human stupidity,
    And I’m starting to wonder about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

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    Now all you gotta do is get the Georgia folks to pitch in and close the gaps. When they're not too busy making up stories of dopers racing up the trail to kill us all.

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    Very true, U-Bolt.

    The Alabama Pinhoti is very walkable already. It's good news that more will be off private land, but they are a long way from the AT! The GA Pinhoti has so much road walking! Being a GA boy myself, I hope things get put on private land, but those ole boys are hard to budge. One, day though... deligence pays off! Good news, thanks for sharing

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    Quote Originally Posted by veteran
    Article says there are thousands and thousands on the trail each year? Is that accurate?
    "Just trying to keep life simple."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chappy
    Article says there are thousands and thousands on the trail each year? Is that accurate?
    Several thousand attempt a thru-hike. 3-4 million use the trail annually in one form or another. The vast majority are day hikers.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tha Wookie
    The GA Pinhoti has so much road walking!
    There are (2) road walks on the GA Pinhoti. One is from Cave Spring, GA to Rome, GA (about 25 miles) and the other is from Dalton, GA to Chattsworth, GA (about 20-25 miles). There is a significant amount of trail on the ground in both the Armuchee District of the Chattahoochee NF and the Cohutta District. The GA Pinhoti Trail Association is actively working on moving the trail off the roads. They need your help however. Please checkout their website and consider joining them.
    http://www.georgiapinhoti.org/index.shtml

    Thanks!
    Jeffrey Hunter
    'All my lies are always wishes" ~Jeff Tweedy~

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    Default Volunteers connect Pinhoti, Appalachian trails


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    Yup, a 1750 acre parcel at the AL/GA was recently acquired. Volunteers are already out cutting sidehill in order to connect the two states together. This is good news!
    'All my lies are always wishes" ~Jeff Tweedy~

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    Thumbs up I like these guys already! :)

    The trail-building crew sure seems to have a good attittude about the native wildlife!

    "On one occasion, all work ceased. Forward working groups and detail groups from behind met to see what caused the commotion between them. It was the biggest rattlesnake I had ever seen. He lay stretched out in curves, his rectangular head up and his forked tongue anxiously sensing his surroundings. He was thick - not bulging as if he had just ingested his dinner, but thick, strong and muscular from head to rattles. Except for the tongue, he lay motionless, almost perfectly concealed by his natural camouflage."

    "Eventually, we ambled away. Within minutes, the snake had disappeared. Seeing him made us wary, especially since a whole crew had passed by without noticing him. We saw, too, that the snake did not want to attack; he wanted to be left alone. In the woods, that's fair enough. "

    quoted from the linked news article

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