Most dangerous part of the trail
Im planning a thru hike and im interested in hearing from those that have hiked all the way thru what are the more dangerous parts of the trail
People have been known to have hypothermia, dehydration, even frostbite on the trail.
But getting lost is probably more common.
Be careful above treeline in a whiteout.
That to me is probably the most dangerous.
Or else, getting wet along with all your clothes in a storm where you have nothign warm to put on. (if you kept your sleeping bag dry, you can still get into it naked and get warm)
If i had to pick an area where more of this extreme weather happens, it would be the whites and Maine.
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For me, the NOBO descent off of Mt. Moosilauke, with everything good and slicked up after a rain storm. Mostly, though, the AT is very tame.
Any of the balds or open, exposed mountain tops during lightning storms. Avoid the situation the best you can.
PA has the most trail murders
No murders have taken place on the AT north of PA.
All of them have been from PA south.
Darting across the parkway in New York is pretty bad.
Other than that, there are a few no-fall zones, disease-bearing ticks, lightning, heat and cold, and the ever-present danger of tripping over your own feet.
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Even though I have never thru hiked I have hiked a many a mile on the trail and in my opinion the most dangerous part of the trail is when you have gotten your confidence up and your hiking legs under you and your are just a rolling along that is when something is most likely to step up on you and kick you in the butt. Your guard is down and you think you are King Tutt and all at once boom!
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When you walk past me.....jk
I agree 100%. Duncannon is like a black hole for me. Once I go there I never want to leave.
The second most dangerous place is where ever you get off the trail aqnd return to conventional society. Do not go there whatever you do, it's fatal.
trail towns........
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The White Mountains have got to be the most dangerous stretch. Might be the most beautiful, too.
http://www.mountwashington.org/about.../surviving.php
Stubbing your toe walking around barefoot in motel rooms. Man, that hurts.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
Generally, the most dangerous part of the trail for you is whichever part you are on at that given moment......
Just sayin'.
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Would that be the safest part, also?
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
Nope......that would be the rest of the trail that you are not on.........
...or the part you just left.
"Why is it a penny for your thoughts, but you always have to put your two cents in?"
- Stephen Wright
HMMmmmmmm......so some people are admitting that there are dangerous parts of the trail? Would you mind repeating that on the hiking with a one year old thread?
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
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