From my few section hikes, I've noted very little info of value in the shelter logbooks. On my last hike, this past July, I never looked at one. I can see a thru hiker maybe gleaning some info about a trail friend that's a short ways ahead of them. But with email, online journals, cell phones, and you name it... are the shelter registers found to be useful any more? Personally, I saw a lot of garbage written in them, which is in part what turned me off even looking at one.


Just bored and thinking too much, as usual. 21 days until I ride the midnight train to GA!