trying to make lemonade from these Lemons, I started playing around with the database here in this group. I added a Shelter Preferences data thing. Click on...
Also added some photos this morning. If anyone would like to see some tents Rainmaker and I designed, or some photos of our PCT hike, they are in the photo...
Several weeks ago, a very large dead Oak tree fell across the AT between Blue Ridge Gap and Bly Gap in Georgia. It fell across a sidehill section of trail....
... Check your ATC Companion and look for one or more of the hostels listed. Email or write them and ask if they would like your paperbacks for their hiker...
Hey All... For spring break next week, Myself and three other buddies are going to the AT in Great Smokys... My plan calls for us starting at Newfound Gap Road...
Traft, Plenty of parking at Newfound Gap. Of course you must register at Visitors center/Rangers' station. You also have to reserve shelters, unless policy...
That's cool.. I made the reservations already.. but me being a slow one and having a dozen things on my mind,I frogot to ask about parking... Thank you for...
Hi All Yahoo! on their groups website @ http://groups.yahoo.com/ have a service announcement indicating that Yahoo! groups will be off-line for "scheduled...
Hi everyone, I am a 40 y/o white male, been hiking all my life and am very experienced (check out my web site: www.geocities.com/adventureous_one) and am...
Hi Folks I am interested in hearing from people who have had experience with a Katadyn Mini Filter. There is one on offer here in Perth for AUD95. The guy...
Howdy! My name is Dave Shindle, trailname Elwood Blues (hiked with my brother Warren Shindle as the Blues Brothers)on our 1986 GA to ME AT thruhike. Was then...
Hello, My name is David Rutherford, my friends call me Opie. I am a 42 year old white male and I live in Atmore, Alabama. I have only made a few short hikes...
we're leaving in the end of august to do 700 more miles on the at trail. we're starting where we left off in bland va.there is just 2 of us but could always...
... Hi David, my name is Erik Douglas. I live in Brewton. I am part of an organization called Alabama Hiking Trail Society. We are a state wide group of trail...
Just returned from a great hike to Old Rag Mountain, Shenandoah National Park. This area is so impressive I've already decided to return this fall. For the...
hi thanks for the info. sounds like an AWESOME place to hike at. so, where about is this place? yes it sounds like something i would really enjoy..Thanks ...
I backpacked Old Rag a few years ago in the spring. The views were amazing. We found out the hard way, though, that none of the springs listed on the map on...
I have only seen a few folks utilize a hammock on the AT (assuming you are speaking of using it on a Thru-Hike). I have the Clark Jungle UltraLight which...
Dear Readers, More and more people are talking about the "Delegation" system. This is a beautiful concept that combines the real meaning of Democracy - rule of...
There is nothing wrong with the system we have now if people would just get involved and vote. If a person is too lazy to get out from behind the pc and go...
A bear at Springer Mtn. has figured out how to defeat the cable food hanging system at the shelter. Apparently, it just bounces the cables until the food bags...
Hi While not a direct answer to your question, if you are interested in hammocks, Backpacker Gear Test (BGT) is doing a lot of testing of hammocks. Just click...
I thought some members might be interested in this upcoming Web chat. It's with Ellen Wolfe - the first woman thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail in 1997. She...
