Hi For those interested, BackpackGearTest.org has completed the following product tests during January 2006. These tests are undertaken for no monetary gain by...
We maintain a website to help Appalachian Trail hikers find parking/access areas. For years we have been collecting data for just PA. Over the years we have...
With fewer than 47 days until we head south to Georgia, we've finally got our website up and running - we're going to be updating the site frequently with...
Good luck with your hike Ron! I've had really good taste results doing my own dehydrating. I use one regular size jar of "Traditional" Ragu, and add one can...
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I was wondering if anyone from Pa has ever ate the freezed dry food ya just add water to on there hikes. I plan on hiking the AT this spring from Wind Gap Pa...
... food ya ... spring ... ya ... Rick, there's a "lighttrailfood" yahoo group you may want to consider joining. Enertia Foods is a favorite as are Mountain...
thank you very much Ron. I'll check into that Live for today,Tomorrow will come soon enough. Rick [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Has anyone ever been to or heard of Ahjamawi Lava Springs State Park in Northern California, near McArthur (about 50 miles NE of Lassen Park)? I hadn't heard...
Miraculously, we found both Timbered Crater and Ahjumawi Lava Springs, State Park despite note of the access roads being in any way marked. We actually was...
Hmmm...replying to my own post. Seems a little pathetic. Oh well. I notice that one of this group's objectives is to discuss the Pacific Crest Trail. When I...
Hi Art, I hiked the entire PCT in 2000 and 2001, not a thru hike because it was in two long sections, taking 14 months. That trail is so fantastic, the only...
Exactly. And thanks for your comments. That's why the newspaper's paraphrasing of my statement was so grossly inaccurate. It's not a question of "good" trail...
It being a beautiful spring day in the low 70's, my fiance and I decided to go to the hot springs at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, about 200 miles...
was a two mile trek into the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness, from the South Umpqua River side. The biggest lake in the wilderness, Fish Lake (Original Name,...
Rainy day and what a great way to waste it at work reading all of your 75pg journal. Very descriptive and wonderful insight. I actually copied it for my father...
Hello, new to the group, nice to come across a board that discusses both the PCT and the AT! I actually live in New Zealand but have done a few thru-hikes,...
... Thanks Art, An interesting post, and a good example of how things can go wrong in the blink of an eye! Most of my hiking has been done alone, mainly...
... Not done the PCT or the AT, but have had a similar experience on the short (seven day) Cape to Cape Track here in Western Australia. Only felt I was away...
I've hiked both the PCT and AT, the PCT being first. So, it did seem like the AT was "busy" in the southern states, but also, starting in March you'll...
... Hi George We have had this discussion recently on the Yahoo! group Aushiker. You might want to have a look at Roger Caffin's perspective as published in...
... Hello Andrew, Those are interesting comments - I seem to experience the exact opposite - I'm always glad of my boots when plunging through thick ...
... like the AT was ... encounter spring ... Hello Brawny, Thanks for the comments. I guess the two trails (PCT/AT) are two different kinds of experience but...
Hi George, I've never heard of anyone getting sick from trail magic. I ate brownies freely at one shelter, homemade and wonderful, and most of the other stuff...
I have a PCT story that I like. Years ago I was hiking on the PCT, in the middle of the huge Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. I had hiked into a...
I think that the people that are doing "trail magic" are like minded folk.....I really don't think (although it could happen) people are out doing trail magic...
Boz; Thanks for the kind note. I started very overweight and of course over 60 years old. I didn't mention it in my journal but I also suffer from Asthma and...
