Hi, I visit Raleigh from the UK maybe once or twice a year and was wondering what would be the quickest route to the AT if I was to hire a car from the...
Take Interstate 40 all the way over to the Smokies and pick up the trail near Clingmans Dome. I believe this is the quickest access from Raliegh. But it's...
... Easiest way---hop on Interstate 40 heading west......Go about 5 hours to the NC/TN line and that's where the AT crosses 40......One way goes into the...
Hi all. I'm going to be hiking the first part of the Smokies (Fontana to Newfound Gap) and was wondering what the temps would be like. I realize the Smokies...
... I posted something yesterday about directions and not sure why it didn't go through.... but, anyways, it's shorter to pick up the trail near Big Creek...
here's what i posted the other day.....not sure if it went through or not (i never saw it come through so i reposted) ... Easiest way---hop on Interstate 40...
I used to live right at the Raleigh Airport. It is about a 3 hour drive to Roanoke, VA. There are many good places to pick up the trail. From the airport you...
Last year I went to the Smokes in the third week of October and there was a good bit of snow and ice at the upper elevations, near the top of Clingman's Dome...
Give me a simple 2008 hiker list and a easy way to pass advice and notes to and from hikers. I hiked part of the PCT this year and I found most hikers used a...
I have a 3 piece, one person, ultralite titanium cookset for sale. The larger pot has been used once or twice but i bet you cannot tell the differnce in that...
For sale, MSR Dragonfly stove, maintenance kit, MSR trillium base, and MSR 11oz fuel bottle, all of these items are NEW and unused. These items about 3 years...
(full disclosure----I'm not the one offering this up for sale) Howdy... Can't remember which list someone was asking about acquiring a full set of the maps but...
Hi folks. As part of my backpacking experience, I have done the trek to Pico Duarte at Dominican Republic. I can assure you is a very nice one, of good stress...
Hey... I did that section about 3 years ago. Am happy to pass along any info I can. Maryland is a pretty stretch of ups and downs with views all about....
Recently, Adventure Magazine by National Geographic ranked its nine favorite wilderness towns and cites. America's Best and Top Ten added its favorite...
Hi everyone, I just joined this yahoo group. I did some hiking in high school and have meant to get back into it for 20 years. I finally have and I have the...
... Yeah.. a camera... definitely a camera. Not sure where you are starting, but Blood Mtn is only a mile or two from Mountain Crossings, AKA Neel's Gap, AKA...
... and ... have ... Woody ... around ... with ... that ... long ... Blood Mtn may be a little cold in November, but probably not that cold and probably free...
... and ... have ... Woody ... around ... over ... with ... that ... long ... Thanks guys, I'm going to really try to get up there. I appreciate the help. I ...
One of our original Chat Free or Die members has abruptly passed away. Deane Jones, better known to us as Moxie died Sept. 3, 2007. He completed the AT the...
Dear Moxie, You and I had "spoken" only twice, just 6 months before my attempted through hike last year. With all of the advice I had been given, one piece of...
Maroon Bells, Colorado take this year's Number 1 Spot: When the Aspens start turning, Maroon Bells is the place to be to see Colorado's Fall Foliage. Maroon...
Good day folks. Although I didnt know Moxie, as a Hiker, I ad myself to the sorrow. I can assure you that Moxie will live now on the land of those who ...
... the >>Smokies are so unpredictable anyway. While there's always a chance at colder weather in the Smokies in October, it should actually be rather...
... Yes, I was there the third week of October last year and it was in the teens at night at the higher elevations...I slept at Newfound Gap in my SUV and it...
