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Quote from twistwrist: “Welcome Ontario! I'm all about the train of thought you should enjoy your journey, not rush to meet a destination or deadline out there. Twenty miles per day is quite ambitious and really means you leave little time to stop and enjoy the moment, the views, the camping, the camaraderie, or the solitude. The sound of silence from the top of a mountain is magically beautiful. The smell of spring wildflowers is a scent that is worth not blowing past. The feel of the earth bel…

Thanks so much for everyone’s input! I really appreciate you guys taking the time with the new guy The 97 miles I am referring to came from this site: appalachiantrail.org/home/expl…e-by-state/north-carolina Now I see that it’s actually 95.7 miles haha. Anyway, the tough part is that it isn’t really easy for me to find out what exactly what their definition of that 95.7 is. My buddy is a pretty ambitious guy, and we both like a good challenge. We both like the idea of being able to walk it all, …

Hello everyone, A friend and I are planning on hiking the North Carolina portion of the AT in July. He lives in NC, and I’ll be flying down from Canada. From what I understand the trail is 97 miles and camping permits are not required. It’d be nice to see some of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park, but it would the rules for sleeping in designated shelters unless the shelter is full seems a little more strict than I’d like. That said, the NC portion was our priority anyway. One of the thin…