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What's you hiking experience and gear set up? Doing half the trail in that period would require 17 miles per day. That would take a pretty strong hiker. A typical thru hike is at a pace of something like 13 mpd (that includes time for resupply stops). So at that pace, you could hike about 900 miles from June 3 to mid Aug. If you wanted to hike the north "half" and end at Katahdin, that would have you starting at Delaware Water Gap (PA/NJ line). Goung south, you could start at Swift Run Gap in SN…

Quote from IMScotty: “Very interesting. ” Here's and article for further reading. theguardian.com/world/2018/sep…r-helicopter-rescue-scams

Hello Stinkfinker. Welcome to the Café! New members get a dancing banana. Before getting to your question, let me suggest you go to the General Hiking forum and introduce yourself on the Introduce Yourself thread. We have other teachers here (I'm a nearly retired chemistry professor). Perhaps you could explain your name. Is that a trail name? On second thought, maybe we don't want to know what you may have done to earn the name Stinkfinger As for where to LASH on the AT starting in early June, I…

As we are discussing helicopter rescue and insurance, it made me think of a scam that was taking place in Nepal recently. Guides leading commercial trekking groups into the Himalayas would plan an itinerary that would be almost guaranteed to give most people altitude sickness (headaches, nausea). As soon as the clients have a symptom, the guide tells them they need to be rescued. A helicopter comes and takes them to a hospital in Kathmandu where they do a bunch of tests and hold them for observa…

I agree the Garmin plan sounds like a good deal assuming you are using one of their devices (I have an In Reach Mini v2, I assume that is included) and on a domestic hike.

Quote from LIhikers: “what's a Betelgeuse ? ” Betelgeuse is the 10th brightest star in the sky. It is the top-left star in the constellation Orion. It is a red giant that will probably go supernova in a few hundred thousand years. Last night a large asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupitor passed right in front of Betelgeuse, blocking its view for about six seconds. It's like a solar eclipse, but with an asteroid and star instead of sun and moon. Because they are so far away and ap…

Tonight we had a once in a lifetime celestial event when Betelgeuse was occluded by a passing asteroid. Unfortunately, in Michigan it was occluded by clouds.

Quote from rhjanes: “...Found Climbing above 5000 M is High Risk (HR), so is sky diving, base jumping, Free Climbing, all sorts of stuff. Hiking is not listed as HR. $39.99 a year. Is that a fair price? Seems very reasonable. ” I've researched this before but didn't know about the Garmin plan. For comparison, some adventure world travelers use Global Rescue, which is not insurance but an actual rescue company. You get injured, you call them, they come get you, anywhere, any time. No fee, no clai…

If I get to do a multi week section. I'll just use the pdf version of the Companion that I now own, printing the pages I need.

maybe he will do it the "right way" and avoid all shelters, hostels, hotels, restaurants, hiker feeds, shuttles, and trail angels, so there will be no interactions.

When I see this thread, all I can think is "Who knew there were so many mountains in Connecticut?"

Quote from max.patch: “Calvin goes on a hike. scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v…3DRoe5qyEHeyw&oe=65755F92 ” This is why I hate the aphorism "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." Without some risk assessment, this is advice is useless.

Many were bad, but some of the comments also show a degree of ignorance, like the people who thought the bear wanted to break into a car so it could eat the passengers.

great trip

I just started reading Trail of the Lost by Andrea Lankford, a former park ranger, who used her experience as a wilderness LEO to investigate the unresolved disappearances of three PCT hikers.

Quote from odd man out: “I think I have complained about this before ... A receiver runs down the field with the defender running close behind (pretty good coverage). The ball is thrown behind the defender. The receiver stops and collides with the defender who, running at full speed, could not possibly stop in time to avoid the collision. Defensive pass interference is called. ... ” See my previous post for the complete rant. It just happened again in GA vs AL. Even the announcer says "I hate th…

Quote from odd man out: “The Pogues sound familiar. I may have seen them before, but I'm not sure. We've been to quite a few Irish Music festivals. I will have to ask Mrs OMO. She would know. ” She has heard of them but doesn't think we've seen them. We have a CD.

Quote from IMScotty: “... He can never lose an argument this way... ” Unless you've studied rhetorical logical fallacies.

Quote from Astro: “Not all Facebook groups are equal.by any means. The Colorado Trail Thru-hikers is one of the better ones, probably thanks to Bill Manning. ” The Isle Royale group is pretty good too. They had a great forum for years but activity there seems to be shifting to FB. It's bit surprising that they had such an active on line group given IR is the least visited NP outside AK. Kind of like us. A small group of dedicated followers.

The Pogues sound familiar. I may have seen them before, but I'm not sure. We've been to quite a few Irish Music festivals. I will have to ask Mrs OMO. She would know.