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Virginia is over 500 miles long so you'll have plenty of solid choices to hike. This is what comes readily to mind: The VA Triple Cown is a 30+ mile loop that takes you past Tinkers Cliffs, Dragons Tooth, and McAfee Knob. McAfee Knob is probably the most photographed site on the entire AT. I hiked this years ago with my wife before someone dubbed it the "Triple Crown". Note that the parking area near McAfee is closed until later this year. Google can tell you parking options. Damascus is probabl…

Sorry Trillum... Caitlin Clark is insane. I really really hope that Iowa faces Conneticutt and Paige Bueckers in the NCAA Tourney. youtube.com/watch?v=UM3so0YTvhE

Quote from max.patch: “ As long as I'm on this topic, given that Michigan was given a pass and is in the CFP, the committee made the correct decision between Alabama and FSU. ” 63-3. The committee was right. This should shut up the annoying FSU fans. It won't though.

Blood Mountain, the highest point on the AT in GA (4,461 ft) got it yesterday. scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v…SLF-hZkBfO5KQ&oe=65961FFC

Got around the TOS ban via Google. Haven't (re)read it yet; noticed that the author of the report eventually joins the discussion. whiteblaze.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-74049.html

Who needs TOS when ya got Google? Found this. backpacker.com/stories/people/…2C288%2Dfeet%20high%20Mt.

Quote from rhjanes: “Gene Espy was also listed....was he the first person to thru hike the AT two time? ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Dec 30, 2023 ⛺ My answer today was – CORRECT Total questions answered – 664 Total answers correct – 612 Percentage answers correct – 92% Longest correct streak – 53 hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd ” No but some people say he was the first to thru hike. Somehere on TOS is an expose from (IIRC) an attorney from PA who claims Shaffer cheated. He claims the pictures h…

Quote from StalkingTortoise: “Last spring, I hiked from Stecoah Gap to Fontana Dam to link up my sections south of the Smokies and the southern half of the Smokies. Since my hiking partner Smoking Sox was laid up with his knee injury, I was ahead of him (from a mileage standpoint) for the first time in 20 years. 16.1 miles. I called Sox the other day with some bad news. Although the AT got one mile shorter, the trail between the Fontana Marina and the Dam actually got 0.1 miles longer. So now So…

In extreme Northeast Georgia (think AT near the NC border) they are calling for possible snow tonight from 1/10 to 1/2 inch. Not much but it's a start for those 1/1 hikers. Where I'm at the highs have decreased from the mid 60s to the mid 40s over the past few days with absolutely no chance of that nasty white stuff.

I didn't remember the cathedral either, but the way the question is asked there could only be one possible answer.

Quote from LIhikers: “How about weather? If it's too hot or too cold it makes it harder for me. Heat has more affect on me than the cold. Mid 60s is ideal for me. Of course then there's wind, rain, and snow. ” Good one. When I'm in Arizona and its 112 degrees in the afternoon you really need to be starting at daybreak and be done by lunch. When the temp is 110 literally walking from the car to Costco is all I want to do.

Easy... Just divide each choice by 16 and the answer is obvious.

Yesterday was a great day for a hike; 64 degrees. (Well, until I finished and discovered I locked my keys in the car. Luckily I was at Kennesaw Mountain which is only 1.5 miles from home.) Today not so much; 60 degrees but raining all day. I did earn another Fitbit badge yesterday. The Earth badge. I have now walked 7,900 miles through the earth to the other side somewhere in China I suppose. Looking forward to earning the "Hiking the Earths Circumference" badge in a few more years.

Is your planned hike Easy, Strenuous, or somehere inbetween? Here's an easy way to find out... I knew there was a reason to learn how to calculate square root in elementary school. nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how…ine-hiking-difficulty.htm As a numbers guy I appreciate the effort that went into this.

There are a lot of reasons why starting at AFSP is preferable. None of which involve tourism.

I'm amused by the people who for some reason think January 1 is a great time to start a thru.

Until it gets moved to AFSP.

lol, they're going to keep serving that question up until we accept it.

You mentioned you are not close to the AT. You can fly into Atlanta and get a shuttle to Springer. We can give you suggestions if this is what you want to do. If you drive to Georgia you can also park in the long term parking area at Amicalola State Park during your hike for (last time I checked) $50. The 8 mile approach trail starts here. If I was going to do a 500 mile or so hike I'd make it Springer to Damascus (470 miles). Damascus is a hiker friendly town, and while there is no public trans…

That has to be in the top 10 of pictures aspiring thru hikers take.