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Quote from Mountain-Mike: “After several hours of clicking I have delorme pdf topos of the trail! . From a blog I read they are usefull but in some plces overgrown or inaccurate. Not to much of a concern. I know I can navigate with map & compass. ” so june '16? from what i've read, map and compass is a given.it looks like beginning of june gives you the best shot, unless its a late spring. the maps in the guidebook are pretty crude.

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"On Aug. 14, Keith Taylor (letter, “Why are Baxter officials hostile to park visitors?”) shared his frustrations from a visit to Baxter State Park to pick up his son, who had just completed the Appalachian Trail. In my 36 years of visiting the park, I have always felt welcome, and not once have I experienced hostility — or anything other than friendliness — from a staff member. I have observed, however, that an increasing number of visitors think the rules apply to everyone else, but not themsel…

" A young black bear that nibbled the leg of a Connecticut hiker last week was shot dead by wildlife officials on Wednesday, drawing criticism from some who believed the hiker intentionally approached the bears to film them. Stephanie Rivkin posted videos of the bear encounter on her Facebook page, including a video of one bear displaying signs of agitation and coming close enough to nuzzle her leg. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection stated that the bear, which had been …

okay, so it looks like i'll be starting with violet on oct 4th from abol bridge.i'll be out for two weeks, violet for 9 days. my "plan" is to hike to stratton,over the bigelows but this hike is not about the miles ,its about the smiles.we'll take our time thru the 100 mile, with a food drop planned for jo mary rd. tentatively, the plan is for us to meet in monson on sat 10/3,drop violets car at kiw rd near gulf hagas, and leave mine in monson, have shaw's shuttle us up to abol bridge. the rest o…

Quote from TrafficJam: “Quote from Rasty: “Quote from TrafficJam: “He went missing but his parents were sending him stuff. Something ain't right. ” he was missing to one part of his family. ” yeah, the most important part it sounds like...his children. Sorry, wounded warrior or not, the guy is a jerk for doing that. ” i'll suspend judgement. ptsd is not something we understand fully yet.

appalachiantrail.com/20150903/…on-the-appalachian-trail/ "I’m Alive everybody. I folded. I’m on the greatest adventure of my life. Sell my belongings and give what you can get to Alissa. My car is at Tanyard Gap, near Hot Springs, NC. Maybe it’s still there. I’m not a religious man but something is guiding me. I’m surviving my way. Rest easy old friends. I’m doing good things. I protect. I’m out everyone. I got a lot of preparing to do, winter will set in soon."

labor day is the american equivalent of international workers day, essentially celebrating unions and the american worker. this labor day, we should all look to support a living wage and increasing the minimum wage, as well as a single payer universal health care system workers of the world unite!! glad you brought it up

hes suffering from ptsd and is walking off the war

Quote from Mountain-Mike: “over 1,000 miles. Only 4 towns close by. Both terminus in EBF. Guidebook wriiten in 1990, trail journal 2009. Sounds crazy! I'm in! Start mid June & finish early Sept. Use Lodges, ranger stations & outfitters for supplies. Renew subscription to alltrails to downlosd maps & print. Planning should give me something to do over the winter. I think with this trail one needs a plan. Of course first step on the trail it will go to crap, but not something that you can just "wi…

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Quote from Astro: “Hey USPS is owned by us (USA citizens), we could use the increased revenue. ” socialist!

itll bring out more clueless weekenders getting lost( no offense ak, not talking about you)on their great adventure.

Quote from Rasty: “Quote from OzJacko: “Quote from Rasty: “Quote from OzJacko: “In my state we have 2.5 million people in nearly 1 million square miles. But 79% live in the city of Perth. If a shot is fired at an empty house or parked car or anything else "inappropriate" it is uncommon enough to make the tv news. The shot doesn't even have to be at someone. ” Does Australia have huge gangs? I'm talking about gangs with memberships in the 5000+ rang. ” Obviously numbers don't match yours but we h…

Quote from Rasty: “Quote from hikerboy: “Quote from Rasty: “Quote from OzJacko: “Australia 28 million USA 324 million What difference does that make? I quoted per 100,000 stats. The bulk of our gun related deaths are suicides. A disproportionate amount amongst our farmers who are most likely to own a gun. Where you need to try and curb guns is the amount of handguns and heavy weaponry. Hunting guns you need to educate people better in safety to cut down on accidents. Perhaps put a 1000% tax on a…

Quote from Rasty: “Quote from OzJacko: “Australia 28 million USA 324 million What difference does that make? I quoted per 100,000 stats. The bulk of our gun related deaths are suicides. A disproportionate amount amongst our farmers who are most likely to own a gun. Where you need to try and curb guns is the amount of handguns and heavy weaponry. Hunting guns you need to educate people better in safety to cut down on accidents. Perhaps put a 1000% tax on ammo to encourage more prudent trigger pul…

Quote from Da Wolf: “Xmas eve 98. me and Pirate were campin' at Juniper Springs NF campground in Ocala NF, Fla. shopped early in the day for Xmas day dinner. steaks, taters, corn on cob. spent the night at a biker bar down the road then went back to our site and listened to Xmas songs around the fire. hit the rack around 2300. pirate in a tent, me in my PU truck. the cooler with the steaks and beer were by my tailgate. 'bout a half hour later i hear the cooler open, assumed pirate was gettin' a …

Quote from JimBlue: “Quote from hikerboy: “you know its funny no where in this thread has anyone suggested taking peoples guns away from them what is being suggested is trying to find ways to reduce the amount of gun violence in this country which is totally unacceptable ” I have no problem with weapons of all types, not just guns, beng kept out of the hands of crazies. Funding for keeping people who are dangerous to themselves and others was cut years ago. And the stupid claim that if one perso…

Quote from JimBlue: “The 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with gun violence. It was put in place to make sure the right of citizens to defend themselves. The police are not required to defend us. Also its there due to them living in Europe and England, where private individuals couldn't defend themselves. They weren't allowed to keep arms. I've never owned a gun. I've never shot anyone at anytime. Australia: 28 million people United States: 324 million Also understand that many gangs shoot at eac…