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    • I don't recall seeing today's (8/27/2023) before. "What is this hostel called?"


      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Aug 27, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 539
      Total answers correct – 495
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • Today's was difficult! "Lets Not Talk" "Landscape and Nursery Technology".....

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Aug 28, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 540
      Total answers correct – 496
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd


      I've also not hiked the AT. But been reading and following along for 10 years so know some of the buildings. But buildings are difficult. I often state at the photo for some background clue, like a sign.
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Aug 29, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 331
      Total answers correct – 327
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

      I think MaxPatch has a picture of him, unless that was the third.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • rhjanes wrote:

      A great book.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Aug 31, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 543
      Total answers correct – 499
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Even my wife enjoyed that one.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Astro wrote:

      max.patch wrote:

      She was a bit of an entitled hiker when she started and it was refreshing that she kept that in rather than attempt to rewrite history.
      Why entitled?Because she went to Davidson, or attended Warren Doyle's training program?
      I don't know how where you go to school or whose training program you attend can make you an entitled hiker.

      But since you mentioned Doyle the first thing that struck me when I read the book is that the chapter when she started hiking is titled "Ineptitude" and she writes about her frustration about not knowing how to cook, clean, or hang her food. Yet she just finished a how to thru hike the AT course by Doyle. Interesting.

      Doyle markets hinself by stating "I've hiked the ENTIRE AT XXX times". The conclusion that most draw from that is that he is a backpacking guru. I know I did the first time I heard that. Do you know how many times he put on a backpack, started at one terminus, and hiked unassisted to other termininus? I'll wait...

      Zero.

      And yet he conducts a class on how to do just that.

      But enough about him.

      The first example I remember is when Jen arrives at shelter, it is full of weekenders, and raining. She thought it was unfair that weekenders -- who the next morning only have to walk 2 miles to their car where they can then drive home and get a warm shower -- get to use the shelter while she -- a thru hiker -- has to put up her tent in the rain and then get up the next morning and keep walking to the next town. Unfair!

      I've always rembered that passage as when I was in the SNP some weekenders arrived and started to set up in the shelter. One of the thru hikers that was already there told them that shelters were reserved for thru hikers only and told them they had to get out. I overheard this and told the weekenders he was full of schit and they were welcome to stay. First come first served.

      Somewhere else in the book she admits that she felt superior to weekenders and section hikers. And as shown in the link below, it took her half the trail for her to realize that was the wrong mindset to have.

      I have the utmost respect for Jen and she is one of the few "name" hikers that if I had the opportunity to meet I would certainly go out of my way to do so.

      Here's what Jen herself had to say about this...

      blueridgehikingco.com/becoming-odyssa-biggest-regret
      2,000 miler

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    • max.patch wrote:

      Astro wrote:

      max.patch wrote:

      She was a bit of an entitled hiker when she started and it was refreshing that she kept that in rather than attempt to rewrite history.
      Why entitled?Because she went to Davidson, or attended Warren Doyle's training program?
      I don't know how where you go to school or whose training program you attend can make you an entitled hiker.
      But since you mentioned Doyle the first thing that struck me when I read the book is that the chapter when she started hiking is titled "Ineptitude" and she writes about her frustration about not knowing how to cook, clean, or hang her food. Yet she just finished a how to thru hike the AT course by Doyle. Interesting.

      Doyle markets hinself by stating "I've hiked the ENTIRE AT XXX times". The conclusion that most draw from that is that he is a backpacking guru. I know I did the first time I heard that. Do you know how many times he put on a backpack, started at one terminus, and hiked unassisted to other termininus? I'll wait...

      Zero.

      And yet he conducts a class on how to do just that.

      But enough about him.

      The first example I remember is when Jen arrives at shelter, it is full of weekenders, and raining. She thought it was unfair that weekenders -- who the next morning only have to walk 2 miles to their car where they can then drive home and get a warm shower -- get to use the shelter while she -- a thru hiker -- has to put up her tent in the rain and then get up the next morning and keep walking to the next town. Unfair!

      I've always rembered that passage as when I was in the SNP some weekenders arrived and started to set up in the shelter. One of the thru hikers that was already there told them that shelters were reserved for thru hikers only and told them they had to get out. I overheard this and told the weekenders he was full of schit and they were welcome to stay. First come first served.

      Somewhere else in the book she admits that she felt superior to weekenders and section hikers. And as shown in the link below, it took her half the trail for her to realize that was the wrong mindset to have.

      I have the utmost respect for Jen and she is one of the few "name" hikers that if I had the opportunity to meet I would certainly go out of my way to do so.

      Here's what Jen herself had to say about this...

      blueridgehikingco.com/becoming-odyssa-biggest-regret
      Got it, the traditional "entitled thru hiker". :)
      I guess it has been over 10 years since I read the book and I forgot about that stuff (but still remembered the two other attributes).
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • LOL....Yep TVA......But so many people don't know history too much....and can't read a map unless their smart phone is telling them what to do next.....

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 2, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 545
      Total answers correct – 501
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      LOL....Yep TVA......But so many people don't know history too much....and can't read a map unless their smart phone is telling them what to do next.....

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 2, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 545
      Total answers correct – 501
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Just watch out for the bears. They had to tear down the shelter since I hiked by in 2013.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • To be fair the TVA does cross over into a lot of other states: NC, GA, VA, MS, AL, KY. Although only the first 3 are part of the AT.

      The idea for the TVA actually came from a proposal Henry Ford had for Muscle Shoals, AL. He was looking to replicate the village industries he had done in MI with hydroelectric dams. Congress turned him down, then took his idea and ran with it on a much larger scale.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Today's was on the origin of the term Appalachian. I didn't know it the first time I saw this question. But remembered it this time.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 3, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 546
      Total answers correct – 502
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      Today's was on the origin of the term Appalachian. I didn't know it the first time I saw this question. But remembered it this time.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 3, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 546
      Total answers correct – 502
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Still hate true/false. You can know the answer and still miss due to the use of a word or phrasing. :thumbdown:
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • I don't recall seeing today's question before. "Who signed the National Trails Act...'

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 4, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 547
      Total answers correct – 503
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      I don't recall seeing today's question before. "Who signed the National Trails Act...'

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 4, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 547
      Total answers correct – 503
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Previous version was what year.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • rhjanes wrote:

      50/50 guess and I got lucky.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 5, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 548
      Total answers correct – 504
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      They say sometimes better to be luck than good. ;)
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 6, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 339
      Total answers correct – 335
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

      Great book by great writer, just not that much of hiker. Movie for me was a big disappointment.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Astro wrote:

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 6, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 339
      Total answers correct – 335
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

      Great book by great writer, just not that much of hiker. Movie for me was a big disappointment.
      I've never read any of his other works. I laughed a lot at the first half. After that, I got tired of it. He accomplished his goal, if you see that he got enough material about hiking to fill a funny book. The movie was a disappointment but I don't think the book gave them enough material to fill 120 minutes. I've wondered about the people who were, perhaps, identifiable, so probably couldn't be used in the movie. Leaving the writers 30 minutes or more to "Fill", hence we have a Rocky Mountain brown bear, and falling (safely) off a "cliff" and......

      I commend Emilio Estevez who took Jack Witt's book about the Camino, wrote a screen play about a father and son and their differences and used the Camino as the backdrop. I read Jack's book after seeing "The Way" and IIRC, I found one item from the book that was used in the movie. At least without a major do-over of the event.
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • Speaking of "The Way" right now I have a friend who is hiking the Camino for the second year in a row.

      He hiked it last year with a male and a female friend; after 75 miles the female fell and broke her wrist and returned home to recover. He and his remaining friend finished the hike.

      She recovered, still wanted to do the hike, so about a week ago the 2 of them started again. So far so good. :)

      He's doing it staying in hotels rather than hostels. I like that option.

      He's legally blind but that really doesn't slow him down much.
      2,000 miler

    • Andrew McCarthy's book mentions a fellow trekker they ran into a few times. He was doing his 20th Camino!


      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 7, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 550
      Total answers correct – 506
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      Andrew McCarthy's book mentions a fellow trekker they ran into a few times. He was doing his 20th Camino!


      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 7, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 550
      Total answers correct – 506
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      The Warren Doyle or Baltimore Jack of the Camino. :)
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Better question, what is the highest point on the AT.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 9, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 342
      Total answers correct – 338
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Julez wrote:

      Since I just started my stats are only for 2 questions so far lol.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 9, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 2
      Total answers correct – 1
      Percentage answers correct – 50%
      Longest correct streak – 1
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      the good news is you only need 4 correct answers to beat my average.

    • Hate today's "Average" question. I almost just skipped it. Missed...

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 10, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – INCORRECT
      Total questions answered – 553
      Total answers correct – 508
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
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    • Probably most photographed spot on AT oher than Mt Katahdin.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Sep 11, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 344
      Total answers correct – 340
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General