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    • BillyGr wrote:

      Hmm, the White Mountains are in what state, now? ;)

      rhjanes wrote:

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 8, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 489
      Total answers correct – 449
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
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      Not in the Whites......Not in Texas.....or Ohio.
      That was a comment on the Lakes of the Clouds Hut, VT (which is kind of a strange abbreviation for New Hampshire) ;)

    • New question for me.
      Shug from Hammock Hangers, would be Unicycle. I thought it was break-dancing...

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 13, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 494
      Total answers correct – 454
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      New question for me.
      Shug from Hammock Hangers, would be Unicycle. I thought it was break-dancing...

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 13, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 494
      Total answers correct – 454
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      That was first thought too, never seen this one before. :rolleyes:
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 15, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 298
      Total answers correct – 295
      Percentage answers correct – 99%
      Longest correct streak – 261
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

      Based upon the questions, I guess a theme of the AT could be many rivers run through it.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • Yep, and it seems lately there are some new rivers that were not there before.....in Vermont.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 15, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 496
      Total answers correct – 456
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      Yep, and it seems lately there are some new rivers that were not there before.....in Vermont.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 15, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 496
      Total answers correct – 456
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Probably one or two in NY as well (the section around West Point).

    • BillyGr wrote:

      rhjanes wrote:

      Yep, and it seems lately there are some new rivers that were not there before.....in Vermont.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 15, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 496
      Total answers correct – 456
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Probably one or two in NY as well (the section around West Point).
      Hopefully it will all clear up soon and get back to normal.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • My coin tosses saved me... Not been to any of these places as I don't think they are in Texas.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 17, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 498
      Total answers correct – 458
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      My coin tosses saved me... Not been to any of these places as I don't think they are in Texas.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 17, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 498
      Total answers correct – 458
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 48
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Interesting memories of this place. Summer of 2015 my longest LASH on the AT of nearly 7 weeks. So I was hiking with a lot of thru-hikers (especially after I got rid of the sling and went back to 2 poles). The guy I walked in with around lunch time wanted me go with him to a tavern, but I told I was craving a big salad and sandwich wanted to go to a healthier little cafe. Went into AT regional headquarters building for a few minutes and when I came out ran into another thru and told him where I was going to eat and he passed. Said he had been a vegetarian for a few years and was really craving meat and went to the Italian restaurant.

      Saddest part is later found out that the first guy quit and went home that day. Thought maybe if I went with him perhaps I could have encouraged him to hang in there since over halfway. But in the end I know it was his decision, and all I may have done is prolong it for another day.

      Happy ending for me is ended 20 mile day in Carlisle at a hotel with a hiker special rate. :)
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • I broke my old "Longest Correct Streak" today..... "Very good, here's a cookie..."

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 18, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 499
      Total answers correct – 459
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 49
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • rhjanes wrote:

      Read the sign for a good hint.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 22, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 503
      Total answers correct – 463
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      The rivers always help me more than the gaps.
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General

    • I really liked the question I got today, they used the actual correct answer and I bet that's going to piss someone off. :D

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 23, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – CORRECT
      Total questions answered – 1
      Total answers correct – 1
      Percentage answers correct – 100%
      Longest correct streak – 1
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
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      Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.

    • I knew it and still missed it. Stopped my consecutive streak again....Oh well. Fun stuff.

      ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – July 23, 2023 ⛺
      My answer today was – INCORRECT
      Total questions answered – 504
      Total answers correct – 463
      Percentage answers correct – 92%
      Longest correct streak – 53
      hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd
      Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork

    • max.patch wrote:

      Sarcasmtheelf wrote:

      I really liked the question I got today, they used the actual correct answer and I bet that's going to piss someone off. :D
      I don't want to take anything away from her acomplishment, but I can make the point that the answer they gave is actually incorrect.
      Who are you thinking of? To the best of my knowledge, this was the order of things:

      1939 - Mary Kilpatrick becomes the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail through a series of section hikes.
      1952 - Mildred Ryder, hiking with a male partner becomes the first woman to thru hike the trail.
      1955 - Emma Gatewood becomes the first woman to complete a solo thru hike.
      Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.

    • Sarcasmtheelf wrote:

      max.patch wrote:

      Sarcasmtheelf wrote:

      I really liked the question I got today, they used the actual correct answer and I bet that's going to piss someone off. :D
      I don't want to take anything away from her acomplishment, but I can make the point that the answer they gave is actually incorrect.
      Who are you thinking of? To the best of my knowledge, this was the order of things:
      1939 - Mary Kilpatrick becomes the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail through a series of section hikes.
      1952 - Mildred Ryder, hiking with a male partner becomes the first woman to thru hike the trail.
      1955 - Emma Gatewood becomes the first woman to complete a solo thru hike.
      First, what's the definition of a thru hike? Here's the traditional definition, taken from Wingfoots 2003 Thru-Hiker's Handbook:

      "Thru-Hiker is traditionally a person who is attempting to become a 2,000 miler in a single, continuous journey by putting on a backpack, leaving from one terminus of the Trail, and hiking essentially unassisted to the other terminus."

      Peace Pilgrim did a flip flop thru hike. (GA to PA and the ME to PA.) A flip flop by definition does not hike terminus to terminus. So is a flip flop a thru? Most people would say "yes" but I'm not going to argue with someone who says "no".

      Moving on, but still on topic, is a pet peeve I have with the ATC. For years the ATC used to sniff and say they wern't concerned with what a thru hike was and refused to define it, concentrating only on the definition of a 2,000 miler. Several years ago that changed and they began to define a thru hike as completing the trail in 12 months or less. This is nonsense. According to the ATC definition a "thru hike" can be a 2 month hike, followed by 8 months off, and then competing the trail the next 2 months. If that's not 2 long section hikes I don't know what is.

      I'd like to think that when someone says they did a thru hike we know exactly what they did, and the only possible question to ask is what direction did they travel.
      2,000 miler