planing a thur hike of the at

“i'm in the very early stages of planing a thru hike of the AT i;m looking for good books and could use some help in what gear would be best for this long of a trip”

“a thur hike or a thru hike. just curious.

just teasing. good luck.”

“thursday is a good day to go. less crowded than the weekends”

“I thought of Thursday right away, too. LOL!”

“ok i'll remeber that

Any books or speacal gear”

“speacal gear????? hmmm, must be a west coast company....never heard of it”

“If I were you, I'd get a good book on thru-hikin' the PCT. Now THEMZ some mountains! :^D”

“ture but i live on the east coast and love these moutians”

“Bring lots of mosquito repellent!”

“We have Hollywood, you have Dollywood.”

“well you mountains are babies compared to ours”

“If you want good AT info read the forums over on whiteblaze.net - after you read all the forums (should take about a week of constnat reading) then feel free to ask questions there also.”

“ok, thanks Hog”

“Anyone else have grave concerns about a thru hiker who pays attention to details such as simple spelling with such reckless abandon?

Good luck man, wish it was me.”

“Is this guy in Ice Tea's english class, too?”

“I;m knot sher.”

“No, Nigal, you are defintely NOT CHER!!”

“Check out thru-hiker.com It's all about thru-hiking and specificially how to get your packewight down.”

“ok thanks guys, and spelling was never my think, i'm more of an outdoor kind of guy, not and english major”

“Gypsies tramps and thieves…[hairflip and tongue to my top teeth]…hoahhh!”

“lmao Nigal!

Photoguy190 - be true to your name take pictures, and put them into an album so we can view with the trip report when you return. Others must live viariously through your AT hike.”

“try whiteblaze.net

That site is AT specific. Go to the forums.”

“The East Coast "Hills" would lay you out flat, Buck. You'd be sceaming mercy in no time flat......”

“photoguy when are you starting? i am also doing a thru-hike this year, starting march 14th”

“well i would love to go this summer but i have stuff that came up so it looks like i will have to wait a year, but i hope to do a few 100 miles this summer”

“for starters, i would recommend both books by dan "wingfoot" bruce. one is "the thru-hikers handbook" and the other is a planning workbook. for strictly numbers and cold hard facts, get the latest edition of the AT data book. it gives mileage between all shelters, road access, towns, and other major stops, and tells how far to services and water. for entertainment and how NOT to do the AT, read a "a walk in the woods" by bill bryson. for pure masturbatory pleasure, buy all the maps, throw them on your bed, and roll around in them. and dont worry, theyre water-proof.”

“For anyone near the Wisconsin Northwoods who is interested in the AT, our college will host a slide presentation by our town's recent thru-hiker and world adventure traveler. Mark, who went by the trail name The Biker Sly on his 2002 AT hike, will give his talk on Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., in the LRC Theater at Nicolet Area Technical College, Rhinelander, WI. (It's free, too!)

Mark is a great presenter as well as a remarkable long-distance runner/skier/bicyclist/hiker.”

“I would love to thru hike the AT. If only I had the money and time. How do people get the money and time???? Arggghhhh”

“well i;m in college planing on taking a semster off and working then leaving in mid March or April”

“if youre renting, and you move out, its actually cheaper”

“You get the money and the time by making the hike the number one priority in your life. Save every penny, arrange your life so there is room for the hike. People of all ages and walks of life do the AT. When I did my first hike, I was a minimum wage retail worker; on my second I was a secretary. It doesn't take big bucks to hike, just the willingness to make it a priority. I quit my jobs (3 times so far), put my stuff in storage and took off. If you have a real career (and not just a job) it is harder, but I have known doctors, lawyers and engineers who managed to take off, because that was what they wanted to do more than anything else. If you have kids, it becomes difficult -- but I have known people who hiked with their kids -- it is feasible. If you have a house, you have to figure out what to do with it - rent it, sell it, save enough to pay the mortgage and a caretaker, or find someone to live in it while you're gone - but there are ways.”

“I have been wanting to hike the whole trail for a long time. Well I have just ended a job that I had slaved at for 14 years. So I now have the time. As for the money going to spend my retirement now. Who knows If if I would have lived long enough to get around to spennding!!!! So I might as well do it now and if I do live long enough I can remenber when :)”

“Contact Rockman for some advice. He did a large chunk of the AT a few years ago.”

“Your gonna hike the AT on thur? That's tomorrow!”

“LOL ROAM!!!”

“hey fairlane! i start march 14th of this year! when do you start? btw, look for me on trailjournals.com”

“Not seeing your journal, SB. Have you started it yet?”

“i havent made any journal entries but i have filled out the other sections, like gear and maildrops, etc”

“It doesn't show up in the list until you make an entry?”

“you have to make 3 entries. if someone hasnt made at least 3 entries, you have to run a search”

“OK...cool.

That's right, I forgot about the "3 entry" thing.”