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I just got back from my week long trip on the Appalacian Trail
I went with my school's JROTC and we did 40 miles in NE Ga. We actually got back a day early because we really pushed the miles. We did 11 miles one day starting at Dicks Creek Gap, 9 the next, 13 miles and then finished at Neels Gap with 7 miles.
I know it doesn't sound like that much, but being from Florida where the highest spot is the top of a building, it was a bit difficult.
There were times when we reached the top of a mountain that it was simply amazing. Nothing like it at home could compare to it. And at times while hiking, the trail's look differed so much. At one point it looked like a dense rain forest, another time it looked like a rocky mountain side, and others it looked like the forest in my back yard.
Yet there was other times on the hike that if I had a gun, I think I really would of shot myself lol. Going up some of the mountains, I would of cheerfully ended it It wasn't that bad, but some of the steep trails seemed to never end.
On an upside...I did finish and we saw a bear. But now that I got the AT out of my system, I don't think I'll ever do it again. For me, it was another adventure that I now have under my belt.
Amber
p.s. I was carrying ALL that I took on my back (about 40 lbs) and there were to toilets!
is an American treasure that not a lot of people know about. It is a marked foot path that goes from Maine to Georgia. Over 2000 miles. Here is a map of it.
I live by the trail right about where the trail crosses the boarder at Vermont and Massachusettes. We get many hikers that jump off the trail here to buy provisions. Sometimes the hikers will cheat a little and spent the night in the local motels with the hot showers.
Now you need to come canoeing with us! My Venture Crew will be canoeing the Suwannee from Tuesday till Sunday this week. We will be starting from High Springs and heading south. Not sure we will make Cedar Key, but I sure would like to!
Two new front teeth and 6 stitches in the forehead. That was only on one trip. I have done 300 miles of the Appalacian Trail
but is was not all at one time.
I had a friend that took time off of work to accomplish a quest and hike the whole distance. He was so rich that he didn't need to work anyway. After a month he got bored and went on to something new. I think that was his sky diving phase.
Congrats, My dad is almost as obsessed with hiking as I am with diving. His goal is to hike the whole trail one day. He's done a lot of section hikes, and has hiked the entire long trail, (basicly the state of vermont) I have hiked some with him and it's hard. I mostly do weekend things and that kills me. I am just not cut out for that kind of thing. I am way impressed with you for handling the AT for a week. Your a better woman then me.
:tinker: "Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either." -- Walt Disney
JessicaDodge once bubbled... Congrats, , and has hiked the entire long trail, (basicly the state of vermont)
Jessica
Jessica mentioned this so I thought I'd explain the Long Trail that is here in Vermont.
If you are heading north on the AT, the Long Trail is part of it for the first 95 miles once you cross into Vermont. Then the AT splits off and heads over to New Hampshire. The Long trail continues north up to Canada.
During the winter there is a network of snowmobile trails that go form one end of the State to the other. Dirt bikes and ATV's are not allowed on these trails either.
I am sitting at work, bored on a friday morning and I found this thread. The mention of the Appalacian Trail brought back a flood of memories from when I was there 17 years ago. We only went through a small section but it is one of the lasting memories of my first trip to the US.
We know a little about hiking in the hills around here in CA... we have quite a few trails and hills that dwarf anything in the east. But the AT is the granddaddy of them all.
I read (and then listened to about a zillion times) a great book about hiking the AT by travel author Bill Bryson: "A Walk In The Woods". I love his stuff, and this is the CD book of his that I enjoy the most. Its required listening on most roadies.
When I got into SCUBA I also got into all other out door activities. Including hiking and camping.
Over last summer since I didnt have alot of money to go diving I decided to do the portion of the NY state AT.
Went alone and with a 40lbs pack. ALMOST achieved the same state of peace I get when I'm under water.
I find it verey difficult to find other people in the Metro NY area who are interested in out door activity. Sure they all SAY they are but when you actually try to set up a camping trip or hike or kayacking thing they always back out.
Anyone know any boards simular to this one that deals with these other outdoor activities?
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It wasn't that bad, but some of the steep trails seemed to never end.
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