the appalachian trail

Jaz · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:55

So while everyone is world cup mad, i'm thinking to myself about doing some hiking.

i was wondering, has anyone here done (part of) the appalachian trail?

what sort of preperation did you do and how fit were you at the time?

any experienced hikers with tips? it's been a while since ive done a long distance hike. though i'm only thinking of doing this sometime in 2007/8

6thElement · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:56

I'd love to hike some of it, have you read the Bill Bryson book, A Walk in the Woods?

6thElement · 24 Jul 2006 at 00:19

I walked about a fifth of a percent of it today as it was on part of my route :cool:

hethers · 24 Jul 2006 at 01:22

6thElement said:
I walked about a fifth of a percent of it today as it was on part of my route

By any chance?
"The Appalachian Trail crosses the Newfound Gap road through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at a parking area, allowing you to easily claim to have hiked the Appalachian Trail, if only a hundred yards of it!" :cool:

Hope you're having a good time. Weather here is sunny and temps in the 90's so not too good for a "Coast to Coast" or "Pennine Way"

6thElement · 24 Jul 2006 at 17:45

I was hiking in Bear Mountain National Park, not the Smokey Mountains

cleanbluesky · 24 Jul 2006 at 21:44

6thElement said:
I walked about a fifth of a percent of it today as it was on part of my route

Isn't 5% of that trail something like 100 miles? Are you telling us you walked 100 miles today?

Kamerad · 24 Jul 2006 at 22:03

cleanbluesky said:
Isn't 5% of that trail something like 100 miles? Are you telling us you walked 100 miles today?

0.2%

6thElement · 25 Jul 2006 at 05:17

cleanbluesky said:
Isn't 5% of that trail something like 100 miles? Are you telling us you walked 100 miles today?

No

Kamerad said:
0.2%

Correct. I did ~10 miles, roughly 5 of which was spent on the Appalachian Trail