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Why would a tour company not want a big group to have tents on the Appalachian Trail?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:18 pm
So, an 8th grade class is going backpacking on the Appalachian Trail this weekend and the tour company is expecting the kids to sleep on the ground with their sleeping bags...no protection from the elements except a tarp suspended between trees...weather is supposed to be in the 40's at night and chance of rain. Some parents are balking at the idea and keeping their kids from going. Also, these kids are having to carry four liters of water (weighing 9 pounds) because they won't be hiking or camping near water sources...apparently you should only carry in your pack 20% of your body weight, so an 80 pound kid would only carry 16 pounds and more than half would be water.
Does this trip seem like a bad idea? or are these parents being overprotective?
Tents would solve a lot of the problems being brought up...is there a legit reason for the tour company to not allow tents?
Does this trip seem like a bad idea? or are these parents being overprotective?
Tents would solve a lot of the problems being brought up...is there a legit reason for the tour company to not allow tents?
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Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:20 pm to Chicken
Man, frick a hike.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:20 pm to Chicken
quote:
is there a legit reason for the tour company to not allow tents?
Trying to prevent these 8th graders from being pregnant in the 9th grade.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:22 pm to Chicken
Why is a tour company involved? I would have assumed a major benefit is that members of the tour company would help haul tents, extra water, etc.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:24 pm to Chicken
Is it wrong I take joy in the thought of kids today having to be inconvenienced in nature?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:24 pm to Chicken
Nothing wrong with bivouacking. That’s how it used to be
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:25 pm to Ghost of Colby
quote:there are two teachers with each group of 8 kids...plus a tour guide...I believe they start at a place with cabins, and then hike out for 2-3 days...each group goes in a different direction and then returns 2-3 days later...so no hauling by tour company...but yeah, tour company appears to be the issue.
Why is a tour company involved? I would have assumed a major benefit is that members of the tour company would help haul tents, extra water, etc.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:26 pm to Chicken
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:26 pm to Chicken
I love sending my kids away to be supervised by the same folks who can’t even successfully organize the event in the first place.
Do you need a tent? No.
Do you need a good reason not to bring one in the first place? At least I think so.
Do you need a tent? No.
Do you need a good reason not to bring one in the first place? At least I think so.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:26 pm to Chicken
I'm confused, tents are allowed on the Appalachian trail (at least they were a few decades ago) but a tour company you are using to hike it won't allow them? Just bounce between the man made structures and meet some really fricking weird people that live in them
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:29 pm to Chicken
quote:
there are two teachers with each group of 8 kids...plus a tour guide...I believe they start at a place with cabins, and then hike out for 2-3 days...each group goes in a different direction and then returns 2-3 days later..
The AT has open covered shelters that are spaced approx a day's hike from each other along the trail and supposedly can sleep a mess of folks. Are they planning on stopping at those perhaps?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:29 pm to Chicken
Soft arse parents. Let me guess. Some high brow private school?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:29 pm to Chicken
Get your kid an Oak Creek Lost Valley hammock. He will be the hit of the trail.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:29 pm to Chicken
quote:
there are two teachers with each group of 8 kids...plus a tour guide...
Yeah, my kid wouldn't be going on that shite
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:30 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:covered by tarps?
The AT has open covered shelters
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:30 pm to Chicken
Seems like one would need 50L pack for 3 days on the trail considering rain is in the forecast (rain jacket and pants). Probably easily going over 16-20 lbs in that pack with bag/pad/clothes/water. Novice hikers too.
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:31 pm to Chicken
Toughen ‘em up I guess.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:32 pm to Chicken
Roofs. They look smaller than I thought, though.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:32 pm to DTown3011
quote:Virginia
Where on AT?
quote:yes, the kids are using 50L packs...water weight seems to be the big issue.
Seems like one would need 50L pack
quote:I am guessing most of the kids are novices.
Novice hikers too?
seems like a great trip but they didn't account for the weight of the packs.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 4:33 pm to Chicken
Sounds like hell.
I’d make my kid go.
I’d make my kid go.
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