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Do we have any Appalachian Trail backpackers on the board?
Posted on 2/6/17 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 2/6/17 at 4:46 pm
Thinking about section hiking the Georgia portion over 2 day trips or so.
This post was edited on 2/6/17 at 4:48 pm
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Posted on 2/6/17 at 4:50 pm to sloopy
My boss is doing the Georgia hike in March sometime. It's his first time and he's been buying his essentials recently
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:30 pm to ForeverLSU02
I'm hopefully about to do the same, just trying to get logistics and gear together.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:37 pm to sloopy
I did Amicalola falls to Unicoi Gap last year.. currently planning the next section to hopefully Fontana this year
This post was edited on 2/6/17 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:38 pm to sloopy
Blue Velvet has done it. Odds are he's banned. There is a old thread on here all about it
Posted on 2/6/17 at 7:16 pm to sloopy
I have done sections of it. Every year, actually.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 7:32 pm to Big Floppy TDs
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LSUTigerhead did the entire Appalachian Trail and documented it on here. Im pretty sure the thread is archived in the sticky at the top
Incredible journey and one of my favorite OB threads of all time
Posted on 2/6/17 at 7:34 pm to Hotgin
Did you do the approach rail from amiccalola to springer? If so, was it worth doing?
Posted on 2/6/17 at 7:45 pm to sloopy
I did... I believe it was worth it plus there is convient long term parking at the park entrance..I used Ron Brown shuttle services to get back to my vehicle
Posted on 2/6/17 at 8:30 pm to Hotgin
How long did amicalola falls to unicoi take?
Posted on 2/6/17 at 9:11 pm to Big Floppy TDs
One of the first comments in that thread made me laugh
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I can barely hike to the mailbox to get the mail.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 9:18 pm to sloopy
I hiked it about 10 years back. I've gotten my boss into it now and we go back every spring and fall to do a section.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 10:47 pm to sloopy
I've section hiked a large portion of the Georgia section. Maybe 60ish miles out of the 78. From Springer to Dick's Creek gap. Took me 4 weekends to do it. Hike in a couple of miles on Friday. A majority of the milage covered on Saturday. Out by lunch on Sunday so we could shuttle back to the car and head home. I call 8-10 miles a good day on the beginning sections of the GA Ap trail. You could push a faster pace but I'm not sure there is a need to if you are section hiking it on weekends.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 11:01 pm to DeoreDX
Found my old maps Here is how we did it.
Weekend #1 Springer to Woody Gap 20 Miles
Weekend #2 Woody gap to Neels gap 10 Miles (Instead of Fr-Su this was a in Sat out Sunday hike).
Weekend #3 Neels Gap to Unicoi Gap 20 Miles
Weekend #4 Unicoi gap to Dicks Creek gap
Weekend #1 Springer to Woody Gap 20 Miles
Weekend #2 Woody gap to Neels gap 10 Miles (Instead of Fr-Su this was a in Sat out Sunday hike).
Weekend #3 Neels Gap to Unicoi Gap 20 Miles
Weekend #4 Unicoi gap to Dicks Creek gap
Posted on 2/7/17 at 5:54 am to DeoreDX
I have hike a good bit of the GSMNP section and the areas around that. Done some of it around Blood Mountain too.
Posted on 2/7/17 at 6:40 am to DeoreDX
Thanks. I have 18 months left to do the Georgia section before I move away from the Convieneve of being able to do it on weekends.
Posted on 2/7/17 at 6:40 am to sloopy
I did it in six days... that included a few detours to places like long creek falls(One of my favorite spots so far) and getting picked up early the last morning...
Posted on 2/7/17 at 9:57 am to DeoreDX
So did you park at a trail head, head north and shuttle back to your car? What shuttle? Do you arrange a pick up time or call when finished?
Posted on 2/7/17 at 11:24 am to sloopy
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So did you park at a trail head, head north and shuttle back to your car? What shuttle? Do you arrange a pick up time or call when finished?
I hiked with friends. We parked a car at the end and drove another one to the beginning. Shuttled back to the beginning after the hike.
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