Re: [at-l] Hitching and the AT (Fannypack? Skyline? r u guys on this?)

["Cora Drake" <cora_drake@hotmail.com>]

1.  Hike those states and you've knocked off a whopping hunk of "all of the 
trail," you know.  An ambitious journey; hope you love it.

2.  I never hitched 'til I began a thruhike in '98 and it worked out fine; 
it isn't safe, but neither's walking and I found I had a very decided 
preference!  :)

3.  You can mail to places other than Post Offices, (hostels, motels, even 
some stores) you know; and those places are likelier to be open evenings and 
weekends.

4.  Town visits are a trip in themselves; I found the U.S. is still more 
regional than I'd have guessed.  It's fun to meet the people.  Helps the 
loneliness a whole lot.  Trail townies are used to us hikers and often just 
tote us around for the fun of it.  A hike into town doesn't always mean 
you'll be walking on your way back.

Just Playin' Jane


>From: "Kenneth R. Knight" <krk@home.msen.com>
>To: "AT-L" <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: [at-l] Hitching and the AT
>Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:07:53 -0500
>
>I'm planning to hike through Viriginia and Maryland (maybe PA-NJ) later
>this year (the idea of trying to do all of the trail continues to
>intrigue me, but I'm just not sure...just those few states is daunting)
>and the issue of food/re-supply has been on my mind too. Some of the
>towns where you can pick up mail are considerable distances (>3 miles)
>from the trail. Those distances would certainly wipe out much of a hiking
>day after you go and come back (and fidning the trail head on the return
>would be the tough part - I wonder how many taxi drivers could handle,
>"drop me off at the AT trail head on route such and so - I think it's
>about X miles distant." So, my mail drop planning has been with an eye
>(hmm, what a phrase applied to me) on keeping distances short. I hope to
>dry a lot of my own food and keep store purchases down with the exception
>of getting fresh veggies/fruit and such now and then to keep a good diet
>going.
>
>Coosa asked Rich if he plans to hitch to towns. I know personally I'm
>concerned about doing that. There are so many visual cues that I just do
>not pick up on that hitching worries me (remember, really low vision, eye
>contact is one of those great unknowable mysteries to me - no this
>doesn't affect my ability to hike - I just don't go fast). Also, I've
>never done it before. Anyone got any thoughts on how you can safely hitch
>a lift into (or out of) towns?
>
>   ** Ken **
>
>**  Kenneth Knight    Web Design, IT Consultant, Software Engineer  **
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>
>
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