[at-l] Sort of 'off topic' but with an AT question

[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

The Rangers do more than "play" war games. Camp Frank Merrill is a
major Ranger training base just down Cooper Gap Road from the AT. You
are skirting their area all along Sasafras Mt between Horsepen Gap and
Cooper Gap. And they do a bunch of training in the area, including
Yonah Mt. climbing and such. They are very good neighbors, including a
trail race around Memorial Day (I think it is a half marathon) that
they support and promote, well after the hiking season has passed.

I really don't expect them to start retreating from their mission of
special efforts for stealth and focused action. I suspect the only
booming to be heard around the AT will remain the morning noises of
constipated new hikers.

Bill...

--- James Bullard <bullard@northnet.org> wrote:
> Anyway here's the AT question: I know that the Army Rangers 'play'
> war 
> games along the AT (GA or NC?) but I'm wondering how many military 
> installations are within 6 miles of the AT. Anyone know? Perhaps our 
> resident ATC staffers have info on this. For some, hiking the AT is a
> spiritual experience but I don't think a booming voice in the middle
> of nowhere warning of a change in the weather is what they are
> expecting. 
> Perhaps warnings to expect this will have to be added to future
> guidebooks for affected sections of the trail.
> 


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