[at-l] Approach trail or not?

[gbryant@lcisp.com (George Bryant)]

    Sure, but this guy was REALLY strongly minded about this bit. He loves
wandering back and forth on the AT, but he went on and on about how much he
hated the approach (and mind you, he talked of loving some ridiculous climb
in the Smokies he said I should go out of my way to do). I dunno, maybe it
was a bad day for him. I'm gonna have to know ahead of time where I'm going
to start, so I thought I'd just ask around first.
    I liked Lamar's reply though, so I figure I'll prolly do it. Since I
doubt I'll be doing much more then 8 miles a day the first few weeks, (I'm
in good shape, but there's no reason to push it) it looks like my first
night's gonna be on top of Springer. Thanks for the replies, just a bit over
a month to go!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: "George Bryant" <gbryant@lcisp.com>; <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Approach trail or not?


> George, when you get right down to it, the entire trail is pointless.
> I'm sure we cou get you a corporate jet from Atlanta to Maine and fly
> you over the interesting peaks over the better part of an afternoon. If
> your expectation is to walk every inch of it for some lofty point, you
> might want to reconsider before you get too sweaty.
>
> The entire trail gets tiresome, especially when you consider the
> meaning of PUDS in Georgia. If the approach trail is excessive, pretty
> much the entire thing will be over the top. That doesn't mean that many
> folks have a good time with a ride up to the Springer parking lot and
> taking pictures and saying goodbye as they start their walk. And it
> doesn't mean that anyone thinks that the long uphill climb to Springer
> is a great life enriching challenge.
>
> It means that you have to make your own decision on which parts of the
> trail you walk or skip, but on your own terms. If you let someone else
> determine what is pointless and tiresome, you might as well start
> reading books from the end.
>
> Bill...
>
> --- George Bryant <gbryant@lcisp.com> wrote:
> >     ... He said it's a pointless (and tiresome) trail and he would
> > never recommend anyone do it.
> > I'm still not sure, what do any of you think?
> >
>
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