[at-l] Approach trail or not?

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

I did it because for my small mind it was easier to walk the dang thing
than figure out how to get cars up and down that darn forest road mess!
:)

Seriously, at least last year there was an AYCE lunch buffet in the
lodge; so I started my AT hike off on the "wright foot" by chowing down
on the AYCE, and then waddling up the approach trail from there - only
7.6 miles instead of 8.8 - how's that for a variation on the theme? :)

thru-thinker
[clark wright]

George Bryant wrote:
> 
>     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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