[at-l] Shelter Courtesy - Some Specifics May Help

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

Has this changed in the past year? I thought the guaranteed thru hiker 
spaces were a thing of the past now that they give permission for tenting - 
_if_ the shelter is full and if you are a thru-hiker per your definition.

OrangeBug

At 10:52 AM 6/5/2002 -0400, russboltz@comcast.net wrote:
>...   The only exception - and it IS a 'rule' - is in GSMNP: Thru hikers 
>(defined - you gotta love it! - as anyone who has commenced hiking 50 
>miles or more from a GSMNP trail head) are guaranteed 3 spaces (first 
>come, first served) in every shelter on or immediately by the AT. This is 
>controlled (in theory) by the permitting system in GSMNP, which limits 
>space to section hikers/weekenders on a reservation basis. A fair number 
>of people try to use shelter space without reservations, and a few 
>confrontations have (regrettably) occurred. Most  thru hikers, however, 
>don't bother, and use the privilege in GSMNP to tent by the shelter (a 
>privilege which is granted only to thru hikers (again by rule), since no 
>one else is (supposed to) tent by shelters.