[at-l] 19E relo?

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

I second that emotion - worst section of train anywhere that I've hiked;
I'm sure some of the routing is due to right-of-way issues, but it sure
looked to me like Satan [or was it Felix?] who did the trail location
work thru there! :)

thru-thinker

Jan Leitschuh wrote:

> BTW,
> I'm not sure if this is the stretch referred to in RockDancer's post, but
> does anyone know if that grinding, trashy stretch from 19E to Moreland Gap
> Shelter has been relocated?
>
> I hiked in in June of 2001, and so far it's been my low point of AT hiking
> experiences  (in an otherwise stunning area: Roan Mt, the Humps,
> overmountain shelter - it doesn't get much better than that).
>
> The register at Moreland told me I was not alone in my feelings! One very
> funny fellow (Ahab the ???) had written a hilarious treatise on the
> fire-and-brimstone Hell for Hikers nature of that stretch. Wish I had a copy
> of it. Trail literature.
> There was talk of a relo for this summer. Did that happen?
> If so, I applaud it (heartily!)
>
>
>>Bob and I had some fun clearing blowdowns throughout these sections
>>as well=
>>. He also had me cutting new trail near Walnut Mtn Road, in the
>>section fro=
>>m Kincora to rt 19E (heading South). btw, did you know that 19E and
>>19W are=
>> separate roads in TN? In some places you can see signs for Rt 19E
>>South, R=
>>t 19E North, etc. - this place is more screwy than Massachusetts...
>>
>>
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