[at-l] SOBO/NOBO and bugs!

[jplynch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Lynch)]

thanks...

Clark Wright wrote:
>
> yes - huge difference from my experience and what I hear - starting NOBO
> in March/April, you generally avoid the nasty bug seasons way up north,
> and just have the usual skeeters/ticks/horse flies off and on, here and
> there . . . if you start SOBO in Maine in May/June, I'm told you can
> face huge spring outbreaks of black flies and skeeters that can eat you
> alive - but even these outbreaks are somewhat variable, and not
> necessarily a reason to pick one direction over the other . . . I think
> the prime difference between a NOBO and SOBO hike is one of social
> interaction - lots of it if you hike NOBO out of Springer in
> March/April; very little social interaction if you hike SOBO out of
> Katahdin - no matter what month of the year . . .
>
> there are many others with more experience up north than I have, but I
> am fairly confident re the accuracy of what I've said above . . .
>
> have fun whichever way you go! :)
>
> thru-thinker
> [clark wright]
>
> Jim Lynch wrote:
>
> >Is there a difference in bug prevalence with a choice of direction and
> >the resulting dates a hiker would reach 'bug prone' areas of the trail?
> >
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