[at-l] Hammock Camping on the Appalachian Trail

[jsmith at wate.com (James N. Smith)]

Hammocks must be okay in the Smokies because the Knoxville News-Sentinel
printed a feature story earlier this year on NOBO thru-hikers and had a
picture of a guy sitting in his hammock.

I have a response to one of your questions, though it's general to all
hikers:

Don't stealth camp in the Smokies!

Rangers and volunteers patrol the AT with a particular eye for such things.
I once got a stern lecture from a volunteer because he thought I was going
to camp without a permit. He thought that because I was carrying a full
pack. I was hiking toward Mt. Cammerer on the AT and was day-hiking in
training for a later CDT trip.

-jns
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  Is there anyone on this list that has used a hammock on the Appalachian
Trail?  Is it allowed in the Smokies?  If you have used a hammock on the AT
how do you function in those area where you have to "camp within sight of
the shelter" in the Smokies?  Do you just sleep in the Shelter?  Do you
stealth camp?  Do you walk down the trail a ways and set up where you feel
like it?  What say ye one and all?

  Skylander Jack
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