[at-l] Adventure Hiking Trail thru-hike attempt trip report

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In a message dated 7/5/2004 11:55:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Felix <AThiker@smithville.net> writes:

The road walk ended...oddly enough, at the
>car. We got in...happy to be there...and went to the park entrance and
>asked for a hiking trails map. We looked at the map over dinner to find
>out that we had hike 9.7 miles on closed trail...1.5 miles to the office
>and back...2.5 miles on a wrong 'alternative' trail that meant 2.5 miles
>back on the road. So...from the bridge...we hiked about 16 miles that
>weren't on the Adventure Hiking Trail...and, had we turned right at that
>point and followed the "new" Adventure Hiking Trail...we would have been
>to our car...and, completed an Adventure Hiking Trail thru-hike...in
>about 5 miles...Instead, for the weekend, we hiked roughly 34 miles to
>thru-hike a 27 mile trail that is only 24 miles long...and, we still
>didn't do it.

Felix -

Sounds like the two attempts we made at hiking the Allegheny Trail in WV trying to hit the falls, and missing on both trips.

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