[at-l] ME>GA or GA>ME

[AThiker at smithville.net (Felix)]

Mark Hudson wrote:

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><<What are the advantages/disadvantages of either trek?  >>
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>Southbound:
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>Less crowded, more solitude. But you have to deal with people like Felix
><vbg>.
>Cooler weather, winter or approaching winter on the southern end of your
>hike, more colder weather gear to carry.
>Less bugs (But if you start in Maine in June the bugs there may make up for
>the rest of the trip).
>Schedule will put you into hunting season...
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>skeeter  (maybe my next trip will be southbound).
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Hmmm....Skeeter on a southbound....interesting.  My hike was southbound 
mainly because that's the way the timing worked out best for me at THAT 
time. I was able to work through the spring and early summer, which is 
when I make most of my money, and start my hike on August 4th. I was 
able to keep most of my clients that way. BUT, the fact of the matter 
is...I AM a southbounder. My head and heart are both southbounders. Any 
time I'd ever thought about thru-hiking (which really wasn't that much), 
it was southbound. For as much of a people person as I am, I don't 
really like people. I guess the fact of the matter is I like all the 
people around me, I just prefer it not be that many. Now, if you're 
talking about the 20 or 30 Canadian high school girls I met at Bemis Mt. 
Shelter...well, the more the merrier.  6 years ago right now, me, Cake, 
Pokey and Stoat were camping on the summit of a little mountain just 
south of Cloudland Road...we saw the sunset and the sunrise from the 
same spot. I love that. even if the site was probably not a legal site.  
Remember that Cake??  What was the question, again?

-- 
Felix J.
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
ALT '03 KT '03
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/