Re: [at-l] Winter on AT

["Dan Kohn" <dkohn@merlin.ebicom.net>]

Kinnickinic,

I lived in PA for years and had a tradition to go out around Christmas, I
always had a ball! Yes it is cold (you better have a great sleeping bag
that not only does well in the cold, but also in the damp) but they are not
TOTALY crazy (all winter backpackers are a bit crazy untill you think about
the avoidance of crowds, bugs ect ect).

One word though, do NOT go if an ice storm is in the forcast (I did that
once an if it wasn't for some trail majic, who knows what could have
happend)

Dan "High Tech" Kohn


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> From: SRober1431@aol.com
> To: at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: [at-l] Winter on AT
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 9:06 PM
> 
> 
> 
> A friend has invited me to join her and others in hiking the AT through
> Pennsylvania in January, 1999.  My reaction is, "BRRRR!  No way."  But is
this
> silly?  Is The Trail a good place to be at that time of year?  Are these
> people misinformed?
> 
> Kinnickinic
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