[at-l] AT vs PTC, CDT trails

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

I _have_ hiked a few of the PCT trails. I think they should do Shuckstack
from the SOUTH on a rainy day...I'm sure they will change their minds!

> difficult.  We have
> lots of friends from Utah, California who try to diminish our hike with
> jokes about our Appalachians being hills compared to their Rockies.  They
> diminish our efforts as if they were nothing compared to the trails out
> west.  I've never hiked any Rockies trails so I do not know personally but
> I've heard that most are graded to accomodate pack animals. Do most trails
> in the Rockies begin at a higher elevation so that the total
> elevation gain
> could be approximately the same as from Abol to Katahdin summit?
> Personally, I think each one who has not hiked the AT should start at
> Katahdin and then do the Mahoosucs before they say the Appalachians are
> just little hills.



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