Re: [at-l] Bristlecone is in the Smokies

["W F Thorneloe, MD" <thornel@ibm.net>]

Yes, apparently this is true. The idea is that day and local hikers are now 
given priority over thru hikers. You may be asked to leave a spot in a 
shelter. The benefit _may_ be a permission to camp near the shelter, 
something the locals aren't allowed. It isn't as bad a deal as the White 
Mountain huts, but it does sound foreboding.

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 07:31 AM 4/9/1999 -0400, Debbie_Smith@Millipore.com wrote:
>....  He
>has also heard along the Trail that all of the spots in the shelters in the
>Smokies are now on a reservation basis... in the past they have set aside 3
>spots for thruhikers but he heard that's not the case this year.  Anyone
>out there know whether it's true?  So he (and everyone else he's around)
>plans to try to push through the Smokies as fast as possible - too bad in
>my opinion since I loved them even in the ice and snow!

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