Re: [at-l] Hike the Approach Trail!

["Mara Factor" <m_factor@hotmail.com>]

OK, I'll chime in...

I am very glad I hiked the approach trail.  I was used to having to hike to 
the tops of mountains and jut oculd not see getting a ride up.  I had heard 
the pros and cons before I left and figured that if I couldn't handle the 
approach, I probably shouldn't be out there.  I though that with the 
exception of the short road walk portion just before the falls, it was a 
very nice hike.  (Then again, I just don't like road walks.)

That being said, here's the impression I got of other people's opinions 
about the approach trail...

Those people who regularly went hiking on difficult mountains before they 
started the AT (like where I hike in the White Mountains) enjoyed the 
approach trail.  Most other people thought it was particularly difficult.  
There were mixed reviews from those that regularly hike mountains where the 
trails are more likely to be well graded (Olympics, Rockies, etc.) or who 
hiked often but on flatter terrain.

There were an incredible number of people on the trail who had never hiked 
before, never put their backpacks on before starting the AT, etc.  They 
generally did not hike the approach trail (if they knew of the FS42 option), 
or if they did, did not enjoy it.

There are exceptions to all of these impressions.  I am not trying to put 
words into anybody's mouth.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99


>From: tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)
>To: "AT List_at_Backcountrydotnet" <at-l@backcountry.net>,        
><HikingHope@aol.com>, "Coosa" <coosa@alltel.net>
>Subject: [at-l] Hike the Approach Trail! was New to list- a few suggestions
>Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:06:11 -0500
>
>      Go on! Hike it. It's the tailor-made way to transition between the
>      rush (in every sense) of Amicalola Falls and the impact (in every
>      sense) of Springer.
>
>      Ask Mara.
>
>
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>Subject: Re: [at-l] New to list- a few suggestions
>Author:  "Coosa" <coosa@alltel.net> at ima
>Date:    11/15/99 8:53 PM
>
>
>
> >You just dissuaded me from thinking in terms of doing the approach trail
>this
> >year.
> >Kinnickinic
>
> >
>*****Helpful and full of it are two of my middle names, lol, Coosa

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