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

> 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.
> >
> >
> >______________________________ Reply Separator
> >_________________________________
> >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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