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

["W F Thorneloe, MD (Domain will change soon to attglobal.net)" <thornel@ibm.net>]

The only way to deal with that would be:
  1) Find a driving service to take you from ATL to Springer via FS42, with 
a 1 mile stroll to the shelter, and start your walk in the AM;
  2) Find a ride to the State Park and pitch a tent for the night, and 
start your walk in the AM on the approach trail;
  3) Make a reservation for the Lynne Foote Inn and walk 4 miles up the 
trail to spend the night in a semi hostel situation and very good food. You 
would be in a good position to hike out fairly early next day and get to 
Three Forks or further.

Of course, we can always find a way to second guess the purity of your 
hike, but you should go to another list for that sort of abuse.  ;-)

BTW, the question about the quality of your reasoning. If you haven't 
figured out that hiking is a dumb idea (fraught with bad weather, bad food, 
bad hair, and terrible hills and views) then I would suggest that you are 
totally competent and sane. Good luck!

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 10:00 AM 11/18/1999 -0700, Kristen Kupersmith wrote:
>I am thinking of bailing on the approach trail due to time.
>
>I am flying in on Saturday March 25th LATE in the morning, and I figure that
>it will be mid-afternoon before I get to the trailhead. I don't want to pay
>to stay in a hotel that night... I want to stay in my tent or a shelter...
>SO, I don't think I'd have time to get to a shelter before nightfall if I
>took the approach trail. Is this good reasoning?

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