>>2754069Just hiked nobo starting some time in april and gone roughly 900 miles up. It is not as bad if you just avoid the bubble. Less trail magic, and I don't mind there being lots of places to resupply. I didn't come on the trail to purposefully atrophy my muscles and look like a twig.
The trail names are meaningless, yeah. But they are useful for remembering people's names since you meet so many over time and also are good for the privacy that the aliases provide
Currently skipping to Massachusetts soon because the humid heat and no water is fucking stupid for hiking and trying to make miles. I'm hiking this trail to hike up and be alone in tall mountains, not these 1000 foot dicklet low elevation slogs in and after Shenandoa for like 600 and a half more miles. I will come back after I summit katadyn and do the middle of the AT when it is fall and I can just get it over with in like a month so I can say I hiked the whole thing.
The AT is still not bad for somebody like me who had no real experience hiking long distances, and by the end of it I will have at least 1100 hours of just walking around outdoors under my belt so I can then have a rock solid foundation for hiking other more difficult trails. Yeah, I know the trail is trendy, but it is really working out for me and doing wonders for my sanity and physical health.
>>2754055>VA/TN/NC/GA are probably greatThey are. Very relaxing and tall forests to be in. VA is kind of shitty with the water carries, but has very cool rock structures and the grayson highlands are awesome and still have ponies. TN/NC has no toilets or bear hangs because they hate us. Smokies are the worst they've ever been. Poop and TP everywhere in the tenting areas. Section hikers have a right to kick you out of the shelters. 40 dollars to get in. The town of folton is a price gouge that sells walmart brand flour tortillas for 9 dollars. GA is fun but too short.
