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Truss

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Jan 26th 2015, 2:59:01

Who's got the mojo to hike it?

ssewellusmc

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:00:57

Unless you are in a wheelchair.... everyone should. Pretty much just a grouping of large hills.

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:03:21

Come to the Oregon trail :-)

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:07:36

did once long ago!

mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:18:48

i havnt hiked from NY to GA, but i have done a 200 mile VA to NC hike that took 2 weeks and was fun as fluff. I grew up camping in the NC sections of it. the blue ridge parkway is spectacular.

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archaic

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:27:55

Ive done a few pieces of it back when I was young and skinny

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Jan 26th 2015, 3:33:35

Originally posted by archaic:

Ive done a few pieces of it back when I was young and skinny

Is this you saying "now I'm old and fat"?

/me runs

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Jan 26th 2015, 4:13:32

I go backpacking every summer in Colorado. Some of the trails I hit are just GPS trails and you basically have to find your own way! Love to hike :)

With that said I'd like to do that trail sometime in life. Would be impossible to do the entire trail as it is too long but I'd like to do the best parts of it :D

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Jan 26th 2015, 4:17:16

;)

GTEEZY

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Jan 26th 2015, 6:02:38

yup

elvesrus

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Jan 26th 2015, 6:42:54

pacific crest would be much more impressive

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mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 6:52:28

Personal preference. You need a passport to hike that one though I think.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/...enture/0406/excerpt1.html

NatGeo seems to think the AT is more rugged. Much of the Pacific Crest is graded for horseback making it easy hiking.

Edited By: mrford on Jan 26th 2015, 7:04:23

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

elvesrus

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Jan 26th 2015, 6:58:02

only the northern tip

Originally posted by crest23:

Elves is a douche on every server.

mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 7:00:57

Maybe you didn't see my edit. Sorry.

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

BladeEWG

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Jan 26th 2015, 11:46:08

Hike?
I don't do that
That's why GOD created cars

mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 12:46:48

So "god" "created" cars so you could be lazy.

Baffeling.

Disregarding the disrespectful simplification of the invention and innovation of the car, the fact is that hiking is recreational anyways. Also, I thought god was infallible? If that is so he couldn't have been involved in the development of the car. If you want to be plausible maybe he gave mankind the intelligence to develop it themselves. That has been the church's excuse as to why science exists and the bible is so full of weird fluff we KNOW to be false. suppose everyone is entitled to their beliefs I suppose. And their laziness. Clearly the baby Jesus created the car so you could wiz by all the glory of his actual creation, the earth, at 80 mph without admiring it.

Edited By: mrford on Jan 26th 2015, 14:01:01

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

trumper

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Jan 26th 2015, 13:09:26

I don't want to hike the trail, but I do want to bike across America.

Trife

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Jan 26th 2015, 15:41:50

hiking the AT? who'd want to do that with all the bees and wasps outside!

the blue ridge parkway is indeed beautiful

Schilling

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Jan 26th 2015, 16:06:29

I did the Maine portion when I was 14 (I think). I haven't been back yet, but I would like to try to do the entire hike in one shot at some point before I'm 35. I hear it's quite the financial/logistical undertaking so I probably won't ever get to do it. You think I could use one of those crowd fund sites to get it done???

mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 16:11:08

it is almost 2,200 miles. assuming an aggressive rate of 20 miles a day you are still looking at almost 4 months. it would be really impressive.

i think 46 days is the record though. that is like 47 miles a day...... no thanks lol

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

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Jan 26th 2015, 16:48:47

Yeah if i didnt need to work for money and be at home to take care of the kids i'd totally try it all haha

Trife

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Jan 26th 2015, 17:24:36

also if i was hiking the entire AT, i'd 100% for sure would carry while doing so

lotsa creepers and sketchballs out there

mrford

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Jan 26th 2015, 19:29:45

I mean, there are bears and fluff too.

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

Trife

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Jan 26th 2015, 19:32:20

i can handle bears on my own

creepers/sketchballs i'm going to bring the .50ae desert eagle w/ grenade launcher mod

braden

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Jan 26th 2015, 20:04:42

i saw trife fight a bear once. the bear never knew what hit her. trife hits females.

Trife

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Jan 26th 2015, 20:20:10

Originally posted by braden:

trife hits females.

only with my weener

Schilling

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Jan 26th 2015, 20:46:34

Originally posted by mrford:

Like I said, huge logistical undertaking. From what I understand it's pretty easy going from Georgia to Tennessee. Most people can make good time there. You get up towards the Northeast and stuff gets steep and rocky. Even in my 20's I could only cover 15-20 miles a day on flat ground.

Garry Owen

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Jan 27th 2015, 2:02:57

I have a good week on the AT in North Carolina a few years back.

The problem with the AT is that you spend all that effort to hike to the top of the mountain.... only to see the same damn pine trees that you saw at the bottom. :P

ssewellusmc

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Jan 27th 2015, 2:18:55

Originally posted by Trife:

Originally posted by braden:

trife hits females.

only with my weener

How do you hit girls with an inverted weiner?

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Jan 27th 2015, 22:32:41

Originally posted by ssewellusmc:

Originally posted by Trife:

Originally posted by braden:

trife hits females.

only with my weener

How do you hit girls with an inverted weiner?

it takes alot of effort and flexibility!

if you weren't dating a dude, i'd show your GF :D

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Jan 27th 2015, 22:33:05

come on trife, manage your alts better!

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Jan 30th 2015, 19:47:49

Trife

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Jan 30th 2015, 19:49:30

yes

Truss

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Feb 2nd 2015, 13:53:54

Thanks for the feedback. I'm 63 years old, but I read that a 74 year old woman and an 82 year old man completed the 2,100 mile trek. I think I can do a thru hike and it should take about 6 months. To do the south to north trek I'd need to leave in March. I'm not sure I can have all equipment and be in shape by then. I have been hiking 5 miles daily for months, but it's time I add a few miles to that.