tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post4230188506170138917..comments2023-08-21T10:59:52.803-04:00Comments on Blissful Hiking: Observations of a Two Week Appalachian Trail StartLauralee Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923463083025047230noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-81239656284534995742013-04-25T12:12:43.690-04:002013-04-25T12:12:43.690-04:00I thru-hiked last year and didn't do the appro...I thru-hiked last year and didn't do the approach trail, my brother wanted to see me off and see the Southern Terminus. Hike your Own Hike and don't hike the approach if you don't want to hike it!<br /><br />The good thing about the disrespectful is the further north you get the fewer in number they become. They get stuck in Hot Springs or Erwin. They go party at Trail Days and never Jonathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822868554050396650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-14977159222376218232013-04-23T15:15:55.877-04:002013-04-23T15:15:55.877-04:00After reading this, and watching some videos of th...After reading this, and watching some videos of thru hikers on YouTube, I am temped to not even try a thru in 2014 because of the useless eaters out on the trail. It seems people have no respect for anything anymore, likely due to a complete lack of parenting that's happening in America. Vulgarity and ludeness is the result. If I do this in 2014 I will likely avoid hostels and shelters more Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485813196788790898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-49114872355411306292013-04-15T14:06:27.111-04:002013-04-15T14:06:27.111-04:00Hey Aunt Coosa. I understand about the Approach no...Hey Aunt Coosa. I understand about the Approach not being the AT. What concerns me is would-be thru hikers who decide to skip it because it's boring, too tough, etc. That to me can set up a challenge for them later on in their AT quest when they will surely come on days that the trail proves hard and boring. But SOBOers do have to do Approach - they can take the AT sure, but there is also theLauralee Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923463083025047230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-25753386602213497602013-04-15T05:24:05.673-04:002013-04-15T05:24:05.673-04:00Having lived in Georgia for 13 years and hiked the...Having lived in Georgia for 13 years and hiked the Approach Trail half a dozen times ... I disagree with you ... The 0.9 mile hike from FS 42 to the summit of Springer Mountain equates with the 5.2 mile hike from Baxter Ranger Station to the summit of Katahdin. Both of those hikes are on the Appalachian Trail ... The Approach Trail is not. Auntie Coosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737055307763465330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-24211040919529973212013-04-15T05:17:55.290-04:002013-04-15T05:17:55.290-04:00Unfortunately too many of the hikers since Bill Br...Unfortunately too many of the hikers since Bill Bryson's "book" use him as an example ... Katz littered ... Bryson used "trash talk" (tho' not the "f-bomb") and showed ultimate disrespect for the Mull Family in Hiawassee. Why should these "hikers" be any different? <br /><br />This is not to say that the hundreds of hikers who read his book emulatedAuntie Coosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737055307763465330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-91663384174446956482013-04-12T18:14:17.217-04:002013-04-12T18:14:17.217-04:00Thanks Blissful, I also feel the same way you do. ...Thanks Blissful, I also feel the same way you do. This years hikers are the worst I have ever seen. I was telling some one about some of the hiker behaviors and they are non hikers. Their comment was its the world now they all feel like they are entitled.<br />I feel like I am entitied to not have myself or the land or any one abused ever.<br />Thanks again, Sweet Spotself sufficient mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190993714058858039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-108867197319369632013-04-10T21:53:37.428-04:002013-04-10T21:53:37.428-04:00Thank you for speaking frankly, especially regardi...Thank you for speaking frankly, especially regarding the lack of respect. It's sad to see the trail abused, but even more so to think about the reputation disrespectful hikers transfer to all hikers in the eyes of the communities that surround and often support the trail. Respecting the experience of all who share the trail is definitely lacking; I'm not sure why some must throw around Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353891063619867656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20442534.post-13413207251271765752013-04-10T12:36:44.203-04:002013-04-10T12:36:44.203-04:00I totally agree about the language- it really make...I totally agree about the language- it really makes for a less pleasant experience around camp when I have to hear foul words constantly.mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11033139808477724525noreply@blogger.com