Originally Posted By: pmbuko
I live 18 miles from the Appalachian Trail and have hiked a short length of it a few times. \:\) Would love to take a bunch of time off to hike longer chunks of it someday.


One thing that I had not thought about was the mental preparedness. Most of the trail is not the beautiful open vistas - most of it has been dubbed "the long green tunnel". He started with a group of 5 and was the only one to finish. We did pick him up for a weekend when he crossed through Tennessee - close to ASU. Most of the through hikers do take a few days off once or twice during the trek.

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