Archive for January, 2010
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Appalachian Trail Celebration & Backpacking Clinic
Saturday & Sunday 9 AM – 5 PM from Mar 6, 2010 until Mar 7, 2010
Enjoy demonstrations and workshops by professionals and retailers on an assortment of backpacking gear, and take part in discussions on trip preparation. Hear about Appalachian Trail adventures from the past and present, and learn how you can work to better conserve the trail and its legacy in the future. $5 parking. 706-265-1969.
Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge
418 Amicalola Falls State Park Rd
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Bears, wild hogs on the increase
A bumper Southern Appalachian acorn crop during the fall of 2008 kept Great Smoky Mountains National Park and North Georgia wildlife well fed. But the heavy mast enhanced the animals’ reproduction and has led to a nuisance problem for wildlife managers.
Russian wild hogs have been a Smokies woe for a century. They were brought to a nearby hunting preserve in the early part of the 1900s, eventually escaped their confines and multiplied rapidly with an ample food supply. Read the rest of this entry »
How to Make Your Own Larabars
A short video showing how to make your own larabars for about $0.30 each instead of the around $1.50 each you pay in the store! Fast and easy with 220 calories and packed with protein, these bars are perfect for hiking
MSR XGK EX demonstrated outdoors
Wouldn’t it be nice to see how the stove you’re buying does in real trail conditions? PeakSurvival on youtube does just that in the cold and snow.
Retired librarian dies in hiking accident
By William P. Davis
Francis “Frank” Wihbey, who worked at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library for more than 30 years, died Tuesday in a hiking accident, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Read the rest of this entry »
DOT road plans rattle Appalachian Trail fans
In June of 2008, officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement stating their intent to construct a new highway through Stecoah Gap and across the Appalachian Trail. The project is part of a larger proposed highway stretching from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Asheville, North Carolina, and deemed “Corridor K,” one of 30 such corridors originally identified by the Appalachian Regional Commission in 1964 as future highway projects in the Appalachian region… Read the rest of this entry »
Blind Minneapolis attorney 2010 thru hike
Mike Hanson, a blind Minneapolis attorney, will begin a solo hike of the entire 2,174 mile Appalachian Trial this March (2010) using just GPS and his white cane to guide him. No guide, no guide dog. 70% of the visually impaired are unemployed. The hike is intended to make a dramatic statement about the competence and independence of the visually impaired and demonstrate the power of adaptive technologies such as GPS to foster that independence. A documentary fill will be produced of this event by award-winning videogpapher Gary L. Steffens of Fresh Images Video Productions. Endorsed by noted polar explorer and global warming activist Will Steger and with significant sponsorship from 12 (as of 1/2/10) outdoors/backpacking equipment producers, we are just a small amount short of our funding goals. Please see our website (www.hansonatcampaign.com) and consider supporting Mike’s hike to change myths about the visually impaired. Thank you!
