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!
Couple takes a hiking honeymoon
If marriage is meant to be a lifetime journey, then what is a 5½-month trek through the wilderness, wading through waist-deep waters and pausing breathless at scenic overlooks?
For newlyweds Wes and Kendra Jackson, the trip of a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
Newfound Gap Hike
Found this youtube video of a family hiking the trail in the snow. It says they hiked 2 to 3 miles. The parents have more patience than most people.
After May scare, hiker is back on the trails
The blind hiker who was found near the Appalachian Trail in May after wandering lost for nearly a week says the experience hasn’t kept him away from the outdoors. Read the rest of this entry »
“Winter Hiking Southbound”
Party held at Jaycee Park for southbound AT hikers Print
Thursday, 17 December 2009
By Davin Eldridge
Contributing Writer
The “Winter Hiking Southbound” event was held on Saturday, Dec. 12, at Franklin’s Jaycee Park. Barbecue, potato salad, corn, cookies, beans, drinks and other fixings were free for all who showed up. Forty-three hikers attended the Christmas party which was held in their honor.
With trail names like “Lug Nut,”, “Mother Nature,”, “Dirt Nap,” “Belew,” “Skid,” “Auburn Breeze,” “Bull Dawg” and “Short Bus,” the hiking community congregated together in the warmth of the Jaycee park building to get out of the cold. Read the rest of this entry »
