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rosey is the one yo momma warned you about!
stomper
1:53:31 PM
12/13/09

Your momma warned you about cannibals? Where the hell did you grow up?
hyway
2:52:08 PM
12/13/09

Juts eet the doodoos of nother peepel and dogs and biers.
Sarabelle
3:52:33 PM
12/13/09

One of you guys should actually attempt this, try to do it right - and write a book about your experience.
HighPlainsDrifter
3:56:27 PM
12/13/09

"or alexander supertramp”

just stay away from his potato surprise....
ChinMusic
4:42:10 PM
12/13/09

and take a map?
hyway
4:57:00 PM
12/13/09

walking on the beach does not prepare you for a hike on the AT. i have put in high mileage on the beach and there are no ups and downs, rocks or roots. i would find a building with several stories, load a pack and walk up and down for several hours. being from the west coast of florida i know bweach walking even with a pack does't compare. alot of our state parks have backcountry trails that i would do some week long trips on those first.
cyndeee
5:06:35 PM
12/13/09

Walking in deep sand is better than regular flat land hiking though. At least you are working a couple more muscles in your legs. But yeah, nothing prepares you for hils like hills do.
hyway
5:09:57 PM
12/13/09

If you can walk 5 miles on a FLAT bike trail, you can start the AT. Just take it slow and allow the trail to whip you into shape. In fact many have gotten off the couch, started, and finished the AT. Those first few weeks won't be too much fun though.

The Trail Journals are full of such stories.
ChinMusic
10:02:43 PM
12/13/09

Its a little known fact that no one from Florida has ever completed the AT.
Rev Truth V Wicked
4:17:51 AM
12/14/09

The trail journals are as full of people getting off the trail who were fit when they started as people who weren't. Everybody has a different breaking point.

This guy here is great inspiration and his journal is a great read. Big Red from 2002

http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=598

This is what he looked like when he started at Amicalola Falls State Park.

hyway
5:07:26 AM
12/14/09

I think he had already considered cannibalism:


im looking for a seasoned person or persons ...
tommy999
9:04:54 PM
12/10/09
Nonconformist
9:27:18 AM
12/14/09

LOL
hyway
9:48:55 AM
12/14/09

LOL. Nice one.
roseymonster
10:07:40 AM
12/14/09

This sounds very familiar.

Tommy, you wouldn't happen to the the same guy who posted over on defensivecarry.com about packing a pistol and a rifle on the AT so you could bag small game to eat as you hike would you?
humanpackmule
7:36:07 PM
12/14/09

How 'bout that Santa Fe trail?
Dunadan
7:47:31 PM
12/14/09

Two Cannibals are eating a clown.. One of them stops, looks at the other and asks 'Does this taste funny to you?'

"32oz
32ozgatorade
8:46:15 AM
12/17/09

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