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re: AT Thru Hikers Jack & Bob Ross From BR
Posted on 1/4/24 at 9:30 am to BobABooey
Posted on 1/4/24 at 9:30 am to BobABooey
It takes about a month to get to the Smokies from Springer Mtn. where the trail starts. You couldn’t pay me to try and hike the Smokies in February. During my stint on the AT, we hit the Smokies around Mid-April and we still had snow, if that tells you anything about how cold it is up there at times. The trail runs the ridges, so you’re hiking at elevations between 5500-6500 almost the entire time there. You get one snow storm at those elevations and you’re stuck there a while with limited food supplies, or risking your life to try and hike out in the snow and ice. Bad idea by these guys, if they even make it that far.
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:35 pm to WarCamEagle88
I thought this was kinda early to start the hike. However, I subscribed to watch how it unfolds. Thanks OP for the link. Where are those guys from?
Posted on 1/4/24 at 12:37 pm to WarCamEagle88
Meh,
True I wasn't doing the whole AT, but the absolute best time to hike The Smokies is dead of winter. And with the gear drops (uber and internet) that everyone uses it's not as if you're weeks off into wilderness. Plus knowing the weather like we do now it'd be easy to drop off the trail and hitch to a hostel. Plus that stint over 5000 is just a one 2-3 day push south of Clinghmans and another north...(if we're talking Smokies and through hiking)... and we always had more than the 35 pound packs they carry today.
Not to say I'd be without 900 down nor food lite. And remember there's more down days when starting from the first of the year than March.
True I wasn't doing the whole AT, but the absolute best time to hike The Smokies is dead of winter. And with the gear drops (uber and internet) that everyone uses it's not as if you're weeks off into wilderness. Plus knowing the weather like we do now it'd be easy to drop off the trail and hitch to a hostel. Plus that stint over 5000 is just a one 2-3 day push south of Clinghmans and another north...(if we're talking Smokies and through hiking)... and we always had more than the 35 pound packs they carry today.
Not to say I'd be without 900 down nor food lite. And remember there's more down days when starting from the first of the year than March.
Posted on 1/6/24 at 8:12 pm to WarCamEagle88
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risking your life to try and hike out in the snow and ice.
Risking many peoples lives trying to get the idiots off the mountain. Thats the issue that these idiots dont realize the resources that will go into SAR
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