[at-l] Hiking the AT using a car

[Walt Daniels]

That is the way we did a large percentage of the trail section hiking. In
some cases we actually rented two cars, e.g. from Atlanta. You should see
the strange look on the rental agents when you do that. In other cases we
drove and rented a second car (a number of those out of Roanoke Airport).
Finding rental car places that are open odd hours other than at airports is
hard. Sometimes we used shuttlers, e.g. out of Damascus where we drove a
ways out and hiked to town then the next day got shuttled out beyond where
we had left the car and hiked to it. Did that on both sides of town over one
Thanksgiving weekend.

 

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From: at-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On
Behalf Of Marsha Lee
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 6:50 AM
To: Curtis Balls; at-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Hiking the AT using a car

 

Hi Curtis - 

I've heard of several couples doing this, and I'll try to find them. I know
one couple posted their journals on TJs. 

Email you back as soon as I find something.

Marsha 





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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:09:51 -0700
From: curtishballs at yahoo.com
To: at-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] Hiking the AT using a car

I'm  looking for any information on how to assist a hike on the AT using a
car.  I don't mean car hiking.  I mean slackpacking without a support team,
just myself.  Is it possible?  I need to start out really, really slow
because of my knees and a weight issue that is a concern but not a crisis.
Any ideas, articles, books, guides, leads, experiences would be helpful.
Once I get my stamina back, I may loose the car.

Thanks,
Curtis

 

 

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