[at-l] Cohos Trail

Sloetoe sloetoe at yahoo.com
Thu May 1 11:17:50 CDT 2008


--- Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fall on the Cohos Trail will have another advantage,
> the pathway will be beat out from that summers
traffic. <g>  I don't know what the first hiker of the
year does...
### Wears a netting suit, showers in DEET, clothes in
Permithrin ("Bug-OFF" -- worth the bucks), wipes
exposed skin in mud, dips feet in Second Skin, and
walks with no worries.

### I thought Skeeter's description deserved a
complete repost, hence...
> And I don't think I would describe the trail so much
> as rugged as rough.
> It's the first marked trail that I've lost* and had
> to bushwhack to a known
> point. You also end up playing "if I was a trail,
> where would I go from
> here?". So all in all I wouldn't recommend it as
> someones first long hike,
> but it's not going to kick you're butt, especially
> after doing the Colorado Trail in three weeks...
> 
> *Let me clarify that - *I* wasn't lost, I knew
> exactly where I was, but the
> trail wasn't where it should have been ;) 
> skeeter

### Great advice.

'toe

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