Comments on: Just hiked the 135 miles from Springer to the Nantahala River http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:59:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Nicole Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:10:46 +0000 http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/#comment-138 I feel like a real shit for having these sitting in moderation for months. I missed the emails because I had *so much* email after being gone for a couple of weeks. I have never used bivies, I've used a solo tent and a tarp and now a hammock. With a tarp. Dan: I met turtlefast and Redeyes, but missed Stranger. Redeyes washed up at Cloud9 when I was there and a group of us played spades, which was fun. Guitar Joe and I kicked he and his partners ASS! Heh. I've done around 1400 miles, and I'm headed to New England to do Sheffield, MA to Bennington, VT. I feel like a real shit for having these sitting in moderation for months. I missed the emails because I had *so much* email after being gone for a couple of weeks.

I have never used bivies, I’ve used a solo tent and a tarp and now a hammock. With a tarp.

Dan: I met turtlefast and Redeyes, but missed Stranger. Redeyes washed up at Cloud9 when I was there and a group of us played spades, which was fun. Guitar Joe and I kicked he and his partners ASS! Heh.

I’ve done around 1400 miles, and I’m headed to New England to do Sheffield, MA to Bennington, VT.

]]> By: Dan http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Dan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:20:25 +0000 http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/#comment-107 Congratulations on your hike. My friend and I met you at the terminus on Springer Mountain the morning you left, and were hoping to catch up with your trip on your blog. I've been ispired to spend some time on the AT, and plan a short trip - about a week or so - in the early fall, with hopes of a thru-hike in 2010. We met a few other brave souls that day, and wonder if you encountered them. There was a young couple from Wisconsin...his trail name was turtlefast, and I can't remember her's. You seemed in much better physical condition than them, so you probably blew ahead. Redeye was a young man from New York (I think), and stranger was a 33 year old who was traveling light and moving fast. What's your total mileage logged on the AT to date, and where are you headed next? Once again, congratulations. You did some serious miles in a short time. -dan Congratulations on your hike. My friend and I met you at the terminus on Springer Mountain the morning you left, and were hoping to catch up with your trip on your blog.

I’ve been ispired to spend some time on the AT, and plan a short trip – about a week or so – in the early fall, with hopes of a thru-hike in 2010.

We met a few other brave souls that day, and wonder if you encountered them. There was a young couple from Wisconsin…his trail name was turtlefast, and I can’t remember her’s. You seemed in much better physical condition than them, so you probably blew ahead. Redeye was a young man from New York (I think), and stranger was a 33 year old who was traveling light and moving fast.

What’s your total mileage logged on the AT to date, and where are you headed next?

Once again, congratulations. You did some serious miles in a short time.

-dan

]]> By: Standard Mischief http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Standard Mischief Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:13:34 +0000 http://astrogirl.com/2008/04/20/just-hiked-the-135-miles-from-springer-to-the-nantahala-river/#comment-106 Awesome. When did you become a hammock hiker? I thought you were into those <strike>body</strike> bivy bags. I don't know if I ever told you, but I almost gave up on even going car camping because I wasn't able to get the sleep I needed. Luckily, I found Hennessy Hammocks, (oh, and I lost some weight, quit smoking, discovered saline spray, melatonin, and ear plugs). Awesome.

When did you become a hammock hiker? I thought you were into those body bivy bags.

I don’t know if I ever told you, but I almost gave up on even going car camping because I wasn’t able to get the sleep I needed. Luckily, I found Hennessy Hammocks, (oh, and I lost some weight, quit smoking, discovered saline spray, melatonin, and ear plugs).

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