Is there a part of the trail that is really treacherous? I don’t mean difficult—but treacherous.
James Carroll
Trail treachery
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of the trail in Georgia will take your foodbag while you’re sleeping, and in New York the trail has knifed some hikers. In PA the trail tends to spread lies about certain hikers and get the law on them.
Goldfinger
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#4
Goldfinger…lol
ditto bugman: NH (wildcat climb was nasty) and definitely southern maine (mahoosuc’s to bigelow). lehigh boulder scramble in PA was a little dangerous too.
lakewood
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i would agree on these assessments of “dangerous terrain”…(though mahoosuc notch was so much more beautiful than we imagined!)…coming off of mt. moosilaukee was pretty serious, too…but i think all of these places, if taken SLOWLY [and perhaps PRAYERFULLY, as paw teases me of doing at lehigh gap),can be accomplished without incident!..we were glad to get mt madison under our belts BEFORE a rain storm (one of the “croo” there at the hut recommended NOT hiking it when it was wet!)…but…y’ know…in general, most of the “scary” places we’d heard about, really didn’t pan out as being all that difficult…that 60 miles or so in maine that’s supposed to be the “worst” on the trail?..we hardly noticed!..maybe it’s because by that time you’re in good shape, excited about actually completing your thruhike, and have gained quite a bit of confidence in your own abilities (as well as the Abilities of a Creator who has cared for you in MANY ways all along 2000 miles!)…i will say, though…it helps to have LONG LEGS! :^)
maw-ee
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I was constantly told parts of the trail was “treacherous” only to get through it and find it was over exagerated. So, with that said, I just think it depends on the weather and your physical and mental ability.Thats what make the AT so wonderful!
Boo-Boo