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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:02 pm
by irishpaving
It is the m25 when it has heavy snow cos you have to walk and keep going round & round.... Not really, it's the Appalachian Trail... answer to Q2 is 47 years
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:22 pm
by DNgroundworks
i have been talking to a guy today about the above trail, he said the same about people going missing, is this true or is it just a bit of twisted legend?
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:07 pm
by lutonlagerlout
dam america is a seriously big place
map
england is the same size as alabama,and the uk is the same size as oregon
away from the weat and east coasts you have vast areas of nothing, my mate used to live in LA and he said if you went an hour into the mountains you wouldnt see a soul for days at a time
LLL
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:45 pm
by DNgroundworks
Been doin a bit more reasearch on the subject and the stories about brutal murders and abductions on the trail appear to be true, 9 murders in total plus abductions and deaths due to human error (falls etc) also i found that there were hikers killing other hikers, i can only assume this is due to them being scared and thinking its a hill billy coming for them!! if i were to go on that id be armed to the eyeballs, would look more like a soldier than a hiker....
The sense of achievement upon completion must be good though.
The pacific crest trail seems a bit safer
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:41 pm
by Tommy
Went away for a few days last week up to Yorkshire, and on the shelf in the cottage, Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson. Remembered this thread on here, and had to read it
Read it by the next morning.
Enjoyed it by large, although some bits seemed a bit rushed, and others a bit long winded, and I thought the ending was pretty abrupt.