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idiotek


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great smoky mountains national park
#16146725 - 04/27/12 11:57 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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wondering if anyone has any experience with backpacking in this area?
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: idiotek]
#16157253 - 04/29/12 08:38 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've camped there and went tubing and such but not much backpacking....beautiful land........
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: jboredone]
#16159077 - 04/30/12 07:31 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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i reside on the other side of the smokies in NC--purty purty area--backpacked quite a bit
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: Mr. Wilson]
#16159166 - 04/30/12 08:02 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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you recommend any particular trails to backpack? i'm thinking i'd like to start out on some of the overnight loops.. i've been finding a few websites online devoted to this, but nothing too specific. i'm coming from swva, so I guess the fastest way to get there for me is to take I-81 and then head to Gatlinburg, and go into the park that way.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: idiotek]
#16160164 - 04/30/12 12:48 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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i dont do the trails to much--i kinda just wander the Pisgah National Forest huntin ginseng and other wild herbs and plants--but seng mostly
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: Mr. Wilson]
#16161036 - 04/30/12 03:42 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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oh ok. you should post some photos from that area if you have them!
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: idiotek]
#16161045 - 04/30/12 03:45 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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1d10t3k said: wondering if anyone has any experience with backpacking in this area?
Much experience. Which area? It runs quite a long way and through multiple states.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16161802 - 04/30/12 06:09 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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I guess I'd be coming through Gatlinburg to get there.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: idiotek]
#16161959 - 04/30/12 06:33 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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Not too familiar with the middle/southern part of the chain. I just know the northern part.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16162497 - 04/30/12 08:14 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hiked pretty close to Boone and Blowing Rock, NC. Really cool in the fall. I recommend it.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: letholdus]
#16162561 - 04/30/12 08:23 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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letholdus said: Hiked pretty close to Boone and Blowing Rock, NC. Really cool in the fall. I recommend it.
That's my backyard
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16162575 - 04/30/12 08:25 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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letholdus said: Hiked pretty close to Boone and Blowing Rock, NC. Really cool in the fall. I recommend it.
That's my backyard 
Nice dude. Boone kicks ass man. My sister went to App for college.
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Re: great smoky mountains national park [Re: letholdus]
#16162586 - 04/30/12 08:27 PM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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letholdus said:
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GuruBushHippie said:
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letholdus said: Hiked pretty close to Boone and Blowing Rock, NC. Really cool in the fall. I recommend it.
That's my backyard 
Nice dude. Boone kicks ass man. My sister went to App for college.
Me too! Yeah, Boone is the shit. College ass everywhere, parties galore, and enough drugs to satisfy anybody and then some.
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