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Message: [QUOTE="Fishy, post: 2774548, member: 38"] Living near the AT and maintaining a section of it, I have a ton of respect for through-hikers. The AT is like getting punched in the face over and over and over and over. It's never level and there's never a good place to put your feet - it's all rock and root and there's far more vertical gain and loss on the AT vs the PCT. That said, the New England portions of the trail are as beautiful as anything you'll find on this planet. Also, if you're not careful, those parts of it, especially New Hampshire, will happily kill you. I really didn't like Bryson's book. Didn't find it particularly funny and thought he carelessly used another human being as a prop. [/QUOTE]