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karmekanic t1_j1uap30 wrote

I think you might be mistaken, the bunkers of alvira are nowhere near the Appalachian Trail

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newworldman1070 t1_j1ue9vg wrote

I don’t like how the AT misses most of scenic PA.

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karmekanic t1_j1ufp3x wrote

me too, the AT gives PA hiking a bad rep unfortunately

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Brunt-FCA-285 t1_j1uk3m7 wrote

I’ve loved my weekend treks over the AT from my Boy Scout days, but there is a reason that the thru-hikers we talked to call our state “Rocksylvania.”

The Pinnacle and Bake Oven Knob are awesome, though.

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Illustrious_Air_1438 t1_j1uyp6a wrote

I'm from Lehigh County and love the AT, but I agree there are more scenic parts of the state. I hear the Mid State Trail is very good, but I've never hiked any of it.

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xWhiteRYNOx OP t1_j1wfbpv wrote

Which trail, of the thousands of miles of trials, in the Appalachian mountains, are you referring to? I could almost walk out back, and get to any "main" part of the Appalachian trail, if you knew which turns to take... They are all connected. There isn't just "one main trail" and that's it... There is more than one path to reach a destination. Just because I didn't live "right on the most traveled part of the Appalachian trail", doesn't mean I didn't grow up with trails, through the Appalachian Mountains...

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karmekanic t1_j1wxxf2 wrote

I am referring to the Appalachian Trail, which unlike other trails, is not a trail system. it's one continuous footpath. and Elimsport is at least a one hour drive from the AT. you couldn't get there out and back in a day

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xWhiteRYNOx OP t1_j1xcb88 wrote

Can you get any long distance, on foot, in a day? I'm telling you, there is a continuous path I can take, from my old stomping grounds, and get to "the Appalachian trail". Will it be quick? No. But walking the whole trail takes months. But it branches, and branches, and branches, and branches, throughout the whole path. They are all part of "the Appalachian Trails". You are only reffering to a small part, that is the main path, that covers the most distance, in a straight line. But that straight line isn't the only way. Anyone can start, and get off at any point. You don't have to start at one end, and go to the other. Most people don't make it the whole distance, and that is only a small portion, if you consider all the branches off "the main path", but even the branches are part of "the Appalachian Trails". Just because it wasn't as traveled, doesn't mean it wasn't traveled before, or else there wouldn't be footpaths, and roads, and all that up there. Yes, it may be a distance, but I'm just saying that it was possible.

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