[pct-l] The AT as a "green tunnel"

[Kevin]

I have hikes some small sections of the AT. I understood what you meant, I just had thought of it that way.

I'm not sure whether ?'s about the AT are frowned upon on this list, so I was reluctant to ask more. Since were talking about it though... ;)

The parts I've seen were, as you described, in dense forest. I've heard references to "balds", which I think means the top a hill that has no trees. The views should be nice from those, no? Hopefully you hike passed a couple a day. Hiking through a tunnel for months sounds miserable to me. 

I've always just assumed I would someday hike the big three and get that triple crown. I'd hate for the AT to become something I have to force myself to finish because I need to "get out". The reason I'm hiking the PCT as a thru hike is so I can go live outside for a season. It's a response to having worked in a cubicle too long. I guess I'm saying I need the wide open vistas. Is the AT lacking these?

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On Oct 18, 2010, at 10:17 PM, "giniajim" <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> The term refers to the fact that you're hiking through woods.  There are mountains with lots of ups and downs to be sure, but the "mountains" on the east coast are covered with trees (with some exceptions). 
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>  "Long green tunnel," I had never heard that. I'm planning to thru hike the PCT next, and had planned to hike the AT someday. That description doesn't sound inviting to me. :(
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>  On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM, <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Fascinating question... Anyone ever figured this one out?
>>> 
>>> 
>> Well, "between trees in the forest" means something different on the PCT
>> than it does on the AT, also known as "the long green tunnel."
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