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		<title>Comment on Protected: Whiskey Still Campsite Photos by BirdShooter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Protected: Whiskey Still Campsite Photos by ash</title>
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		<dc:creator>ash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on The Chattooga River Trail Podcast by BirdShooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>BirdShooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have never hiked the trail along the East Fork but have hiked the entire Chattooga River and Foothills Trail in this area.  

Do you have this book?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=n2backpacking-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E&quot; title=&quot;Guide To The Foothills Trail&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Guide to the Foothills Trail&lt;/a&gt;  On page 48, it details this area from Sloan Bridge SC 107 to Fish Hatchery Road to Burrell&#039;s Ford.  on page 109 it mentions the spur that you reference here as &quot;trail to connect with the Foothills Trail turns left (east) and climbs toward Medlin Mountain&quot;.

Do you have this book?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/dp/1561452602?tag=n2backpacking-20&amp;camp=14573&amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=1561452602&amp;adid=0SGJ5DRFSF28P5E7CTN3&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Frcm.amazon.com%2Fe%2Fcm%3Fo%3D1%26l%3Das1%26f%3Difr%26t%3Dn2backpacking-20%26p%3D8%26asins%3D1561452602%26IS2%3D1%26lt1%3D_blank&quot; title=&quot;Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River&lt;/a&gt;.  Tim Homan describes the trails in detail in this area as well.  

This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566954673?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=n2backpacking-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1566954673&quot; title=&quot;Chattooga River Trail Map&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chattooga River Trail map&lt;/a&gt; is also a good one, because it shows all the trails here.  

On the Chattooga River Trail map I see a spur between the Chattooga River Trail and Foothills Trail tagged as Trail #221.  This trail also continues north to Ellicott Rock listed as #221 and is marked on the map as the Chattooga River Trail.

If you are referring to the Fork Mountain Trail, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=n2backpacking-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E&quot; title=&quot;Guide To The Foothills Trail&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Guide to the Foothills Trail&lt;/a&gt; also describes this area in detail on page 106.  It sounds like you hike in this area a lot.  If you get nothing else, I suggest the Foothills Trail guidebook which has detailed hiking directions and maps (including spur maps and trailhead maps).  Hope this helps.  

BirdShooter</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never hiked the trail along the East Fork but have hiked the entire Chattooga River and Foothills Trail in this area.  </p>
<p>Do you have this book?  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=n2backpacking-20&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E" title="Guide To The Foothills Trail" rel="nofollow">Guide to the Foothills Trail</a>  On page 48, it details this area from Sloan Bridge SC 107 to Fish Hatchery Road to Burrell&#8217;s Ford.  on page 109 it mentions the spur that you reference here as &#8220;trail to connect with the Foothills Trail turns left (east) and climbs toward Medlin Mountain&#8221;.</p>
<p>Do you have this book?  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1561452602?tag=n2backpacking-20&#038;camp=14573&#038;creative=327641&#038;linkCode=as1&#038;creativeASIN=1561452602&#038;adid=0SGJ5DRFSF28P5E7CTN3&#038;&#038;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Frcm.amazon.com%2Fe%2Fcm%3Fo%3D1%26l%3Das1%26f%3Difr%26t%3Dn2backpacking-20%26p%3D8%26asins%3D1561452602%26IS2%3D1%26lt1%3D_blank" title="Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River" rel="nofollow">Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River</a>.  Tim Homan describes the trails in detail in this area as well.  </p>
<p>This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566954673?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=n2backpacking-20&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=1566954673" title="Chattooga River Trail Map" rel="nofollow">Chattooga River Trail map</a> is also a good one, because it shows all the trails here.  </p>
<p>On the Chattooga River Trail map I see a spur between the Chattooga River Trail and Foothills Trail tagged as Trail #221.  This trail also continues north to Ellicott Rock listed as #221 and is marked on the map as the Chattooga River Trail.</p>
<p>If you are referring to the Fork Mountain Trail, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=n2backpacking-20&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E" title="Guide To The Foothills Trail" rel="nofollow">Guide to the Foothills Trail</a> also describes this area in detail on page 106.  It sounds like you hike in this area a lot.  If you get nothing else, I suggest the Foothills Trail guidebook which has detailed hiking directions and maps (including spur maps and trailhead maps).  Hope this helps.  </p>
<p>BirdShooter</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Chattooga River Trail Podcast by jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Birdshooter,

I have a question I hope you can answer.  I did a recent treck from the Fish Hatchery down the East Fork.  Once I hit the River Trail, I took the spur north of Burrells that led back to the Foothills Trail.  I cannot find any information regarding the spur.  Do you have any knowledge of this spur?

Also, can you direct me to information regarding the Fort Maountain Loop; which trails the loop incorporates, etc...

Thanks So Much!

Slim Jim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Birdshooter,</p>
<p>I have a question I hope you can answer.  I did a recent treck from the Fish Hatchery down the East Fork.  Once I hit the River Trail, I took the spur north of Burrells that led back to the Foothills Trail.  I cannot find any information regarding the spur.  Do you have any knowledge of this spur?</p>
<p>Also, can you direct me to information regarding the Fort Maountain Loop; which trails the loop incorporates, etc&#8230;</p>
<p>Thanks So Much!</p>
<p>Slim Jim</p>
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		<title>Comment on The 10 Best Hikes In The Smokies by BirdShooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>BirdShooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are absolutely right about that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are absolutely right about that.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The 10 Best Hikes In The Smokies by steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You, say the A.T. is the longest trail in the U.S.,What about the PCT 2,650 miles and the CDT 3,100 miles?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You, say the A.T. is the longest trail in the U.S.,What about the PCT 2,650 miles and the CDT 3,100 miles?</p>
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