North Carolina piece 2
The noteworthy Smokey Mountain National Park is the first point on the trail where there are more regulations than what I absorb become accustomed to.
Here are a few of the differences:A permit that costs $20 is required for thru-hikers
You are only permitted 8 nights total in the park
You must sleep in the designated shelters along the trail
whether the shelter is full thruhikers must give space to section hikers and thenay pitch a tent outside the shelter
No Food in the Shelters (generally a superior idea but we don’t always follow this rule – especially in bad weather)This trip is best split into days for reasons that shall soon become apparent. ...
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