The Appalachian Trail: Is it getting too crowded?

A friend recently sent me this newspaper article about hikers  overcrowding the Appalachian Trail  I’ve been hearing a lot about this in recent years and, in the south, in spring, it appears to be true. When I thru-hiked the A.T. in 2003, it was crowded then, I thought. The shelters up to Damascus, VA were […]