Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Through-Hiker http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Stampede on the Appalachian Trail http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/interviews-with-10-appalachian-trail-hikers/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:00 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/videoblog/?p=4 Okay, so it wasn’t really a stampede. But the Appalachian Trail in the Smokies gets quite crowded during the last two weeks in April when the thru-hikers arrive.

Despite the fact that they still had about 1,900 more miles to go, a bunch of hikers were nice enough to pause and talk to me (while still wearing their very heavy packs).

Click the photo below to see the short film starring 10 AT hikers.
Appalachian Trail Hikers

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