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Smoky Mountains Section: shelters booked, is tent necessary?

I’m hiking just the Smoky Mountains section from Fontana Dam to Davenport Gap. Already have shelters booked for each night along the way, wondering if it’s necessary to carry my tent as well? Was thinking I could get away with an UL bivvy setup in case of emergencies, but then I saw a bear warning at one of the shelters I’m booked at and now I’m questioning whether it’s better to carry the tent JIC I can’t stay at a booked shelter for some reason (like aggressive bears). Has anyone been in the same situation? What did you do/wish you’d done?

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u/meanderanyway — 11 days ago
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I’ve posted this before but it’s our anniversary so I’m posting it again :) our little compilation vid of all our visits while he was hiking the AT in 2021 🥰

Today is the 13th anniversary of the day we met, and by total happenstance is also the 5 year anniversary of the day he finished trail and we got engaged. We didn’t even realize we’d gotten engaged on the same exact day we met until a couple months after the fact. So now we celebrate this as our anniversary :)

Still waiting on an official **wedding(edit-typo) due to financial stuff but we’re not in a rush - we’ve considered ourselves married for many years anyway lol we sort of detoured and had a kid instead hahaha

Editing to add: if anybody met Tinny in 2021 or at Trail Days one of these years please say hi! He’ll be thrilled 😏

u/heartandsunlight — 11 days ago
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Need advice on decision

Hey everyone,
I’m taking a gap year right now and for about a year my plan has been to do the AT in 2027. However, recently I’ve been thinking about changing my plan.

Im about to head into the field on a semester in patagonia with NOLS and I’ve been looking at their other courses. The east Africa one caught my eye with backpacking and mainly climbing Kilimanjaro. I really want to do the Africa program instead of the AT right now but the AT would also be awesome. I’m sure this subreddit is a little biased but I need help.

Please offer me any advice you can on the AT and if anyone has somehow by chance done this NOLS program let me know. Also what other subreddits should I post this in?

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u/UltraGuy15 — 10 days ago