[at-l] Very Low Number of Thru-hikers This Year

[Felix J]

Sloetoe wrote:

>--- Karen Somers <kborski at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>At Springer last weekend, the ridge runner claimed
>>that only about 400 - 500 thru-hikers started nobo
>>this year.  The registers seem to back that number
>>up. 
>>Anyone have any other news regarding this low
>>number? 
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>### "Nobody goes there anymore -- it's too crowded"???
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yeah...and, the food's no good and the portions are too small.