http://get.chattablogs.com/ News about America's Great Eastern Trail, offering an extended unity with nature for hikers from Alabama to New York. en-us footpaths@fleszar.org 2008-07-31T17:45:08-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/07/breakthrough_in.html Great Eastern Trail is now a reality in New York State. Mr. Pat Monahan, "GET it in NY" Project Manager for Finger Lakes Trail Conference, reports the following: "I am very proud to tell you that the Great Eastern Trail... 73249@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-07-31T17:45:08-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/07/get_board_membe.html Carl Lorence, leader of Pennsylvania's Standing Stone Trail, has been designated one of the original PA iCons as part of a PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources effort to make commitment to conservation personal. Congratulations, Carl, for setting an... 72602@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-07-15T06:08:08-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/07/42_degrees_nort.html In June 2008, Pennsylvania's Mid State Trail extended its northern end to the New York-Pennsylvania border. Dr. Thomas Thwaites, founder of MST and longtime advocate of metrication, literally marked the occasion.... 72487@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-07-10T20:56:44-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/06/wheres_your_nature_valley.html "Nature Valley" is high up Lookout Mountain in the Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military Park for the hard working volunteers in this video - take a look!... 71073@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-06-01T10:27:10-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/05/national_trails_day_events_along_the_get.html The American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is June 7 this year. AHS offers a link to NTD events nationwide. Some of the events scheduled for 2008's NTD along the GET are:... 71069@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-05-31T21:39:43-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/04/get_out_and_work_in_pa.html Pennsylvania's hard working Standing Stone Trail Club and its tireless, fearless leader, Carl Lorence, has encouranged a PA State Park to enhance the sign at the northern trailhead of Standing Stone Trail. All of SST is part of the east... 69313@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-04-16T19:52:54-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/03/thruhike_to_benefit_get.html As I write this, Susan Baxley, Andy Grizzell, and their dog Corley are stepping forth from Springer Mountain in Georgia with a mission - to raise much needed funds for the GET! See http://www.get-athike.org/ to follow their hike - and... 68232@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-03-17T19:04:42-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/02/carrve_out_a_new_path_for_the_get.html By Tom Johnson American Hiking Society and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club are sponsoring a Volunteer Vacation on the Great Eastern Trail in Northern Virginia. Join us in beginning construction of the six-mile Carr Mountain Trail through a remote area... 67283@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-02-24T18:46:41-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/the_best_place_youve_never_been.html I've heard Breaks Interstate Park, straddling the Kentucky/Virginia border, described as "The best place you've never been!" And it's true - I've never been there. It's an interstate PARK, NOT on the interstate highway! However, the GET will take you... 66130@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-27T22:57:07-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/brrr.html Winter is one of the best four seasons to hike the GET! Daryl Warren of Wellsboro, Pa.'s Asaph Trail Club led a hike recently on part of Pennsylvania's longest and wildest footpath, Mid State Trail. This newest section of MST... 65569@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-15T07:13:25-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/a_devilish_improvement_to_the_get.html Volunteers are the heart and soul of America's Great Eastern Trail. Continuous improvement is the watchword of Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, at the forefront of the volunteer-led organizations working together to create and enhance the GET. Walt Smith, a longtime... 65553@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-14T20:00:47-05:00 http://get.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/welcome_to_the_get_blog.html Greetings, hikers! Welcome to the brand new blog for Great Eastern Trail, America's newest exciting long distance trail. Here you will find news items from all up and down the GET, from Alabama to New York. For general questions about... 64834@http://get.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-26T17:41:32-05:00