Comments on: Backpackers and The Giving Tree https://pmags.com/backpackers-and-the-giving-tree Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/backpackers-and-the-giving-tree#comment-540144 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:59:20 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8137#comment-540144 In reply to steve.

I don’t think it is being commercialized as much as there are services now being set up to meet the demands of the travelers along the way. I just came back from a stretch of seeing the sites long the Oregon Trail. No different… There were guidebooks, services for the travelers, etc. Services always spring up to meet the demand. The grassroots way of doing things is nice..but limited in how much it can support. Not good or bad, it just is.

]]> By: steve https://pmags.com/backpackers-and-the-giving-tree#comment-536708 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:42:09 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8137#comment-536708 So do you think the AT is becoming too commercialized? It seems like it there are parts where it is easy (maybe not the right word) to hop off and go into town. I have only done a few multi day hikes and nothing like the AT so maybe I am not understanding but I have always carried enough food and know where the water sources are to re- supply. To me to enjoy the “long trails” is to stay on it, sleep on it and stay out of the hostels and only go into town for re-supply and enjoy the coke and hamburger at the end of the trip and the tail.

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