Danjo:As another recovering
Danjo:
As another recovering hillbilly (I'll never really fully heal, I guess), a love for the mountains gets in your blood. And the sheer density and intensity and closeness of life in all the water and greenness around you in the Appalachians is a unique feeling. The Bavarian/Tirolean Alps in Southern Germany and Austria are pretty close, as are parts of the Black Forest, but for America, the Appalachians are unique. Like Nate said, it's comparing two different species to compare young, sharp-rock mountains and ancient, eroded mountains that have so much more fertile soil for the proliferation of life. Both are great, but they're totally different. I love them both myself.
I just hiked about 5 miles last weekend at the Southern end of the Appalachian Trail with the family in VFFs (my feet aren't solid enough bare yet to handle as much mileage as I'd like), which is what prompted me to comment.
Danjo:
As another recovering hillbilly (I'll never really fully heal, I guess), a love for the mountains gets in your blood. And the sheer density and intensity and closeness of life in all the water and greenness around you in the Appalachians is a unique feeling. The Bavarian/Tirolean Alps in Southern Germany and Austria are pretty close, as are parts of the Black Forest, but for America, the Appalachians are unique. Like Nate said, it's comparing two different species to compare young, sharp-rock mountains and ancient, eroded mountains that have so much more fertile soil for the proliferation of life. Both are great, but they're totally different. I love them both myself.
I just hiked about 5 miles last weekend at the Southern end of the Appalachian Trail with the family in VFFs (my feet aren't solid enough bare yet to handle as much mileage as I'd like), which is what prompted me to comment.