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Portable Toilet Rental
Submitted by jem777 on Fri, 2010-02-19 06:09. CampingPortable Toilet - Prices, Tips, and What You Need to Know Before having portable toilet rental prices
1) Consider how many people will be attending your event. If you underestimate this number you can end up having a back up at the available portable toilets. Always error on the side of caution. Generally, for every 50 people that attend, an additional toilet is needed. For every additional how past 3 hours, you should consider getting an additional toilet as well.
2) Consider the type of toilet you will want. Aside from the sheer functionality of a toilet, there can be some factors that should play into your choice. Restroom trailers, for instance, offer additional amenities such as running water and full sinks. They offer an aesthetic appeal as well, which makes them more suitable for longer term events and times when their portable toilet counterparts would be an undesirable look.
Hiking the AT_9.12, 9.13, 9.14
Submitted by jmarsh on Fri, 2007-09-28 08:00. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingSeptember 12 (Day 135)
I went to bed extremely early last night, because I was bored and because it got dark very early because of the rain. I was probably in bed by 6:30. It rained all night long as far as I could tell.
Because I went to bed so early, I was also up very early, but sat around until it was light enough to see. I got going on the trail and had some miles to make up because I had stopped walking early yesterday.
First, I went up and over Nesuntabunt Mountain, probably the last climb of any significance before Katahdin. After that, the trail winds around a few lakes.
Hiking the AT_9.9, 9.10, 9.11
Submitted by jmarsh on Thu, 2007-09-27 08:43. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingSeptember 9 (Day 132)
Somehow I have managed to stay in this bubble between the large groups of people ahead of me and those behind me. I had the shelter to myself again last night.
With not much else to do last night, I went to bed very early and so was up early this morning also.
Back on the trail, it continued very much as it had yesterday at the end. The path looks as though it must have been some old forest road at some point, though it certainly hasn't had any vehicles on it in decades at least. Some portions are well cleared, and some sections are still quite rocky and swampy.
Hiking the AT_9.7, 9.8
Submitted by jmarsh on Wed, 2007-09-26 08:00. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingSeptember 7 (Day 130)
It was a pretty full house at the shelter last night. Lots of people showed up. There were five of us in the shelter, which was a little tight, but not terrible, and there were four others tenting.
I would have slept in a bit, but everyone in the shelter started moving around early, so I got up too. I took my time getting ready, but I was still the first one to leave camp.
Barren Mountain was just ahead of us, and it was steep climbing in places as usual. It was extremely humid and hazy today. I sweated like I did in New York, and the views were not very great from the top because of the haze.
Hiking the AT_9.4, 9.5, 9.6
Submitted by jmarsh on Tue, 2007-09-25 08:00. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingSeptember 4 (Day 127)
Last evening I walked up the road another mile from the hostel to a lodge, which had a restaurant. The food was definitely worth the walk, but I think I ate too much. I had already eaten quite a bit at the hostel, and then I had a bacon and Swiss cheeseburger with fries, a couple beers, and some sort of chocolate chip pie for dessert. I felt completely stuffed, and that feeling stayed with me through most of this morning. I need to get used to eating in moderation again.
I was the only one to stay at the hostel, so I had the bunkroom to myself. But, I know there were a few hikers staying up at the lodge.
Hiking the AT_9.2, 9.3
Submitted by jmarsh on Mon, 2007-09-24 08:16. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingSeptember 2 (Day 125)
I slept very comfortably in my tent last night, and there was no one else who chose to stay at the same campsite.
It was chilly this morning, so I got moving quickly to warm up. There was a shelter just over 3 miles ahead and uphill. The climb was easier than I expected to the shelter, but after that, the climbing was harder than I expected.
The first peak was the South Horn, from which I could see my real destinations of Bigelow Mountain and Avery Peak. After walking down and back up, I got onto Bigelow, and the weather this morning was perfect. I could see forever in every direction. I knew that one of the mountains that I was looking at to the northeast was Katahdin, but I couldn't be sure which peak it was. Either way, it was my first glimpse of the finish line. I took a few pictures and then took a few more when I got over to Avery Peak.
Hiking the AT_8.31, 9.1
Submitted by jmarsh on Sun, 2007-09-16 08:00. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingAugust 31 (Day 123)
It was a comfortable evening, and I was glad not to spend it in the rain. The hostel was pretty crowded, but I still slept well. Breakfast was complimentary, and I had a lot of cereal and orange juice.
The morning was very leisurely. Everyone got up late and sat around watching TV until 11 a.m. Then people started moving, and four of us got ready to go out to the trail and the rest decided to stay at the hostel for the day.
We got started on the trail about noon, so it was going to be a short day. It was rainy this morning, and this weather was supposed to last all day.
Hiking the AT_ 8.29, 8.30
Submitted by jmarsh on Fri, 2007-09-14 09:59. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingAugust 29 (Day 121)
I knew it was going to be a pretty warm day when I got up at 5 a.m. and it was already hotter than I expected.
I wanted to do a little over 20 miles today, and the hardest parts were right at the beginning. From the shelter I climbed straight down to a stream, then straight up Moody Mountain, then straight down to another stream, and then straight up to a ridgeline. During this second climb I passed four northbound hikers. All of them were slackpacking north to Route 17, where they would pick up their packs and then continue on to this shelter where I've stopped.
Hiking the AT_8.27. 8.28
Submitted by jmarsh on Wed, 2007-09-12 08:00. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingAugust 27 (Day 119)
I went to bed at 7:30 last night, and I needed every bit of those ten hours of sleep. I will need no less than ten hours of sleep again. The 17 miles I did today were the most exhausting 17-mile stretch I've walked on the AT so far.
I hiked up out of the shelter early this morning and made slow progress over the next 5 miles to a shelter next to a very beautiful pond.
From there I had to climb again and then make the long, steep descent into Mahoosic Notch, the "toughest mile on the AT." Just prior to the notch, I passed a group of about eight college-age kids going the same direction.
Hiking the AT_8.24, 8.25, 8.26
Submitted by jmarsh on Mon, 2007-09-10 11:35. Outdoor Recreation General/Adventure Travel | Backpacking | Camping | Hiking | Tent CampingAugust 24 (Day 116)
There was a decent amount of rain last night that came and went. It didn't rain hard continuously, but it just never seemed to want to stop.
Clouds were rolling past quickly this morning, and it was very foggy. Just like the last time I hiked in the Whites, the day I went past Mount Washington, it was extremely foggy, and so we didn't feel the need to take the side trail to the summit. It was the same for me today. I saw no reason to take the side trail just to see more fog.
The descent off the ridge was almost as bad as I remember, and it was a little treacherous because of the rain.






