looks like its another department to promote tourism? Thanks to Cannabis, tourism is no longer Maine's number source of income. That might be because...
The AT runs through very rural areas with poor medical facilities. An asymptomatic thru hiker could easily spread Covid to other thru hikers and town...
It's not the walking-in-the-woods part, it's the sleeping in the shelters and gathering at the popular rest/gear/social spots that they are concerned...
There is lot of debate on Whiteblaze. Some folks want that self affirmed certificate from the ATC, some regard an "illegal" hike as a bonus to prove...
In my opinion with respect to the trail runners and lost shoes, they were drifting into hypothermia once they got out in the wind, they didnt know it...
