点评:The hike is great. There are a lot of hikes in the DMV where you get warned that it's not easy, this is the only one I've been on where it's true. The only problem is the Park Service.
We showed up to hike and the ranger said we need to have made a reservation online ahead of time. How were we supposed to know that? That is not common for Park Service hikes, and I've hiked Old Rag before and it didn't used to be necessary. So we can make the reservation right now, right? Except there is no cell service here, and the ranger knew that. So we had to waste 45 minutes driving to the nearest town and back just get a phone signal. The ranger said about 1/3 of everyone who comes to hike have to go through this. So they know this is a problem, but they don't put up road signs while you still have a signal, or let you use wi-fi to do it. Very aggravating.
翻译:徒步旅行很棒。DMV 有很多徒步旅行路线都会警告你,这并不容易,这是我去过的唯一一条真正警告你的路线。唯一的问题是公园管理局。
我们去徒步旅行,护林员说我们需要提前在网上预约。我们怎么知道的?这在公园管理局的徒步旅行中并不常见,我以前也去过 Old Rag,以前不需要预约。所以我们现在就可以预约,对吧?只是这里没有手机信号,护林员知道这一点。所以我们不得不浪费 45 分钟开车到最近的城镇再回来,才有手机信号。护林员说,大约 1/3 的徒步旅行者都要经历这个。所以他们知道这是一个问题,但他们不会在你还有信号的时候竖起路标,也不会让你使用 wi-fi 来做这件事。非常令人恼火。