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Please leave your rape-cultured, femi-supremacist, man-hating thoughts at home. In fact, stay home altogether if "[b]eing female" is reason enough for you to feel uncomfortable when someone with Y...

... and that's great Steve, but it's not in spirit of the original post. In fact, I'm not sure where you got the idea that there was an implication that ONLY those who are free spirits are "truly...

Everyone's life situation comes about because of the choices they have made. You made the conscious choice to have a wife and children, and even said so. I made the conscious choice NOT to have a...

I know you stipulated that it must use your trekking poles, but if you can overlook that, the OneShot is a great little tent. I'm 5'-10" and it lets me sit hunched over. You can order one from REI,...

If all goes well with my finances, I'll be quitting my job. I've sold nearly everything I own, and have moved in with a roommate. Assuming the car loan, school loans, and credit cards get paid off...

The Appalachian Trail Lodge sounds nice. Do many folks stay here the night after finishing a thru?

Me thinks, with all this talk about alcohol stoves, I'm gonna dump my white gas stove, and make a cat stove.

How easy is denatured alcohol to obtain on the trail?

I've waited several years for the AT hype to die down... so that I could do a thru hike without so many people on the trail... wonder If I'm going to have to wait another 6 years now that this...

Same here.

The reason the web address doesn't have www in front is that the owner of the whiteblaze.net domain name has it setup so all http requests, no matter if the machine name is www or not go to the same...

I'm all about being comfortable.

Sleeping Bag - 3 lbs. 4 oz.
Tent - 3 lbs. 9 oz.
Pack - 5 lbs. 10oz.
Sleeping Pad - 2 lbs.

My total pack weight is around 40 lbs fully loaded.

-Nero

Thanks for the suggestions Howie & Jaybird.

:)

-Nero

I was given a fairly inexpensive digital camera recently, and it's not waterproof either. Any suggestions on how to keep it dry during a thru-hike?

-Thanks

Nero

I believe Nalgene makes all kinds of little containers. If the idea of chemical residue bothers you (as much as me) you can order some of these little guys from Campmor.

-Nero

According to the poll it would appear that bivy's aren't all that popular. I've been thinking about ways to shave weight, and scrapping my tent in favor of a bivy is starting to sound like a good...

That would be my opinion all the way... This site's forum is tons more open than some "other" places I have asked for advice.

-Nero

Hangman:

I have knee problems myself. I use a simple neoprene (closed patella) brace that I picked up at a pharmacy for less than 20 bucks. However it doesn't help all that much. If you don't...

Just curious... I've been hiking through the smokies in Late December with nothing more than gaiters, wool socks, fleece pullover, rain gear, 50/50 poly/cotton T, wool hat, shorts and some...

The NOC is less than 2 miles from the Rufus Morgan Shelter.

-Nero

I find that using a shorter bag keeps me warmer. Then again I don't have the problem of it being tight in the shoulders. I'm 6 feet tall and use a 20 degree syntethic fill bag by North Face (Cat's...

Were these the shirts that were to be made of coolmax?

-Thanks

Nero

I'm kind of green when it comes to hiking. I wasn't in boy scouts or anything and have only seen the southern AT up to the NOC. I also don't have any experience fording rivers. What's the easiest...

I've got about 160+ miles on my Sierra Designs Light Year CD, and plan on using it for my thru hike in 2006.

What about starting say... February 25th or so... is that too early?