Planning a section starting in near there. Depending on how my timeline hits, which shelter or campsite would you recommend? Is Pig Farm Campsite or Campbell Shelter too popular/messy? Should I bring...
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Planning a section starting in near there. Depending on how my timeline hits, which shelter or campsite would you recommend? Is Pig Farm Campsite or Campbell Shelter too popular/messy? Should I bring...
Trail runners are all I ever wear any more, basically sneakers with bigger knobs. Not sure if they are 'approach shoes' but light and comfortable. I am done with boots forever.
This situation would have been equally creepy had it been the other sex. I just wanted to share the experience. I have always thought of hitchhiking near the trail as an accepted and safe form of...
Fiddlehead, they did have a phone, and took pictures of them in the truck and the license plate. No service to send it out, but they did do that.
And there was no permission asked to stop at the camp. It was on the way up to the top.
Indeed, the creepiness stemmed from the truck pulling around the corner, just out of site, stopping, and the men getting out to ask my friends if they could tell a lie about what was happening. ...
Last week, four of us,all girls, hiked from Max Patch to Hot Springs. We then drove back to Max Patch to retrieve the second car. Well, my old beater didn't make it up the gravel road to the...
Long sleeve shirt...silk in summer, merino in spring/fall. I forgot my merino long johns on my trip last week, so kept my hiking pants on. It was fine albeit smelly. But won't leave the long johns...
Message me. No murderers allowed.
I have the 3l platypus. The older ones have a full zip on the top of both the dirty and the clean bag, now the clean bag is sealed permanently. The zip is a pain to close, but I like being able to...
I have drier lint in a ziplock. I think it's about 10 years old... I'm a little afraid to open it if I ever do need it.
Been a while since I have been on Whiteblaze... got a real job and whatnot, so my apologies for what may be a tired subject. I'm heading out on a solo hike south of Hot Springs, and was wondering...
I wonder if he was the same creepy Navigator that my friends and I ran into a few years ago. He was indeed creepy, saying that his only reason for hiking was to get dirty hiker sex. We camped far...
Hiking with this would be worth the extra weight for the hilarity it would bring!
Ebay has quite a few Sundowners available, if you are ok with slightly used shoes... I have bought my only 2 pair of Salomon xa pro's off ebay. Both were bought in the wrong size and were in like...
wow, I had never though of tenting with this in mind.... I do always have hand sanitizer, and wet wipes though. Now I won't waver when weighing things...
I actually use the rubber tips on my poles all the time. I use the poles more as a balance aid than extra grip. So no, the rubber tips would not be damaged.
I use the freezer bags for the clothes storage. Never had a problem. I use em for the FBC too (not the same ones obv.). If one develops a hole, it becomes the trash bag, but in all of my sections...
The chest strap on my pack, and on many I have seen, has a whistle. If your's doesn't, a lot of outfitters has the buckles with whistles for under a buck. Loud little sucker too.
I keep the extra sleep clothing in a ziplock bag. If my hiking clothes are wet, I'm assured of a dry night sleep. Here's the quilt I made. I sewed the foot box after using velcro for a trip or 2,...
Awesome! I love to hear that!!!
Politico says hikers will 'not be shooed off the AT.' http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-changes-97618.html
Muddy, I will continue to section each year. Maybe the thru will end up being a few long sections, but why not dream? Why not have a long term goal? If it is wonderful that a child grows up...
Because I can't do it right now, or for a while, I've started to plan for a future thru hike. I've been a section hiker for many years, and never really thought about a thru hike until recently. ...
About the same as you would prepare any solo adventure. If you are not fully confident in yourself, start finding ways to build confidence. Talk to other women who have traveled solo, whether in...