Hiked in 2012. Never stayed in a shelter. It's not a problem. There's always a spot for a tent or three around the shelters. In The Whites the best tent spots where just before or after the huts....
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Hiked in 2012. Never stayed in a shelter. It's not a problem. There's always a spot for a tent or three around the shelters. In The Whites the best tent spots where just before or after the huts....
Thats awesome!!! Leading the way! Wish them the best.
sleep with your food. its yours. protect it. if its out of arms reach its fair game. this is of course for wilderness travel, if your at a campsite with boxes use them. No body hangs after a few...
I remember my first shelter pop.
Florida Trail-Pinhoti Trail-Hang a right on the BMT for a few days and walla!!!!SPRINGER Mt.
Have a great hike.
SWEET!! Thats so awesome. I met Swami on the FT in Jan 2012. He was almost done with the FT(sobo) and I was headed to Mt K. Congrats my friend.
4) Dude...where's my brother?
Bear canisters required? Dint even know the AT had such laws. From springer to neels gap, 30 miles? Carry a canister for a 2 days....LOL! I just don't see anybody starting the AT with an extra 2...
I'm almost done with the Pinhoti trail and headed for springer mt for the AT. Just sent my bear bagging line and carabiner home. Oops. Guess my food is going in my tent as usual.
I'd work on the condensation problem with your shelter as opposed to trying to water proof your bag. You can also dry your bag out during the day if it gets damp during the night. As far as treating...
Atleast the nps dint kill the bears. Grizzly country is no joke.
That precooked type is awesome. I try to add it to as many dinners as I can. The bacon pieces are also great. Lightweight also!
The section I just finished was cool. Blountstown-crestview. Eglin/Nokuse/econfina creek. All areas had nice camp areas ie: benches and fire rings. Also the best water I've had on the trail so far....
I started on apr 10 2011 from antelope wells. Water froze in my bottles first night! Had 18 inches of snow dump on me overnight just north of cuba nm. Entered the southern San juans before june 1st....
I wore a pair of oboz from Helena mt.-waterton lake Alberta during my cdt thru in 2011.They where lighter than why I usually wear(merrell Moab ventilators which are vibram soles btw) and worked great...
Until a thruhike has been completed your a wannabe thruhiker, right?
As far as inhaling I'm guilty.
As you probably read in the other thread I prefer using bleach to aqua mira for the obvious reasons that you stated. Gravity filters are cool too if you don't wanna use chemical treatment. They have...
I used an aether 70 on the pct up until Oregon. Used a gregory z55 for the remainder of pct and all of cdt. Have been using the ula ohm 2.0 now for about 1000 miles into my Florida-Maine hike this...
Pumps break all the time. Aqua Mira is expensive and uses 2 bottles. I'd recommend getting a clear eyes bottle for 3 bucks and filling it with bleach. Super light and bleach is available everywhere....
On my 2011 cdt thru I did two back to back 250 mile sections. On the first one from old faithful village wy to tendoy id I thought I had enough food for the 10 days, instead by the 5th day I had to...
Probably can get one at any ranger station along the trail. Crabtree meadow ranger station perhaps. I think it's for any "not good for cathole" areas. High mountain passes above treeline/fragile...
Pack it in pack it out? LNT (leave NO trace)Cigarette butts or seed shells it's all trash. Keep it simple stupid!
This year I ate a lot of ramen w gravy meals on the cdt. Just boiled the ramen w a bit more water then dump in gravy, stir and eat. Great(cheap) hot lunch or dinner. Usually got McCormick gravy...
I replaced a warn out z-rest on the CDT with a brand new "Big Blue" i got in Pie Town NM. Carried it all the way to Canada. It defenatly lost a few pieces along the way but held together mostly....
I used the J. Ley maps for my thru this year. They are awesome. Came on a cd, I had them printed at staples. Double sided. Pretty much like halfmiles maps. Lots of great alt routes and such. Used a...