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Have you tried mate frio/tereré? I never knew you could brew it cold until the other day, and it's really refreshing! I add just a small drop of lemon juice for some extra flavor. I'd be worried...

Sponge bath/water bottle & washcloth showers work really well. I spent a few months living in a shed with no shower or running water and just bathed with a water bottle and washcloth. I never even...

Went out on Sunday and there was very little water in the prairie. I seem to remember it being wet enough to filter water in the summertime. Either way, we carried in all of our water and had an...

I'm planning on taking some friends camping in Big Cypress with me and was thinking Carpenter Camp would be an easy hike for everyone. One map I have says there is surface water at the site and...

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Select "Appalachian Trail" from the "Trail" menu and "Trailhead/Parking" from the "Location Type" menu. Hope this helps.

Wow, snow already! I've camped on the Wesser Bald fire tower - nothing like getting to see the sunset AND sunrise with a view like that in a single trip. I lived for half a year off the road that the...

180* South is one of those movies I can watch over and over again. I think just about everyone on WB would appreciate it.

I have such bad running form if I don't get immediate feedback to not do what I'm doing, that I credit minimalist shoes for being the only reason I'm able to run. Most people will definitely notice a...

Curious to know how the meeting was. Mr. Miranda seems to have many credentials that will be really useful to the Florida Trail. Any mention of new projects or areas of focus in the near future?

There are many hydration packs made specifically for running/trail running. They're usually very narrow compared to a normal backpacking pack, and they don't have much space so that everything is...

Sounds like that'd be a lot of work, but I know a lot of people would really like it!

I hardly ever wear bug repellent, and won't touch anything with DEET in it. I have some repellent made of natural oils and beeswax that works somewhat. A head net can make a tremendous difference in...

A little off topic, but does Gainesville have a decent amount of trail runners? I lived there for six months and figured, with all the trails in the area, there would be a lot but only saw a few...

I watched a program, I think on National Geographic, that said Pythons could be expected to survive throughout most of the southeast.

I did an out-and-back day hike on the DRT - 5 or 6 miles in and then back out. It was absolutely brutal. This thread makes my legs hurt. But I had a great time all the same.

WingedMonkey, where would you suggest parking to do the L.O.S.T. trail? It looks like the west side is unpaved, so I'd probably want to do some overnights on that section. Is the entirety of the...

Torreya has incredible hiking. It's a beautiful area. I just got back from camping and hiking the FT outside of White Springs, and it reminded me a lot of Torreya.

I'm supposed to run a trail half...

I'm in Coral Springs. Bike camping is another idea I've been thinking of. There's a handful of us that do group rides on the levees in Broward during cyclocross season, and you can do tons of miles...

Well toilet paper is lighter, and I AM going to be running while carrying minimal gear.. Maybe I'll get lucky and won't even need the TP until I'm already back home. :-?

Hikes In Rain, I never...

Specifically the canals running from Lake Okeechobee to Broward, Miami, and Palm Beach. I'm thinking about doing an overnight along some of the levees that run along the canals, but I'm worried about...

I second Jonathan Dickinson. The East Loop goes over ancient sand dunes and is really hilly. The whole park is beautiful and it's one of the most wild feeling places to hike in South FL, along with...

That's awesome, good luck! I hope to be able to run that distance in the future. I'm running my first running race next weekend - a trail half marathon in Miami, FL.

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Right now I'm running about 25 miles a week mostly in Vibrams. I was running about 35-40 in various other trail running shoes but suffered from constant knee pain. Definitely take the "take it slow"...

I agree with you. I'm not totally sold on running completely barefoot. I do run without shoes at times but, because I run trails 95% of the time, I like a little bit of protection and usually wear...