Do you know if 2021 was "typical"?
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Do you know if 2021 was "typical"?
I'm told the mountain should still have snow then, is it a spikes kind of situation? I'm looking to do the alt, maybe for sunrise.
Packs are sewn, which means there are holes in them. My SWD is waterproof, except where there are holes in the fabric.
Turkey/nylofume bags are the way.
Perfect summary, thanks!
I'll be starting north in Grants in late May, and plan on 6 days to Cuba via Mt Taylor. I'll obviously need food, but is Cuba worth stopping in? I saw that there had been an RV park that you...
What's the latest in Sept you would go?
What's too late to do the San Juans? I have to stitch together a hike that is turning into a LASH after getting COVID the night after the Knife Edge and bailing.
Can this be done early Sept, or...
Bump. both still available
$80 plus shipping on the axe
$40 plus shipping on the bugnet
Neither have ever been used, bugnet still in packagine.
Pay one of the shuttles for access to the water caches. You can do the entire bootheel on cache water and avoid the cow swamp water.
That desert can be hot and dry. Best to have 5+L capacity. ...
Video highlight reel - minus northern NM (fires) and the San Juans (COVID):\
https://youtu.be/iYykbjkaYU8
Both never used, left over from CDT attempt.
https://seatosummit.com/products/nano-mosquito-pyramid-net-with-insect-shield
https://www.rei.com/product/177135/camp-corsa-ice-axe
Bugnet is $50...
Thanks, I was hoping not to hitch in twice. But Ghost Ranch will at least shave a couple of days off the big carry. Thanks!
https://edthesmokebeard.com
it looks like the only resupply before Chama is east on I64 to Tres Piedras. Is there any other way to cut down this 150 mile stretch? I dont want to carry 8 days of food.
I did it in 9 days, but it could have been 6. With reserved campsites, you really can use every hour of daylight.
Good elevation climbs, well done trail, small, nice campsites, and plenty of...
Thanks, obviously for an 18 mpd hiker the times are longer, but I feel like the proportions are close. I wouldn't have thought CO was longer than NM, good stuff.
Dumped the tarp and went back to the tent. Much easier to pitch, lower impact, and more stable.
It was unique. Terrain-wise, much like the AT. Weirdly short - by the time you get your hiker legs, and by the time you get into it, you're staring at the calendar and realizing you have a week to...
I'm trying to sketch out a tentative plan for the CDT and it comes out to about 5 months, does this sound right?
NM: 7 weeks
CO: 6 weeks
WY: 3 weeks
ID/MT (Yogi cutoff, -300 mi): 6 weeks
I'm...
Good idea, I should have ordered the tarp that way. :(
Well said! Literally, LOL. If I have to pair with a bivy, AND craft/improve a site so I can stay dry (LNT no-no) I might stick with a tent. But a bigger tarp seems like it would make the problem...
Hi UL tarp users, I have a 7x9 tarp that I can't seem to get right outside of the A frame. If I pitch half-pyramid, with the long way pointing into the wind, the 9' dimension means that the slope...
I figured I could tie the lines right to the tie-out loops which worked ok. But the tarp just flaps around too much to be useful - failed experiment.
Mods - this ended up being a non-useful...
Hi tarp users, how do you keep the tarp tie-outs or the lines from sliding down the tip of your trekking poles?