Synthetic jacket -- carried it until mid may.
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Synthetic jacket -- carried it until mid may.
I hiked 99% of my hike wearing only shorts, but had a pair of wind pants for when the weather got really cold (like these: http://www.montbell.us/products/disp.php?cat_id=63&p_id=2305123). I started...
We got ours from Lint -- don't know if he still has them, but here's where we found out about them: http://www.phlumf.com/travels/cdt/cdtpatches.shtml
It was greet meeting you Wolf, I enjoyed talking with you and I was very impressed with your knowledge of hiking and your overall backpacking philosophy. I'll be the first to admit that I am a...
I'd use the atmos 50 rather than something bigger -- why carry a pack that is larger than you need for 4-5 months, when the only time you'll need that extra space is the 2 weeks in the Sierra? Just...
I believe that squeaky hiked the CDT in something like 75 days, so clearly 90-100 is humanly possible, although not at all easy. If you're finding the pace too difficult, there are numerous...
Right. The hikers I talked to said that the Eric the Black maps were fine to figure trail turns, but when the trail was snow-covered for miles at a time (which was not uncommon last year) the maps...
In 2008 I used the Wilderness Press maps + Tom Harrison for the Sierra. In 2011 I used Halfmile Maps. Both worked.
I hardly used maps at all in '08, because the snow was so low. I basically did...
Gossamer Gear packs, not cuben fiber, but you are right about the umbrellas.
Like other people suggested, it totally depends on the year. I hiked last year, a record snow year, and was glad to have both microspikes and an iceaxe; but when I hiked in 2008, a low snow year,...
I hiked the entire trail last year without hanging or using a canister a single time and had no problems. We went through the High Sierra in a ton of snow, so there were no rangers or bears around,...
October is usually a fine time of year to hike in Southern California. It will be hot and dry for sure, but that is true for the area most of the year. Any seasonal creek will not be running, so...
I really like this idea. I was already planning on taking one of those pads in the High Sierra this year in case we have to sleep on snow, but if it can double as a ghetto hiker vest too all the...
That's right. You do only want to use the yellow one. It's not that the red one is bad for you, it's that it has isopropanol - ie rubbing alcohol. It will burn, but it burns very dirty and will...
Quote of the Day! I love it.
KO is a ton of fun, which seems like a pretty good reason to select it as a start date. Funny how postholer ignores the possibility that hikers could have a perfectly good handle on the snow...
Yes, you can use heet in an alcohol stove (as well as denatured alcohol). We used a Caldera Cone on the CDT last year and it worked perfectly - even at high elevations. I Would definitely use it...
The Amtrak line runs along Interstate 10, so you could pick it up in Demming or Lordsburg in NM and go to Palm Springs or Los Angeles in CA (or the other way around). The Bus is almost always...
I didn't read this whole thread, just wanted to throw in that I used the Dakota 20 with Out of Order's track line and free maps from http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/ on the CDT last year. They all...
I think the official answer is that you can see grizzlies in any part of Montana and in Wyoming from the Winds North (essentially the 1100 or so Northern miles of the trail). In practice the areas...
I believe graywolf is referring to this which is "A Hiker's Companion" published in 2000. This would not be at all comparable to Yogi's book, which is updated annually, has many thruhikers' opinions...
Sweet page. It works well on my Motorola Droid, including the halfmile maps (so it's not iphone only!). I Just wish I was hiking the PCT this year!
If you are young and in shape (ie college age) you should be able to start from the border in mid may and still have plenty of time to finish. In '08 I started May 2 and took a ton of zeroes (more...
This is what I encountered on a recent trip in the San Jacinto area of the PCT:
Yesterday (4/16) I hiked the Fuller Ridge portion of the PCT and descended to the Snow Creek access point today...
We met up with this group at Tahquitz Meadow. They had made it through to Saddle Junction and if they stay on schedule they should make it through Fuller Ridge today. They chose to hike over the...