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Thanks Fiddlehead. The Enterprise (I'm not affiliated in any way) website says the rental is about $38 and the one way drop off is $50. Taxes brings it up to just over $100. Looks like there are...

I've been working my way up the AT, northbound for 12 years now, a hundred mile hike every year or so. My next section is from Greenwood Lake, NY to Kent, CT. I called several shuttle drivers and...

Just a quick note that I have entered the modern age and made my book about how I learned how to hike a medium distance available on the Kindle set of platforms. I have slightly modified the 2005...

Whenever I have flown to a trail, I have used an alcohol stove. Most of the designs don't look anything like a stove and are unlikely to gather attention. I once saw someone say that they would...

For most of my trail time, I have used an AntiGravity Gear 3 cup with cozy.

This spring, I have been experimenting with a primus kettle, which is about 3 cups.

I carry a non-folding knife in a sheath around my neck.

I use it to cut open packages,
to make hiking sticks,
to split sticks after a rain to make a fire,
to clean my fingernails,
to cut...

I started north from Damascus in the first week of April year before last. There were a very few hikers on the trail that had started at Springer in February. The trail can be pretty lonely that...

I recently read Carol Wellman (Brawny)'s book "MyJourney to Freedom and Ultralight Backpacking. Great book!

In the book, Brawny mentions using "silnylon bottle carriers" attached to the straps of...

Plastic cup from my boy scout mess kit. circa 1964.

When all my clothes are being used to keep me warm, and I am sleeping flat, I sometimes have put my pack into my clothes stuff sack. That works pretty well. Except that I sometimes use the pack as...

The first couple years I hiked section hikes, I carried about 30 pounds of blubber that I did not need to be pushing up all those hills.

I have seen a number of thruhikers begin the hike with...

Brawny's 10 foot tarptent, now available from AntiGravity Gear, is also worth considering. I just did up the comparison and came up with:

Width 54"
Length Trapazoid with average length of 102" ...

I had not seen anyone comment on it so far, but to carry a three pound pack built to carry 35 pounds of gear when you are carrying less than 20 pounds seems like a waste. I think that you can find...

Glad I made it clearer. Sorry for the original confusion.

Here is a picture of the bottom of the foot end. You will see the seam on the bottom right in the middle of the photo. It is about 24 inches long. The two sides of the foot end have been sewn,...

I was wondering if I could vote that I loved it and hated it...

I have called AWITW the hiker's favorite book to hate - like the windows operating system for computer geeks. It was also my first...

I tried a drawstring closure on a sleeping bag once. It made the bag effectively shorter and scrunches up the down. The way I did it in my post above, I still have full loft and length without...

This week I finally put together a simple summer quilt.

Background: A couple years ago I built a couple quilts, including a baffled down quilt with 12 oz of down. But I wanted a lighter version...

Hi George,

Just for fun, cut a pair of wood hiking sticks the same length you have been setting the Leki poles. Try them out. I did that a couple years ago after testing the Gossamer Gear poles...

I have been cutting nylon cloth for several years with a knife heated red hot with a propane torch. It is a simple matter to heat the knife (An old steak knife with a wood handle works well) and run...

Marta (Fiive Leaf Clover) is one who has just started a southbound Thruhike.

I am now just a little experienced in Maine. Not nearly as experienced as I would have hoped...

After driving 20 hours to Abol Bridge, leaving my truck there and driving my motorcycle to Shaw's...

Many thanks for the multiple ideas!

I am inexperienced in Maine, but have about 1200 miles of the trail behind me now in 100 to 200 mile segments. I normally am able to walk a little more than...

Here are a couple observations...

First, I used the pack as designed with a load that varied from about 15 to 18 pounds. (A warm week in PA with a couple days of food at a time)

I had not...

I hate to reply to one of my posts so soon, but I did find a resource that someone recommended to me for Pennsylvania parking also has info on Maine.
According to the page here:
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