Before your hike, write down on a piece of paper a detailed plan of your schedule (campsites, resupply points, menu, miles per day, etc). Then use it as a fire starter on your first night.
Before your hike, write down on a piece of paper a detailed plan of your schedule (campsites, resupply points, menu, miles per day, etc). Then use it as a fire starter on your first night.
get out of sight of the trail to crap
after every uphill, theres at least one more uphill, followed by one more uphill, followed by......
Don't pitch your tent in the "lily" field.
"Your comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there."
Don't critique my gear unless I ask.
Paul "Mags" Magnanti
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The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
Don't thank my tall ass for eating all of the spider webs in the morning for you....
Once you put your bed roll down in a shelter it is your space. No saving space in a shelter, first come only. Look at the wind prior to building a fire in front of a shelter. Never move someone gear from where they left it. Getting up in the middle of the night, or getting in late, use the red light not white light. You hike without a tent shelter space in not a given, do not expect those with tents to exit to make room for you. ( I have seen a few crawl under the shelter in the rain and snow.) If everyone's stove is set up cooking do not flop on the picnic table bench, if it wobbles you may be knocking over everyone's dinner. Put a aluminum base down prior to cooking with an alcohol stove we are tired of seeing black donuts burnt into every table.
Paul "Mags" Magnanti
http://pmags.com
Twitter: @pmagsco
Facebook: pmagsblog
The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
Mileage profile maps often use fuzzy math.
Getting lost is a way to find yourself.
listen more than I talk
Sorry, I had to remove a few posts because things seemed to be getting out of hand. Lets keep this positive and upbeat.
I'll never forget when we were hiking the PCT, near the beginning and got ahead of one of our more experienced friends somehow. We were sitting in a bar and he came in looking to ask for water, and saw us there already.
He stormed off mad.
I saw him the next day and asked him if we broke the rules.
He said: "THERE ARE NO RULES Fiddlehead!"
I've always remembered this profound statement from "Kantishna Bush Pilot"
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
Just because you're a thruhiker, take the high road mentally and realize that everyone out there hiking should be treated the same , regardless of how many miles they are able to do....too many hikers expect preferential treatment just because they are hiking more miles than others. We are all the same, just folks out to enjoy the great outdoors...
and yes, I am a thruhiker.....