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    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.

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    get out of sight of the trail to crap

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mags View Post
    To go lightweight, pack boxed wine.
    If you think about it, brandy is just dehydrated wine.
    Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

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    after every uphill, theres at least one more uphill, followed by one more uphill, followed by......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf View Post
    If you think about it, brandy is just dehydrated wine.
    hard core UL is the highest % possible, even if it is vile

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    Don't pitch your tent in the "lily" field.


    "Your comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.
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    Don't critique my gear unless I ask.

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    Getting out as much as I can..which is never enough. :) Mags's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf View Post
    If you think about it, brandy is just dehydrated wine.
    Good point. I've been know to pack applejack on backcountry skiing trips. Perhaps brandy is ultralight?
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    Don't thank my tall ass for eating all of the spider webs in the morning for you....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odd Man Out View Post
    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.
    I thought the OP said "unwritten" rules......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mags View Post
    Good point. I've been know to pack applejack on backcountry skiing trips. Perhaps brandy is ultralight?
    Only if you tear the label off of the plastic bottle to save weight.
    Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf View Post
    Only if you tear the label off of the plastic bottle to save weight.
    Touche' !


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    Mileage profile maps often use fuzzy math.
    Getting lost is a way to find yourself.

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    listen more than I talk

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    Sorry, I had to remove a few posts because things seemed to be getting out of hand. Lets keep this positive and upbeat.

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    Was he blocked?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hikerboy57 View Post
    after every uphill, theres at least one more uphill, followed by one more uphill, followed by......
    And if you walk the other direction, it's still uphill!

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    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

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    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.....

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