I know that there have to be others who are relatively new to hiking the AT. This advice is by Warren Doyle, who has hiked the trail more than anyone else. I found it to be so incredibly helpful.
http://www.warrendoyle.com/ATBook.html
I know that there have to be others who are relatively new to hiking the AT. This advice is by Warren Doyle, who has hiked the trail more than anyone else. I found it to be so incredibly helpful.
http://www.warrendoyle.com/ATBook.html
If I have a winter set up will that be enough for southern to northern hike starting inlate may early june?
my winter setup is for -10 and would be too much. what's yours rated at? i would use 20 degree for me.
I'm so confused, I'm not sure if I lost my horse or found a rope.
Doyle has some good advive. with that being said, describing a thru hike to someone is akin to describing a sunset to a blind man.
Warren teachs a class on how to "slack" the AT. There is a difference!
GA - NJ 2001; GA - ME 2003; GA - ME 2005; GA - ME 2007; PCT 2006
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
—SPANISH PROVERB
He bristles at referring to his hikes as "slackpacks" because he usually day-hikes very ambitious, big-mileage days. But your point is correct insofar as these days - unlike when the term "slackpacking" was coined - most people use the term "slackpack" to mean day-hike. Doyle currently preaches that day-hiking is the best way to go and predicts that overnight backpacking has no future; why would/should anyone carry a full pack when they can day-hike almost all of the AT with careful planning and the assistance of support shuttlers and/or the cooperation between hikers using 2 cars?