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I also meant to add that I plan to stay in my tent and make shelters an off limits area to the dogs...even if other hikers are okay with them coming in.

While I agree with everything you said, I don't really agree with applying this part to owning/hiking with a dog. Some people just do not need to own dogs.

I do want to wish the OP good luck...

I know most people wouldn't even think twice about carrying a dslr on a thru-hike, but it's something that's really important to me. I think enjoying my hike and getting the quality of photos I want...

I got this stove at Academy last week. I'm not really new at camping or hiking, but I am new at doing them both alone. When I was a kid my dad handled all of the fire and cooking. By the time I...

If it's worth the extra effort to keep it dry I could see an ereader (kindle or sony ereader, etc) being useful to you. It's a lot lighter than a book, and it'll carry a lot more than just one book....

For anyone interested,

I had a hard time finding it anywhere other than on Ebay, but for those of you in Texas (or near and H.E.B.)... They have Ritz Wonder Cloth. 2 pack 10"x14....weighs...

I have an 8g memory card in my camera(15.1mp). My homebody (husband, parents, whoever it happens to be for that hike) will have my extra one. We'll mail them back and forth and my homebody empties...

I totally agree with this! My parents and husband told me that I have a couple of birthdays and christmaseses between now and my 2012 thru hike. They asked me to make a list of gear I want/need,...

Why not start your hike after the wedding? If the place they're getting married at is so close to the trail you could start from there, go north to Maine then find a ride back to the place you...

Kaia is a great name!

This is my favorite. :)

Haven't thought about a gravity filter... I think I have some research to do now. :)

Sea-to-Summit has a 10L folding bucket that I plan to get to try out. It's supposed to fold pretty small. My plan if it works out is to fill it at the water source then carry it to camp to filter...

Harper? ...

I haven't done it yet...I'm planning to start my thru hike in March 2011. I have a few reasons for my thru hike. The biggest is to see if I can do it. I've always had a hard time finishing things...

Big Bend's on the far west side of the state...a good four or five hours from San Antonio. That was where I was originally planning to do my first long trip, but the LST seems to be a little closer.

8 years old is old enough to start learning Texas Hold'em right?

Joking aside...there are some pretty great ideas here. Cards are something small and relatively light for the number of different...

You're preaching to the choir here! I think it will be nice to learn...fascinating really, but they focus on film...which isn't what I'm going to focus on in my career. That's the main reason I...

Thanks for posting this and bringing this thread to the top. I would have missed it otherwise and may have missed this trail! My husband and I moved to San Antonio in June this summer (military). ...

Count me in... I posted on another 2011 thread somewhere else on the board today too. I plan on leaving from Springer hopefully March 12, 2011. DH says it's either do it in 2011 before we start...

Awesome! :D I'd love to compare notes! It's too bad you're starting around April. Maybe you'll catch up to me though. I tend to be a slowish hiker and I like to stop to smell the roses and get a...

Oooo Me! Me! I'm planning mine for March 12, 2011 NOBO!!! :D So excited!

473 days and counting!!!

...but of course!

Perhaps... I recently purchased a new dslr (a canon t1i) to play with while in school (I'll have to use the minolta 35mm slr for school). I've tossed around the idea of taking the T1i with me when I...

My dad. He and his cousin had plans to hike it when they were younger, but they never got around to it...and now their health won't allow either of them to do it. I think it's one of his biggest...