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I used AWOLs guide. I feel the simplicity is really nice. Also everyone I talked to on trail used AWOLs page number and mileage, which varied slightly from the companions.

I often mouse hang. I buy some pringles and poke a small hole in the lid for the paracord to go through. Then hang it with about two feet of paracord over a little branch or a hook at the shelter. It...

I feel like lunch gets left out a lot. I love lunch. I find a nice place to sit down and relax and have a nice long lunch break. I'll usually eat some sort of sandwich. Pepperoni, fritos, a little...

The AT and the LT are the same trail at Rutland. I would start with Killington and head north from there. I didn't use any different gear other than rain pants. It did rain quite a lot. I'm sure...

Its available in most towns. If you check out AWOL's guide and plan ahead you can typically plan ahead far enough not to worry about it. I suggest if you go with a canister practicing with one before...

Congrats on making a tough choice. (And for what it's worth I think you made the right one.) No matter what you will know that you have lived your life.

My clothes never wore out. In fact I still use the shorts I wore the whole way. I only used three pairs of socks the entire trail. One pair is still in really good shape. I must be light footed or...

Heritage Bar in Waynesboro VA. The food was by far the best I had anywhere on trail. The atmosphere was a little nicer than I was used to but everyone was friendly. They even had a one pound burger...

Way to go DB. I was a big fan of the "DB method" and if I could of I would have done my hike that way too.

Get out and try a couple long hikes on your own to get a feel for what you could do. 15 miles a day is about average, throw in some zeros and nearos and its going to take a lot longer than 4 months....

When I did it I put myself on a budget of $20 per town for meals and drinks. Plus another $25 for resupply. Figure a resupply every four days. If you hike 15 miles a day average then that's $1500...

I typically like something that is off the wall zany, to counter balance my nice relaxing hike. A really bad sci-fi or a classic like Catch 22, or Hitchhikers Guide usually does well for me. I also...

I am definitely more introverted since my thru. I know this is going to sound cynical but when I returned I realized how many people talk just to hear themselves (I may have been one) and how being...

Cat Hole shovels are great, but on the other hand so are rocks and sticks, and even your poles. Very rarely is the ground ever that hard that you cant dig a proper hole with a rock. Every single...

while on the trail the only people I ever heard say anything negative about the yelowdeli were people who did not go there. i stayed there 2 nights and although the 12 tribes people are not your...

I started at 165. The first 500 miles I lost 5lbs. Then for some reason the second 500 miles I lost 20lbs. I hadn't changed my diet, I was doing about the same miles in the same amount of time. Then...

I would pass on sending a package to Abol Springs. $10 to hold it and $10 to send it, the food there is way overpriced but for the 15 miles you'll have left it'd be cheaper to buy half a days worth...