Fontana resort and fuel station have a quality resupply and nice rooms if you were to need that.
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Fontana resort and fuel station have a quality resupply and nice rooms if you were to need that.
I would suggest downloading the Farout app. It will answer all of your questions. It is hard to answer someone's questions with so many unknown's.
How many in your group?
How fit? Typically...
Do we need a satellite phone?
IMO this falls into personal safety and only you can make that call however I can provide that I have never carrier one, my cell phone has always had ample...
South of Mason Dixon line shuttles average $1 per mile. North of there its $2 per mile. My info is getting dated now however so your results may vary.
I agree that $170 seems a bit steep...
This is the way to go IMO
I was picked up at Highpoint, NJ by "Moseys Hostel" phone number: 8452393028
May have been addressed already but I skimmed with no reference....Garlic mentioned site selection, I think in terms more on elevation. I would like to add "ground coverage selection". Grass/ dirt...
Your credentials are impressive!
Have ya ever seen a gator free ballin? :banana
If your only getting a few months out of them, and others are getting much longer maybe look into how you are cleaning the garment? Dryer heat too high? a certain chemical cleaner? I think bleach...
You should just return them(Manufacturer customer service). I don't mind paying high dollar for apparel but my expectation is raised as the price rises. For reference I typically get 3-4 years out...
Patrick I wish I could be of more help but its been 2 years for me since that section, and i was in just a 20mpd grind to finish the trail a lot of it is blurry. However I do know that I had planned...
My only main meal is tuna creations. 3 per day, 1 for lunch and 2 for dinner. There are also packets that have noodles or rice and beans added in, I really like those too and only require 1 of them...
The cons for me would be i would not have anything to use it on. I dont bring cans
I did not know that Tipi Walter suggests this but it is what I do as well with great results. I intent personally in doing so is due to hiking with a dog in part, every morning the last thing to...
Just a PSA....THE GOOSE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES! :eek:
I have been wanting to check out the AGC hoody for over a year now but the material looks online to be of the most itchy option possible and at a $168 price point I was not going to take a gamble on...
Opinions on how many miles a piece of gear will last being used by a section hiker vs a thru hiker?
I would like to use "miles used" as measurement for this. It most accurately compares the 2...
Funny how people are telling ya what to do with your goose, not how to process it.
Disclaimer: I have never done anything like this(strip a goose of down, process it and produce a product with...
Leo no apology needed, I wasn't offended at all but appreciate your intuitiveness :)
I would enjoy doing it in one go but I have a best friend that lives in Brevard and drive time is only 4 hours so I will probably end up doing it as 1 day hike and 2 weekends on trail.
Thinking...
Leo thats funny lol
I am still 35 years young but due to a degenerative back of multiple problems I feel a lot older sometimes.
Spondylosis over time is eating away at by back bone material. ...
As I get older I have come to LOVE my tent time in the evenings and mornings. Especially on those cold misty days after walking all day the thought of being in the tent is hard to postpone for the...
Whelp,
Here we are at the end of another long trail. This last trip was compressed from two 30 mile trips that needed to be done to complete the trail. The drive down to Alabama had become...
Makes sense to me, #1 it would be an expense for SB to ship packages back and #2 who wants some ramen and snickers mailed back to them, when considering the financial loss's involving a thru hike the...