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3 days until I fly to ATL and 9 days until I hit trail!

Annnnd, I've just been convinced not to keep a trail journal. Thank you to all the cynical armchair adventurers!

I'll be bringing daily contacts and a backup pair of glasses so I can see where I'm going when if I need to water the bushes at night. I thought about bringing my monthly lenses, which I can sleep in...

Maybe a bit, but I'm not certain I'll keep up with it for the entirety of the hike. I don't have it completely set up yet, but here's my TrailJournal.
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39 days until my flight to Atlanta... Just finished reading AWOL's book... again.

I'll be starting the 18th, but I'm starting off with some friends who will be on their spring break so I imagine we'll be hiking pretty slow.

I should be getting my guide sometime this week. I'm also getting a new backpack (atmos 50), air pad, and rain cover in today! GAAAHHHHH, I think I'm stuck in some kind of time-space continuum at...

THIS. I feel your pain Lemens

March 18th as of now.

I was worried at first too, but it seems like this is the norm for Trail Days. I don't think it's planned so much as everyone just shows up! Either way I hope to see you Don, and everyone else in...

+1 Hilarious

Thanks for all the info guys! I'll probably end up trying to hitch a ride down there with fellow hikers, and if all else fails, I'll greyhound to Marion and yellow-blaze the rest of the way. Anyone...

Thank you so much for the offer! Unfortunately I think Trail Days falls on the weekend of the 17th this year =/



Why wouldn't there be?

I'm thru-hiking this year and would love to go to Trail Days in Damascus. The thing is, I (hopefully) will be way past Damascus by the time Trail Days roll around in May. Are there any other thru's...

Spot on. And he tries to justify quitting the whole way

He absolutely intended to thu-hike.... In fact, he even went so far as to tell the entire town he lived in that he was thru-hiking... When that failed (before he hit Virginia) he settled on...

Just ordered mine today! Makes me wish I hadn't waited and pre-ordered it when I had the chance

I'm doing pretty much the same thing; I just graduated, turned down a job offer, don't have much East Coast hiking experience (I mostly rock-climb), and I'm heading out March 11. Tentwise, I ended up...

So, I've managed to scrape together enough for a new pack. I was eyeballing the Osprey Exos 58 but from what people are saying, it seems like it may start falling apart with consistent loads of...

Working until pretty much the day before. Every day seems to go by slower and slower at work...

Just booked my flight to Atlanta March 11. I can't believe the countdown is down to 10 weeks!

Speaking of terrible TSA stories; I was flying to Colorado with a bunch of climbing gear(shoes, draws, rope, shoe goo, chalk, etc). TSA stopped me and did a full search, and ended up confiscating my...

This is really what I was afraid of Slims. The only thing is, a brand new pack is going to run me another couple hundred bucks depending on what I get, and I still haven't bought my ideal tent or...

I have two rather large purchases left to make, but other than that I'm ready. Some higher quality socks, an UL Tarptent (the Rainbow) and a new/lighter sleeping bag/pad. Other than that, I'm itching...

Right now my base weight is ~20 lbs. I haven't accounted for the clothes I'll be wearing or if I decide to bring along a paperback book or something. My MAX base weight that I would even consider...