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Trail Name - SPICE
Direction - NOBO
Estimated Start Date - 03/10/2012
Approach Trail - YES

Looking forward to the 10th!

Looking forward to March 10th...

I purchased a new 30d. Montbell Hugger UL, and dropped / altered many items from my original list. The revised / new overall pack weight including everything ...

I always wear my contacts on backpacking trips and have never had issues. I need to carry my glasses regardless, do I just leave the contact lenses at home? Obviously this is more of a personal...

Everyone,

Helpful responses and much appreciated advice. Again, I didn't break this list down as greatly as some might have hoped to see. I should have only listed the "gear," and never even...

Thanks for the insight everyone.

Hey there's...

This is my typical backpacking gear list for a 2-5 night trip, and I wonder how it may be tailored for an attempted thru-hike:
*Indicates gear that I might eliminate due to luxury...

"I concur." I was on top of Mt. Rodgers in the middle of April with my 45 MH lamina during a snow/freezing rain storm with crazy winds. It was a cold night with all my clothing spent regretting my...

Just picked one of these up to replace and older travel type pillow I carried. http://www.rei.com/product/797662/exped-air-pillow.
Exped Air Pillow packs down to a compact travel size of 2.2 x 4.7...

Columbus, here. Attempting a NOBO thru-hike starting March 2012.