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I can understand that. Here in Ohio we have nothing like what I would encounter on the trail up north, but where I live the trail is around 27 miles... all up and down decent sized hills...

Is the general cost of the trail around 1$ per mile? I'll hopefully be doing this with my fiance. We originally planned a thru-hike for 2012/2013, but that isn't going to happen unless our plans...

I entirely agree!:)

Do you guys think that 2 people could do the trail on around $3600? That's 1800 each and neither of us plan on utilizing hostels/hotels/restaurants to save money

Trail Name: Bert & Cait
Direction: Northbound
Estimated Start Date: We are planning for Mid March I'm thinking...

This is basically going to be considered our honeymoon if we can afford it next...

Thanks Cooker, I'll look into that portion as a possibility. Is that a scenic section of the trail?

We are mainly looking for a very beautiful place to hike that is within a few states of Ohio....

Thanks for the quick replies all! :D

If there is another spot further up the trail we can possibly make our trip last a bit longer. Possibly a place that would be easier to get back to Ohio...

My girlfriend and I are looking to hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail in Late July into early August. Well, the portion we are looking to hike is Springer Mountain to Clingmans dome. We have...

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Has anyone tried something like these? Your shoes are awesome and I'd love to make something like those mixed with these.

I like that quote.

Hi Ted.


What happened for me was just last spring (09). I went camping with a few friends, but we had to walk about a mile to our campsite. Anyway, I had an Eberlestock pack, USGI...

Sporran IIRC

I wear them on my 7-10 mile hikes... The trail isn't too rough, but it has it's moments. The real thing I notice is I need to be ready to go barefoot. I took a month and a half off from hiking due...

I wanna get one for my girlfriend... She'd get a kick out of it. lol

haha

from me, i suggest Fuel as well.

I'll take a look around. The uncoated will not have a glossy side at all will it?

aw, no! haha.

Well, I have extra uses for this stuff :) I can make a lightweight jacket for myself and girlfriend i suppose with that stuff, right? Like this?
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I definitely will. I can't remember exactly who the vendor I'm looking at is, but I know it was someone from HF. I just hope he will still have the down and at a decent price here in a few weeks. ...

ok. I think i'm set :)

Only problem is I will need about 27oz of down for my quilts. 15.75 for my 3'' quilt and 10.5 for my 2'' quilt...

I found $6 an oz for 800 fill down. Not sure if that...

another question to satisfy my curiosity... how does one stay warm on the ground in extreme cold weather? a heavy duty pad? I have a thermarest ridgerest(regular) that seems to do the trick nicely...

nice. so here is what i changed my idea to so far. I have decently broad shoulders, so I will need 50'' width.

i want 2 quilts. Both are 50''x 78''. One will have 3'' loft the other will have...

thanks jeff.

Am I basically wasting my time by having a large, wide quilt? The more I'm reading here the more I'm thinking that's the case. I could probably get away with a quilt that will...

interesting...


So i could basically just have a quilt with no bottom and be fine? As long as I seal a little bit underneath myself on the sides...

Well. I meant to mean... I see people adding the baffle height together a lot. Say... I have a quilt with 2'' of baffle height. I double it since I will be using it as a sleeping bag.

I don't...

I want these quilts to be a bit larger so I can use them around my apt and use them as a sleeping bag on the ground, if needs be. I figured 54'' width and 78'' height should cover me, of course it's...