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20ºF seems to be the most common for the AT, but I was wondering if I might be able to get by with a 30ºF bag with a thermal liner for the beginning and end of the trail that I could send home for...

My husband and I are both larger people (around) and the standard sizes of sleeping bags would all be pretty tight. I know Enlightened Equipment has an x-wide size (70”) but I don’t know about the...

I don’t want a new tablet just for the AT. The one I want is the larger iPad Pro, which even if I got one before starting the trail I wouldn’t take it with me. I can do with my phone okay, but I...

It’s me and my husband, actually. We don’t have the dehydrator and vacuum sealer yet. I just know that would take up less space than just freeze dried food (which they use to estimate capacity)....

I blogged while I was doing my Camino de Santiago, but I also had my iPad with keyboard case with me. I thought of getting an iPad mini to save on space and weight, but it’s $400 that I don’t really...

Thank you!

Is this a good thing or not? I’m leaning toward Ursack because it can compress as we eat the food and it might be easier to pack things that way.

Okay, I’m now leaning towards an Ursack (preferably an Allmitey) with an Opsak inside. I started planning out an itinerary to see when/where we might want to do resupplies and so far I have about 6-7...

They’re kind of their own pilgrimage in a way. If you get there and just want to visit, you could always take a bus tour. That’s what I did, but I was running out of time and wouldn’t have been able...

I didn’t find it too much road walking. It’s true that it’s not as natural as the route through France, but the walking in Spain is mostly dirt, rather than actual pavement. As for hostels, I would...

Is that the BV500?

For those of you who might be interested (and I apologize if someone’s mentioned this, but I haven’t read through all the multiple pages yet) I was in contact today with MSR about upgrading my stove....

I take it the weight isn’t too bad for you then? How much can your canister hold?

What about protecting from smaller critters? I’ve heard shelters often have lots of mice.


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Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like I would need a specialized bag. Is it better to be critter resistent, like the Ursack Allmitey? Or is the regular Ursack sufficient and we could get a...

If you use an odor barrier bag, like opsack, do you still need an Ursack or something similar, or does it block odor enough that critters and bears wouldn’t be interested and you can just use a...

We’d be starting around June 8-10. My last day of work should be June 6. I’m liking the idea of flip flopping for weather and conditions. I don’t know that I’d want to deal with the flies and...

I thought about that but I read that it’s not recommended because of the difficulty of the northern part of the trail, as well as the 100 Mile Wilderness. Is it not actually that difficult? Or would...

My husband and I are thinking of starting a thru-hike in June after the school year ends since I’m teaching. We would never be able to make it if we started in GA, so I was trying to explain flip...

Thanks. I was wondering because I know cotton doesn’t really dry quickly.


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What kind of fabric would you recommend for a pee rag? I found some wicking bandanas on Amazon and was wondering if that might be a better alternative than plain cotton bandanas.

Thanks everyone. I think I'll go with support vehicle for this one. I don't think the term slackpacking would be used for the Camino de Santiago.

I know there's a better term for this, when someone who's walking has a car that can take their pack/luggage, pick them up and take them to lodging/food, etc. I'm working on translating a French...

Also, my guidebook (Official Guide to Hiking Grand Canyon) says never to hike alone. How much of an issue would this be?

Now I have even more questions. I looked at Cottonwood, and it says there's water beginning in late May. If I go that route, I'd only be there sometime between March 16-19. Would the creek be a...