thanks..After doing a little math looks like a hiker would only need to find 1 replacement canister on a thru hike anyway. I did the Long trail without cooking. I did carry a cat stove to make ...
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thanks..After doing a little math looks like a hiker would only need to find 1 replacement canister on a thru hike anyway. I did the Long trail without cooking. I did carry a cat stove to make ...
hey guys long time no post..My son and I are starting the preliminary planning for a CT thru next July. Any issues finding fuel canisters in the usual resupply towns?
Andy
Great slide show. I was right behind you I think. Now that my toe nails have grown back I miss the LT! tough but had good 2 week hike. Won't be hiking back in the North East in the foreseeable...
130-150 in ANF is what I meant...hope to do the whole thing in August, but will do ANF at least...
I love the ANF, I cut my hiking teeth over there and I've taken my kids on their first backpacking trips there as well. Minister Creek is a special place for my family. What am I looking at mileage...
I'm planning on doing the Pa section of the NCT next summer. Have the maps ordered, anything else I need to know?
I never even put my put my wind pants on or my 100 weight fleece pullover
say it's LoneWolf, now it's Trail related.
adieu White blazes,
AndyB
hey old boy, it was great to say 'Hi" shoulda stayed with me at Sterling pond, we had popcorn that night. I couldn't catch you , stayed a shelter back for a quite a while. I got off at Rte 4, great,...
somewhat predictable actually
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/climo/BTV/monthly_totals/precip.shtml
i traded some rain for bugs willingly
Prolly last check in before I leave. I'm meeting Stranger Tuesday afternoon in Albany, then we''re driving to North Troy on the 1st. Happy trails and be safe
AndyB
T minus 20 days and counting.....
"Mouse" was the tagger in 95..I forget how far he made it. I think his sharpie ran out before harpers ferry..I don't remember who it was in 96 but there was one then too...must happen a lot like LW...
stranger and I will be heading south on August first
so....it sounds like not very many famous people have thrued, used to a be a lot of famous types around Kent, CT didn't see them on the Trail though.
Stranger runs super classy craiglist ads, always...
my mother in law is still without power, was told it would be next week before she's back online...SE ohio
Andy
glad I moved
I think dressing head to toe in outdoor research gear and long sleeves no matter what the weather while doing 30 miles days should work
Besides..isn't a thruhike by definition, from beginning to end? "worry about finishing"? Maybe I'm not understanding the question
because it was a goal I set for myself, pretty simple really
I was a Ridgerunner in 96. There was a hurricane that year, every creek became dangerous..Sage's Ravine campground was an island for a few days
Melatonin 1 or 2 mg . Melatonin was what a doctor recommend for me to use for my sleep problems since prescription sleep aids were having some unpleasant side affects. Try this, ask your doctor...
I hear ya, played with my gear all evening..I'm just a dollar store trip away from being ready
if your using a disposable mask, don't use a "dust mask" you need the next one "up" for vapors.
AndyB
doesn't trust disposable masks
no secret handshake or signal? Come on, we can do better than that...Seriously I was wonder this too...
10-k I'll be the guy you catch up to about an hour before you catch up to Stranger
I don't think there was a day we didn't see bears in NJ and northern PA