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Have you considered nut and seeds and their butters, avos, tofu/tempeh/seitan, EVOO, coconut oil/unsweetened coconut milk, edamame/black bean/chickpea/mushroom pasta. If after low carbs choose...

Some have circulation problems or disorders like Raynauds that may affect extremities/and digits the most. For example, Anish or myself may benefit from wearing beanie/hood, warm dry socks and...

Try covering your extremities: gloves, beanie/hood, down or oppossum wool socks.

Dont buy into hype BS that excuses problematic health consequences of the SAD, junk food binging, or the common AT dietary modality. They are excuses to further poor unhealthy off trail dietary...

I concur. My rant to your rant.

It was men that did most of the animal hunting. It was mostly the woman, elderly, infirm and children especially the young women/girls who tended the crops and...

The conditions of the trail miles, intensity or strenuousness of those miles, and how one constantly adapts to those conditions play significant roles in the calories expended to cover them. ...

Andes mints repel mice?

100% essential peppermint oil with strong menthol compounds that lingers is said to irritate mouse' nasal cavities. Maybe it can be a black bear odor attractant but so many...

Adhering to a poor diet or the typical SAD - Standard American Diet - as a cultural habit off trail, following it on trail, and then going back to it post thru hike sets oneself up for these health...

This is being on the right track - finding solutions to balancing Cortisol levels and chronic stress by: resting enough, getting high quality uninterrupted sleep, reducing sleep distractions such as...

"But while thru-hikers may look the picture of health on the outside, two researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Integrative Physiology have published a study suggesting...

A non permeable aluminized mylar space blanket does NOT only work to add warmth to a sleep system by reflecting infrared radiation. It also works to add heat by reducing or eliminating convective and...

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The shirt market I've be increasingly embracing is based on mixing fibers and tech. I've been happily wearing a 110 g/m2 Voormi blended cotton Desert hoodie on hot dry sunny desert hikes....

Site selection and raising up the high side of a slightly sloping CS so H2O flows under rather than over the ground sheet using a trekking pole, branch, staff, rocks, etc. Even so in the PNW during...

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What's the wt of the thumb screw, nut and washer alone? I know all come in Ti.

I could be wrong but that's the gist I surmised of the OP too. They are feeling tarps out as a tarp neophyte specific to an AT NOBO during typical NOBO time frames.

A bivy under a tarp does not only function in a shelter capacity but sleep system capacity as well. It tweaks the sleep system. It can also serve as bug protection and, as you stated, suffice for...

As Big Dog said med conditions possibly not personally known and if I recall the high fat diet you adhere can bring on symptoms of nausea and malaise. All I'm suggesting you consider is that the...

Strongly strongly doubt the headache and nausea at GNP was a result of altitude of 5kft. I'd be looking at other causes. - mild dehydration, uncommon higher exertion, glucose/insulin roller coasting...

If it's only 1 p thru hiking why opt for the features of a 2p tent that weighs almost 4 lbs? Going to an UL 1p shelter can save you 1.5+ lbs. A 25 BW was not achieved with an almost 4 lb tent alone....

This is the negative consequence of sleeping with food that you'll rarely find others responsibly sharing about their behavior...how it affects a larger whole, humans, wildlife and the greater...

The devil is in the details. Situations matter. And since I don't know these details as they apply to Quicksand's approach I'll with hold harsh judgement as to if he is wrong or right.

First, if...

You specifically asked about rain. On the AT for cooler shoulder season weather with mixed transitional conditions - one day it rains, next it snows, next it sleets, then it's cold rain again, next...

Boredom is a symptom of not engaging, not being present in the moment. It's one of the biggest lies we can tell ourselves in today's global interconnectedness.