I'm so sorry to hear about your mishap, Peakbagger. I'm not surprised that you were sufficiently prepared for the situation. It does make you realize how fragile we all are!
Your recovery period...
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I'm so sorry to hear about your mishap, Peakbagger. I'm not surprised that you were sufficiently prepared for the situation. It does make you realize how fragile we all are!
Your recovery period...
Congratulations on completing all of the Appalachian Trail. What's next? :-)
You're roadrunners compared to me -- I started in 1973 and didn't finish until 2014, a full 41 years later. Of course,...
I can attest that zPacks quality has been superb for me. I think I've probably bought a dozen items from them over the years.
If you're in a 48L pack already, then a 50L ArcBlast would be sweet. I...
Black flies will be a concern until about Independence Day. If you must depart before July, then seriously consider using a full bug-suit plus DEET. I met two young ladies who started in mid-June...
I finished my last AT section in 2014 atop Katahdin. Iwas 20 miles down the JMT in 2016 when my right knee informed me that it had had enough of backpacking. I replaced one knee back in February and...
I love my old zPacks Hexamid Peaked Twin Tarp (sans netting, but with bathtub floor) for it's easy set-up, stupid-light weight (12.5 oz with stakes and guylines, but not including trekking pole), and...
Much easier to remember most trailnames than given names, especially over time and out-of-context. I've met a lot of WhiteBlazers who would recognize me as Kerosene but certainly not as Michael or...
Pack sold and shipped.
Wow, I just saw this. I'm shocked. Hikerhead/Hokey Pokey and I backpacked almost 200 AT miles together over the course of 4 of my section hikes (Glasgow, VA in '03; GA in '04; NH in '05; and southern...
Thanks Dune. Looks like Chris LeBlanc gets the pack! I will contact by email and delete this post once we've completed the transaction.
I purchased a medium-sized (frame & belt) 52L ArcBlast from zPacks back in 2016, intending to use it for my thru-hike of the JMT. I ended up not using the pack due to the size of the Expedition...
For my fall trips when water levels are low, I carry a tiny 8-oz plastic milk bottle that I found at a convenience store during one of my hikes. It works very well for dipping in a low water source...
Averaging 10.5 miles a day should be just fine through this section, though it's closer to 13 mpd over what is arguably tougher terrain. The climb up Wildcat is no joke, and down is just as bad, so...
Pumice stone works remarkably well (see this product on Amazon). Of course, you likely won't have one in your pack, in which case I'd just use a rag or paper towel to wipe off whatever crud I could,...
I bought these years ago, and they were expensive even when at the sale price, but I was desperate for something less bulky than Crocs. I ended up cutting their weight almost in have by removing the...
This is what I always have done. Of course, there's always the risk that you don't secure the sock tightly enough under a strap, but I never lost a sock that way in 3000 miles of section hiking.
I go with the blue foam Hear-Os from Walgreen's, with an NRR of 35 (I notice a big difference between 35 and 32). These don't handle washing with water very well, so I typically bring a pair that...
What are the odds? I haven't logged into Whiteblaze for a month. Here I am sitting in a Tucson Starbucks trying to get caught up, after a Sabino Canyon dayhike shortened by flood conditions on many...
Purist here, as a long-time section hiker. I would make sure to touch the blaze I started/ended at to connect each section. There were a few times that I took the blue-blaze loop trail to/from a...
I learned to police anyplace I stop after I walked away from gear several times over the years, including my trekking poles, camera and stuffsack with asthma meds. I have now trained my girlfriend to...
Wow, those are amazing prices! I'll be very interested in total weight, ease-of-setup & take-down, packed volume, perceived comfort in the 20's, and overall workmanship.
I used to own a Hennessey,...
I went with Vivobarefoot Pure's for my last few section hikes. For the last one, I removed the inner "bootie" and just used the external "rubber" outer shoe to cut weight further, which came to 224...
I first met Drag'n'Fly and her hiking partner, Freckles, at Rainbow Stream Lean-to, and then her hubby late the next day as he was hiking in from the road to meet her.
We both climbed Katahdin on...
Here are a few other alternative tent sites to consider:
MP 6.0 - Hickory Flatts Cemetery: lots of flat tentsites next to a open-sided pavilion with picnic tables. Maybe 0.3 left of the AT?
MP...
Ahh, the vagaries of telecommunications. This is why I stopped programming and went into management, although I never trusted my comms programmers to develop a reliable solution.