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Work your way from 15 up to 30 pounds of weight in your pack and you'll be fine.

There is a saying, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." The sense of adventure, "freedom", and maybe even glamour usually calls people, but rarely matches up with the reality.
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Name: Kel
TrailName: Trout (selfgiven)
NOBO - I might end up just doing some sections to train for 2011. Undecided.
End of Feb - probably during the middle of the week

JustinNorris - If you leave any weekend (F-Sun) in the month of March or April it is impossible to hike alone! Although, I don't know from first hand experience yet, everyone says is. The only...

Can't you save the weight, buy adding a little fabric and adding a UL drawstring? The added benefit being you don't have a zipper that can get busted.

My dad and the military taught me to carry plenty-o-socks! I carry 1 bed socks and three others. The socks can be rotated out and pinned to the pack to dry or set on a warm rock.

Hydropel is in the kit, since you suggested it from our last hike together!

I don't have a funky walk - I have a I can't walk at all walk - I'm like a cripple. Instead of Monkey Butt, use what babies are given - Desitin

I bought mine for slightly over $50 by haggling with the discount store manager. It was compact, light, and did the job - I added a lap fleece blanket to throw inside just incase. If your going...

i think Croc's has a boot like product out now. I have a pair that look like the popular 80'2 Duck shoes. I plan on using them as my camp shoe - they have a solid heel.

Big Dawg - how do carry watter? It's my biggest concern with the 65 (I still plan on trading to the 65).

Biggest advantage of the 65 over the 50 is that you can go farther in between towns. ...

On my 4 day Pictured Rocks trail adventure I tried different ways of working with a water hydration system. In the sleeve it's supposed to go, it was hard to take in and out to refill (mostly trying...

I've been checking out SD origami2 and it seems ok. I really want a simple teepee style tent. I wish I could get that half nest!

the 50 is too small for a thru hike. the 65 is much better.

I bought a gregory z55 , but thought it was uncomfortable with weight over 32#. I traded the gregory in for a atmos 50 '08 model. The atmos 50 was hard to fit my stuff in because of the weird main...

take a medicine bottle, drill a hole in it, and put on the hose, then put the bite valve on. with the lid on the medicine bottle you have a way to keep your bite valve clean.

Has anyone had a Shangri-La 3 tent? I'm thinking of purchasing one for my AT thru-hike. I almost bought an older used one on ebay, but someone else got it. Any thoughts, please post.