Hey Everyone,
Its been a few years since I've been on but figured since ill be attempting the CT again this year id show my digital face. This year a dear friend and I will be tackling the entire trail utilizing nothing but mid 19th century (1858-1862 ) gear, clothing and equipment. I reproduce high end reproduction clothing for TV, Film, Museums, and Reenactors and have been hiking and mountaineering utilizing only gear from this period for quite some time now. This will be a challenging but incredibly exciting and rewarding adventure. The living history world is in buzz about it as it will be the longest 19th century trek since.... well the 19th century. Along the way will be updating with gear list and break downs just as anyone else would but it'll be fun to show just how similar period hiking is to modern lightweight and ultralight backpacking. Colorado was the birthplace of a good bit of early american hiking and this trip will be a fun and exciting way to share a lot of that information with the hiking community. I look forward to sharing with you, all the information along the way. I also look forward to hopefully running in to a few of you on the trail. Until then....
Ben Jenkins