what was your shortest day on the trail
when you hiked the AT, what was your shortest day that you actually hiked? zero days don't count here.
David
December 21st
Love people and use things; never the reverse.
Mt. Katahdin would be a lot quicker to climb if its darn access trail didn't start all the way down in Georgia.
WOW. Weird. I thought about this last night, asking "whats the shortest distance you've hiked in one day excluding bad-weather. injuries and in-town visits.
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
Smartiepants.Originally Posted by JustaTouron
December 21st
up over the hills, theres nothing to fear
theres a pub across the way with whisky and beer
its a lengthy journey on the way up to the top
but it ain't so bad if you have a great big bottle o'scotch
From what I remember, it was just over 6 miles from No Business Knob Shelter to Erwin
3.5 miles from Monson to the nearest shelter (I think it was 3.5, might've been closer to 3)
2010 AT NoBo Thru "attempt" (guess 1,700 miles didn't quite get me all the way through ;) )
Various adventures in Siberia 2016
Adventures past and present!
(and maybe 2018 PCT NoBo)
2 miles in the rain after hitting the trailhead on a Friday night. Unicoi to Blue Mtn
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
Trailjournals.com has a stats page like this: http://www.trailjournals.com/stats.cfm?trailname=6620 with a field for shortest day recorded. You can check as many as you want.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
I've often camped a few miles outside town, then walked into town in the morning for resupply. Gives me the whole day to do errands and get cleaned up. Then we can either stay the night and rest the next morning, or just leave town late in the day. Saves money, but you still get a couple of good town meals.
July 5, 2009
1.4 miles from Lake of the Clouds Hut to the Summit of Mt. Washington
Caught a shuttle into Gorham, NH so I could go to the hospital to get antibiotics for a seriously infected laceration on my knee.
"Fish Camp Woman.... Baby, I like the way you smell"
- Unknown Hinson
1/2 mile. had to turn around and spend the whole day at overmountain shelter. weather too bad to cross the humps.
That must've been pretty bad weather!
GA←↕→ME: 1973 to 2014
Blood Mtn to Neel Gap.
Deja vu, David - already answered.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56112
longest day
.3 miles one of the most gratifying hikes ever. a .7 was the next runnerup.my longest day was only 21
Wasn't there a guy a few years ago that started at Amicalola and the first day walked to the Max A. shelter about .1 miles away, then took a zero day.
Frosty
best of intentions.....
Did a .1 outta Hanover one day when I ran into friends by the soccer field.
They said they were heading back into town to drink beer and catch the Sox game at 5-Olde.
Took about 10 seconds to realize this was a really great idea.
How long did it take him to reach Baxter?
Love people and use things; never the reverse.
Mt. Katahdin would be a lot quicker to climb if its darn access trail didn't start all the way down in Georgia.
Speck Pond in Maine (I think..which pond in Maine has a campsite maintained by the AMC???)
5 miles. I floated in a pink Barbie Innertube (skinny bearded 20-something. Classic!) that day provided by the caretaker. I read a book someone left at the lean-to while floating in the pond. The caretaker made myself and a SoBo brownies at night. Awesome day....
I still keep in touch with the caretaker via Facebook.
Paul "Mags" Magnanti
http://pmags.com
Twitter: @pmagsco
Facebook: pmagsblog
The true harvest of my life is intangible...a little stardust caught,a portion of the rainbow I have clutched -Thoreau
Not sure if this counts....
My shortest backpacking day was suppose to be a zero day.
Me and my kids were doing a Fri-Sunday with the plan of day hiking on Saturday and leaving the tent in the exact same sport Fri and Sat nights.
Friday various problems occured and we got a late start and arrived to the campsite well after dark. It wasn't suppose to rain that night so I didn't worry too much about where we set up tent.
Next morning I realized we set up the tent in a dry river bed and with a possiblity of rain for Saturday night, we removed everything from the tent and moved the free standing tent about 10 feet to higher ground, in the direction we were traveling. Then stuck the gear back in the tent and went on our day hike.
So 10 feet would be the shortest I have ever backpacked on a non-zero day.
Love people and use things; never the reverse.
Mt. Katahdin would be a lot quicker to climb if its darn access trail didn't start all the way down in Georgia.
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