I am considering doing 14 days on the long trail next summer and would love to go end to end, though I will call in my ride home at the end of 14 days in whatever location I can make it to. In the interest of putting in as many miles as possible each day and not taking any zero days I could use some pointers. I was thinking of going cook-less and preparing for one food drop somewhere in the middle, 7 days in, at one of the road crossings. I figure that will allow me to spend pretty much all my waking hours hiking. I would love to ditch the tent, but I can't trust that there will always be room in a shelter especially if I am rolling in late in the day, so I figure Ill have to bring that.

All tips, tricks, or advice of any kind welcome! 8 days is the longest I have been out before and I went fairly heavy and without resupply.