1000 Miles In: Appalachian Trail Hikers Are Lighter, 'Loving It' - Maine Public

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHt26ud9BLtn5AvWRFOx D3LMC_aYg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei =sGpmWejuMamrqgK204aoAQ&url=http://mainepublic.org/post/1000-miles-appalachian-trail-hikers-are-lighter-loving-it"><img src="//t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSR8Bj-2z4TCxV5uYJC6V3z-Fn-BAQzakb4OCtIBrcqLZUhxwHFXFf_cg5AYEFOYKe_g7gbYgiH" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Maine Public</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHt26ud9BLtn5AvWRFOx D3LMC_aYg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei =sGpmWejuMamrqgK204aoAQ&url=http://mainepublic.org/post/1000-miles-appalachian-trail-hikers-are-lighter-loving-it"><b>1000 Miles In: <b>Appalachian Trail</b> Hikers Are Lighter, &#39;Loving It&#39;</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Maine Public</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Since April, Maine Public has been following Danny Moody of Winthrop, Maine, and Dan Giguere of Manchester, Maine, as they hike the <b>Appalachian Trail</b>. As of this week, Danny, Dan, and Dan&#39;s dog Daisy have walked about 1,100 miles. Daisy is taking a&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dcLcvVWh0wGD3dM&authuser=0&ned=us"><nobr> <b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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"Nora Flaherty: What about the pack weight? You told me you've dropped 20 lbs. off the pack, from 50 lbs. to 30?Danny Moody: When I was packing for the first time, I was like, "This is the absolute minimum I need, there's nothing extra here." And then you get out here and you're carrying it around, and you're like, "Nope, I'm not carrying that around anymore, I'm going to get rid of that." And then you start sending stuff home, And then you really get to your base weight, and that's what you really need."