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Hello all. Affirm (AT 2014) here. Thanks for the following and recommendations! I'm currently thru hiking the PCT this year. Except I was trail named Long Haul for this trail. It's weird because...

Well, it definitely strikes a chord that I can relate too.
I've spent a couple months after the trail thinking about what kind of work I could do that would actually require travel, minimalism, and...

In my opinion, the hardest part of a thru hike is getting there in the first place. It takes much longer than the hike itself unless the opportunity drops right into your lap. Even then... getting...

Got caught up in normal world nonsense as soon as I finished the trail and forgot about all the postcards I promised to send upon finishing.

Now that it's already hiking season again, I really...

Ugh my heart sank when I saw your total cost for the hike.
All I care about right now is doing the PCT as soon as possible, but I'm broke after the AT. It took 2 years of working to save up enough...

The best way to dry clothing is to spread them out on a hot boulder in the sun during the day. Hanging them overnight tends to leave your stuff wetter but why wouldn't you hang it up then? I wear wet...

I had numb big toes from North Carolina through Virginia. Also a part of my outer thigh went numb for an equal amount of time. Full mobility and caused zero problems or pain but it was odd. Can't say...

This is a fascinating thread. I've got to check out the links when I got time and return.


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Will be entering 100 mile wilderness soon and I decided the perfect thing to compliment/end my AT thru hike will be a good float session. Sensory deprivation for those who don't know.

Anyone have...

I've never set up a tent while raining. If your setting up a tent in a downpour, you're doing it wrong


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Is Shroomer working on his triple crown right now? I met him for the first time last week and he's a really cool guy! I got semi lazy though the past few days and the old guy is going hard so he left...

As of 6/7/14 thru hikers in the area of Buena Vista, VA to Waynesboro are at the thinnest numbers I have seen on the trail so far. There's a good handful of us but we have noticeably thinned out and...

Well I meant writing introspectively. I went through the International Baccalaureate program in high school which means you have to develop the ability to read, write, analyze and spout miles of...

My flight leaves on April 1. Will spend the night at the airport then take my first step on the trail April 3.

I'm not anxious. I'm not worried. I'm relieved.

If I had to pick something to be...

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I start on April 3. I'll be hiking solo but I'm not anti social. I say hi and I give people space unless they make it clear they want company. In my mind people go to the woods to get away.

As for...

Amateurs.

Daily morning enemas. Also recycle your own pee or else you carried all that urine for nothing.

My first day on the trail is April 3. I will have a few resupplies mostly because I'll be using disposable contacts. You've probably done a lot more research and planning than me which I think...

Going NOBO?

How many pairs of socks did you go through and what was the first town you arrived in wearing tattered clothes?

The people at Manassas are looking to get a commercial spot. They're not sure what their situation will be this summer. I'm not going to bother with the one in New Jersey since I will be visiting...

As someone who pays for everything myself, attempting a thru hike has been impossible for me until now (I'm 24). Here's my advice that you should take with a grain of salt.


I actually regret...

I'll be supplementing with Fish Oil (with Omega 3 and vitamin D3), L-Glutamine (which actually is an amino acid but not deemed a particularly essential one), and possibly Resveratrol.

Fish Oil...

It's been a long time since I have floated and it would be nice to know if there are any towns I'll be passing by on the AT that has sensory deprivation tanks. Would be a good place to take a zero in...