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Thank you everyone. I’m learning a lot. Looks like I’ll be going with my 20 degree bag.

I’m hoping my start date will be mid April.

What is everyone’s thoughts on taking only a 50° sleeping bag from the southern terminus through Kennedy Meadows? I understand it gets cold quickly sometimes in the desert, but I’m not familiar with...

Wow, all of you guys are great. Thanks so much for the thorough input and stories of experience. Exactly what I was looking for. I can check one decision off the list. I will be taking my rain...

Thank you Tipi. My logic was kinda this: a rain jacket does 3 things, holds in warmth, blocks wind, and blocks rain. A wind jacket does the first two only. If I'm already wet with sweat, do I even...

So I thru-hiked the AT this year and took the standard rain gear as anyone would for the AT. I had a OR Helium II and a ULA rain skirt. I learned two important things for me on the hike: 1- the...