Gonna think I am either stupid or crazy, however I have duct taped my feet before. A strip of tape across each heel...
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Gonna think I am either stupid or crazy, however I have duct taped my feet before. A strip of tape across each heel...
I have an Osprey Aether 75. Had it for about 4 years now with over a 1,000 miles or so on it. Yeah it is a little heavier than some packs, but the quality and quality of service from Osprey is worth...
Thanks for the feed back. I use my Garmin watches for about everything. My 405 has been a rock star. I use it for every aspect of working out and hiking. When I went through Physical therapy after...
My older watch is about to give up the ghost. I'm a long time Garmin fan. I was looking at the Fenix 3. Any thoughts?
Yeah I know about the durability of a timex. I still have a timex from when I...
More or Less what Lachlan said.
I have a pair of shorts I have cut the liner out of. I wear them for sleeping in or base layer and nothing else. The liner on top of the silks, or whatever you...
Some things to consider. I think enough vets weighed in on the MRE thing. We get so used to sucking up extra weight as we Hump on patrols, we don't ever think about the smarter way. When I was at...
I did it again four months ago on a section trip with the kids. It is a gut check. I think the P.U.Ds acronym is about right. That 8.1 is either going up or going down. There is little to no flat...
The AT is not the only place to see this type of crowding. Even out in Alaska the common trails get throngs of people. Parts of Denali turn into tent cities in the summer. Semester break in May...
Justmikehiker - Truly Awesome brother. Thanks for this. I gotta ask, can you give me any tips, meal plans, gear to avoid...Or packing list in general.
I have done some sectional hikes and I have...
I started with a Pocket Rocket and moved to a JetBoil in Alaska. I cannot say enough good things about the JetBoil. It even worked well at just under ~6000ft. Though, that is more of a fuel factor...
I can tell you from the stand point of someone who has been lost in the back woods of Eglin and has crossed some of the less scenic land in NC....If you need to have < 10 -15 meter accuracy, get...
That is a great point...And I never have looked at it that way. When you are burning calories like you most likely will be on the trail, you have to consider the weight to calorie to protien benefit....
Thanks for the answers...
If everything goes right, this will happen in the late summer early fall. Sep/Oct time frame. I know sometimes weather can turn GO terrain into SLO-GO terrain. But, I...
Garlic - The math says just under 20/day at 14 days...But I am hoping to get it done in 12-13 days. That will give me a day to refit before I get back to work.
4Shot - here lately most all of my...
Thanks for the info...I hope somewhere along the way the original poster got his answer also...
When I return home I am planning a two week plow from Springer Mountain to Hot Springs. Is a sustained ~22 miles a day realistic for this stretch of land? Can I count on being able to resupply every...
Thanks...Money isn't an issue...At this point I am trying to fill in all my guesses and unknowns. What GPS, if needed, was a one of them. Most all of my hiking expierence to date has been forces...
This is has been a big question for me in my planning. In the Army we plan for about 5k-6k calories a day during operations. In short, 3 MREs. I have packed a weeks worth of MREs before and they can...
This is what I have been looking for. The reviews online are from a lot of Geocache folks...I have narrowed my choices down to the Delorme Pn-60, Garmin 60Csx, and the Garmin 62S (upgrade to the...