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How much weight you are carrying is NOT an indicator of preparedness. My pack for 4 days in the summer in an area where water is easily accessible can easily be right around 20 lbs with food and...

Plain and simple...using an app is ridiculous! Paper maps and an analog compass do not seem to be on the "list" of required gear for the newest generation of hikers (this is NOT unique to the PCT,...

Impressive Colorado Rob!

.....when you'd rather use the great outdoors to go pee than a public toilet while on a road trip! When making an alcohol stove is no longer anything more than...

LOL about the hip belt...I used to wear my belts that low so it could be legit. I've got a short torso and short body so many makers don't fit me properly (til I went with Fanatic Fringe!). I...

thanks everyone....I certainly know about mud season! Not too concerned about mud...just worried about heaps of snow. I'll be going somewhere from or to Sages for 2-3 days assuming I make it out! ...

thanks Starchild...kind of what I figured....glad to hear there is not heaps of snow left! :-)

Can anyone say what the condition of the southern Mass part of the trail is in right now? I'm considering heading out for a few days in a week or two. Really just want to know how much or if snow...

I'd have to say that Odd Man Out has it right on the nose. And what's left inside can be used as a pillow (or for the nights that your feet are throbbing a foot elevator!). Enjoy!

awe, MuddyWaters, I think most of us women on here aren't gripping about men. I'm certainly not! And I agree, men and women should be "allowed" to post comments on here. Geez...segregation went...

Oh Marta....how very typical this is indeed! Even in Australia..."wow, you're by yourself?" "there are snakes out there", "that's a really long way"...blah blah blah. I just smile and say thanks...

LOL pretty spot on map man! :D

WOw TOW, great story. It is amazing how one little (or not so little...that's your business) act like being on probation can snowball into a real life story of wonderful adventures. I agree...I...

Wow...have times changed! I'm gonna have to say when I'm out hiking anywhere, I'd prefer to leave it at home or turn it on only occassionally to try to make a call home to say I'm alive. Use a map!...

zipper the snakes are normal sized just all poisonous here! but you just don't step on 'em and all is good! They don't worry me but I am "aware" when I'm on the trail! The leeches are actually...

Avalon...I'm in the southern part...Melbourne area. Is great out here but I miss hiking on the AT! My favorite part about hiking out here is seeing the kangaroos and avoiding the (yikes!) snakes! :)

Zipper...how cool indeed! I too remember the first time I went on a backpacking trip alone - up around Mt. Garfield in NH...would have been around 1993 or 94...I cried and thought this sucks since I...

A little over 3 years ago, I was on a 1 week section hike in PA when I met a man and I fell inlove almost instantly. We bonded and me being a person who never does anything in halves, jumped in. I...

If you want to give your daugher a real experience...maybe avoid the hut system (and it'll cost you a fortune!). Like you, I started my kids young...around 5 and 7or 6 and 8 (nearly 20 years ago!)...

thanks for the great list! :)

Indeed WIA...indeed. I really love life here down unda! I do miss the AT though!!!! Coming from New Hampshire it was right in my back yard.

WIAPilot....this is why some of us haven't even bothered to pick up the book....I think Bryson kinda seems like a well, ass. But maybe he's a great guy...don't know. LOL

This sounds all too familiar (to many of us)....the last time I did a 1 week hike on the AT in Penn, there was a guy who kept on catching up with me who was a rampid racist...I tried to be polite and...

TennHiker...you're anything but a failure...especially when lots of people your age (never mind older ones too!) can't even get out of their own way! Awesome job! Getting out to enjoy nature and...

I'm pretty sure I'd try it!
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ditch it..use your foot or a stick to dig...seriously unless you're in terrain with rock hard sand (not anywhere on the AT) no need - just another piece of gear being peddled.