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"The dirty little secret? Hikers will be stacked up in Kennedy Meadows come June. All the snow courses in the world won't change this fact."

So what?

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I definitely appreciate it.

@ Montana Mac: I just looked over the King's Canyon map from trails illustrated. It's kind of a pain because it forces you to view...

Ok, I just found a good map online and may have answered my own question. It looks like some good short loops can be made involving Forester and/or Glen Pass with just a short hitch up or down 395...

So I might have 2 or 3 days at the end of June to hike in the Sierras. This is a question for the people who are familiar with the side trails in the area.

Ideally I'd love to be able to make a...

Hmm, check out the photo of his "28-pound backpack". I guess that's 28 pounds empty?

Not again...

Might as well skip San Jacinto, and then really there's no need to get back on before Baden Powell, 'cause that will be totally impassible. Yep, you'll definitely die if you try it. ...

I really wish there was an EDIT button on this forum.

I meant to say I'm NOT very familiar with the resupply points in the High Sierra stretch.

Also, Northern CA would be a good spot for that...

Yes, Kings Canyon / Sequoia has some of the most awesome scenery on the trail. This is the JMT section and you will be in peak JMT thru-hiker season and just a bit late for most northbound PCTers. ...

In order from south to north:

The Laguna's - because you get to see the desert divide for the first time as well as your first look at San Jacinto and San Gorgonio

The poppy fields around...

Oh, just read the title of your post. "5 nights from Springer".

Yeah, that's a bit different from the whole 7 days I was talking about before. If that means six days then that will kick your...

That completely depends on how far you're comfortable with walking in a week.

It's about 75 miles from Springer to the NC boarder. If you do the approach trail, it's 84. That's only about 10.5...

@ Torch09

Haha, my 5 days of food is about 17 lbs.

Maybe I should start giving weight this way. 5 days of food 17 lbs. - w/gear, 25 lbs.

I second the recommendation for Salomon trail runners. They're the only thing I've used since switching from boots in Hot Springs on my first thru-hike. I use the XA Pro 3D Ultra (or some such...

I agree. This is a non-problem. Don't try to gain weight, other than maybe a nice big going away meal before you leave. It's the folks with too much weight that should be worried. That's what...

Yes, people definitely get sick on the trail.

You aren't walking around in normal society encountering hundreds or thousands of strangers day to day but the people you do interact with on the...

Hey class of 2011. I'm envious of your adventure that's about to begin. I thru-hiked back in '04 and did a big section in '06 and have Springer Fever at the moment.

I'm in the Birmingham, AL...

I've never used them in a GPS but lithiums are far lighter. In my camera they tend to last many many times longer than alkalines as well. (I only used 4 pair on the entire PCT: roughly 4,500 photos...

Mango! Hey, sorry to hear you had to get off. But I'm jealous of your hike north from Sonora next year.

I just want to clarify from my earlier post. I don't recommend anyone rush headlong into...

Happy Feet here.

Chance! What's up? When did you finish.

I agree with what Chance said. It was an absolutely amazing experience. I'm still trying to let it soak in and probably will be for...

I'm just looking forward to the whole thing.

When I hiked the AT I had already done large sections in the south and looked forward to the north. I heavily researched everything for that hike and...

Honestly, I wish I knew the answer to this.

All I can say is I've drank 4000 miles worth of back country water using the aqua-mira drops religiously and have never had any trouble - though the...

Nice website. That's a long thorough looking list of media. I don't know anything off hand that's missing... but that's not saying much.

Yeah, I envy your site. :D

Hey Mango. Thanks for the reply. This is actually Happy Feet from '06. I was actually thinking something involving LeConte would be fun. We'll see how the weather looks I suppose.

Are you...

A buddy and I would like to do a two nighter in the Smokies, but being largely unfamiliar with the park, other than the AT, I thought I'd ask some advice for a good 2 night hike.

We'll be taking...

Ok, I apologize for that somewhat asinine post. There's nothing wrong with carrying a map if that's how you want to do it. I just really wish that one of the ardent map carriers could admit that...