Originally Posted by
Hosh
That's why some including myself suggest when preparing for a LD hike/thru-hike to sleep outside in the cold and rain in your trail shelter in your bag/quilt, wearing your trail clothing, eating anticipated trail food, cooking on your trail stove, walking around town and accomplishing errands like grocery shopping using just your backpack, turning the heat off or below 65* in the house, opening windows, reducing electronic connectivity, etc You're prepping yourself by adjusting to your environment, taking on and expanding new comfort ranges, and not expecting the environment to change for us but for us to cooperate with the environment. Think how much better the world would be if we chose cooperation with the environment rather than having basing civilization on the notion humanity is separate and above the environment.