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Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:11 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Next topic - your feet. I know you know this already, but Keep.Them.Dry.At.ALL.Times. Every time you sit down for a break, take you boots AND socks off to dry. Ok, preaching over.
That'll work unless it rains. Not as likely on the overnighter, but pretty likely a week later on the 40 miler.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:46 am to GoldenDawg
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29 pounds including 5 liters of water.
Tarp tent or trekking pole tent? That's a pretty light pack for a 50 mile hike. I'm usually in the mid/upper 30s for a 3 night trip in the smokies. However, I do pack some luxury items like a chair and a liter of bourbon. I use a Nemo Meta 2P for shelter and it's less than 3 pounds.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:49 am to GoldenDawg
JMT and Machu Picchu are bucket list hikes. I admire people that finish the AT, but it just doesn't interest me. The GA, TN, NC, and VA sections are nice, but there's a lot of tedious boredom on the way to Maine. The PCT is more appealing IMO.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:01 am to TideJoe
PCT and AT
Problem with these is who can take 7-8 months out of life to hike 2100 miles
Problem with these is who can take 7-8 months out of life to hike 2100 miles
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:07 am to Old Sarge
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PCT and AT
If I every decided to hike either of these trails start to finish, I'd have to section hike them. I'm married with young kids and taking off 2/3rds of a year to go hiking isn't in the cards.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:56 am to TideJoe
Same here, but that is also why I'm doing the 200 mile JMT in 2017. Only 2.5 weeks off of work and away from family, and also supposed to be the most scenic part of the PCT. Doing the Ozark 200 miler as a warm up/test because it's a lot closer to home.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:17 am to Old Sarge
2.5 weeks is going to be hauling arse in that terrain. Even in late July there's a lot of snow and rivers that can be really dangerous to cross. There's a documentary on Netflix called "Mile.... Mile & a Half" and it took that group 25 days. Now they definitely stopped and enjoyed a few places, but the movie really paints a good picture of what you're dealing with.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 10:20 am to GoldenDawg
Enjoy your trip. I'm out in the woods/mountains at least twice a week. Wouldn't have it any other way. Like Robert G said, it just makes sense.
Good luck and have fun. Mark your coordinates and send em my way if you run into any large patches of ginseng
Good luck and have fun. Mark your coordinates and send em my way if you run into any large patches of ginseng
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Posted on 6/14/15 at 10:50 am to GoldenDawg
Take a little time at Hogpen Gap. It's one of my favorite places in the world.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 10:56 am to GoldenDawg
I've hiked every stretch in Ga and NC. Gorgeous country, man. This time of year, make sure you have have plenty of iodine and taste-neutralizer tablets, because you absolutely tear through some water. The last time I was up there was in '09 and it was probably the worst shape I've ever been in so Unicoi to Tesnatee almost killed. At that point I swore I won't go back out and embarrass myself again until I was back into shape. I finally got serious about it this past fall and I'm almost there. Whether going solo, with a friend, or a group of friends, it's a great way to get away from everything and find yourself again.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 11:07 am to TideJoe
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Tarp tent or trekking pole tent? That's a pretty light pack for a 50 mile hike.
I've got a 1 person tent (a Hilleberg Enan). With the rain fly and all it weighs about 2.7 pounds. The 29 pounds is for the overnighter. For the 40 miler the following week it will weigh a little more, but I will keep it under 35 pounds one way or another.
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Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:47 pm to GoldenDawg
I've always wanted to do this. An eccentric friend from high school has hiked the entire Appalachain trail 3 times now. Takes him 4-5 months. All the way from the start in Georgia to the end in Maine.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:52 pm to GoldenDawg
I like Six Moons Designs. Their tents are super light. I have the 24 ounce trekker but they also make a 17 ounce one-person tent. They have great packs, too.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:59 pm to BowlJackson
I've always heard it's easier to hike down from Maine.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:30 pm to Old Sarge
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Problem with these is who can take 7-8 months out of life to hike 2100 miles
Yeah, I had a good friend, that went solo, go all the way from Georgia to the Pennsylvania line on the AT about 8 years ago. He said it's by far the hardest thing he's ever done. He started with his dog, but she was only able to make it about a month, partly because she'd stay up at night and more or less guard the tent, and just got exhausted after a while.
He said it took him a while to get used to being around people after he was done. We'd go out to bars and it took him a while to get back and adjusted to that. He was the skinny guy who would sit back and just kind of stare at people for the first few weeks.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:38 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Just out of curiosity, at what point do you decide that you want to trek for 51 miles especially along the Appalachian Trail?
Years ago you could do this on horseback. Not sure about today.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:50 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
He did go down one time, but I never asked how it compared.
The first time he actually started in Alabama on a different trail that connects to the start of the Appalachian trail in Georgia. I think he told me there was a way you could start in Oak Mountain in Birmingham and make it to the trail but I'm not sure if that's true.
The first time he actually started in Alabama on a different trail that connects to the start of the Appalachian trail in Georgia. I think he told me there was a way you could start in Oak Mountain in Birmingham and make it to the trail but I'm not sure if that's true.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 2:48 pm to BowlJackson
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The first time he actually started in Alabama on a different trail that connects to the start of the Appalachian trail in Georgia.
That's the Pinhoti trail. I think it will eventually be part of the AT. It's about 335 miles long.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 3:13 pm to TideJoe
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That's the Pinhoti trail. I think it will eventually be part of the AT. It's about 335 miles long.
I hiked the Pinhoti near Cheaha Mountain. Did it in the Winter and it got down to 8 degrees that night. The first time I've ever woken up to ice inside my tent.
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