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Category Archives: Trip Planning
JMT Trip Planning: Sleep Systems
Well, it’s still not summer of 2018… so I am left to continue to dream, and to plan, for our future JMT hike. A couple of weeks ago I posted about the cook kits that my son and I will … Continue reading
JMT Trip Planning: Cook Kits
This may be a bit premature, but ever since I decided that I was going to thru hike the JMT in the summer of 2018 I haven’t been able to take my mind off of it! Since then I have … Continue reading
What if I Had to Buy All New Gear!
“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” Rather than do an end of year gear review, what if I were to completely start all over! “What if…” I started 2017 off with absolutely no backpacking gear or clothing, only the … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Gear, Gear List, Gear Talk, Trip Planning
Tagged 0.9L Titanium Cook Pot, 475 ml Mug, Air Pad, Anker, Appalachian Trail, Arc Blast, AT, backpack, Backpacking, Battery Charger, Bear Line, Black Rock Gear, Blast Food Bag, Buff, canister stove, Capilene, Carbon Core Stakes, Carbon Fiber Poles, ccf pad, Columbia, Convertible Pants, Cook Kit, Coozie, CP3 Poles, Cuben Fiber, Cuben Fiber Poncho, Cuben Fiber Rain Kilt, Cuben Fiber Tent, Deuce of Spades, Ditty Bag, Down Anorak, Down Beanie, Down Jacket, Down Pants, Down Pillow, Down Socks, Duplex, Dyneema, ECA252, Enlightened Equipment, eVENT Rain Mitts, Evernew, Exped, Food Bag, Gaiters, Gear List, Gloves, GooseFeet Gear, Gossamer Gear, Ground Sheet, guylines, H52, Headlamp, Hikertrash, Hiking, Hot Lips, Lawson Kline, Light Snow Gaiters, Lightweight Long Bottoms, LiteTrail, Locus Gear, Long handle spoon, Microfiber Towel, Mini Water Filter, Mini-D Carabiner, MLD, Mountain Hard Wear, Mountain Laurel Designs, MSR, NeoAir, OD-1RX, OR, OR PL150, Outdoor Research, Pack Liner, patagonia, Photon Micro Light, Picharpak Workshop, pillow, Polycro, Poncho, Potty Trowel, Prodigy Quilt, quilt, Rain Gear, Rain Kilt, Rain Mitts, reflective cord, Sawyer, shelter, shepherd hook stakes, Silver Ridge 2, Silver Umbrella, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, SmartWool, Snow Peak, socks, Soft Bag, Soft Bladder, Soto, Squeezable Bag, Stake Sack, Stakes, Storm Safety Whistle, stove, Stronghold Mittens, Suunto Core, Swing LiteFlex Umbrella, T Shirt, Tall Gaiters, Tent, Therm-A-Rest, Thermal Weight Zip Neck Hoody, ThinLight pad, Titanium Mug, Titanium Stakes, Toak's, Trekking Poles, UL Air Pillow, UL cook pot, UL Ground Cloth, UltraGlide Bear Bagging Line, Umbrella, UnderArmor, underwear, Watch, Water Filter, Webbem Traveler, Wicked Lite, Wind Jacket, Windmaster, Wool Socks, XLite, Z Seat, ZebraLight, ZPacks, ZPacks Sleeping Bag
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“SUL” Hammock Gear List for 3.25 Day AT Section Hike
Next week my son and I will be hiking the 68 mile stretch of Appalachian Trail between Hot Springs, NC and Erwin, TN. We are planning to do this hike in 3.25 days, which means we will average 20 mpd … Continue reading
Posted in Gear, Gear List, Gear Talk, Section Hiking, Trip Planning
Tagged Appalachian Trail, AT, Backpacking, Erwin, Gear List, Gear Prep, Hiking, Hot Springs NC, Section Hiking, TN
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Where am I going, & what am I taking?
In 10 days I will be heading out to complete another 67 miles of the Appalachian Trail! I will begin at 441/Newfound Gap, and will finish at Hot Springs a few days later. After completing this section, I will then … Continue reading
Posted in Gear List, Packing, Trip Planning
Tagged Appalachian Trail, AT, Backpacking, Davenport Gap, Gear List, Hiking, Hot Springs, Max Patch, Newfound gap, Pack Weight, Packing, Section Hike, Tricorner Knob
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Gear for a 3 Day Backpacking Trip
This weekend I will be heading out for another fun-filled adventure… so I figured I had better pack a bag before it’s too late… But, let me begin by saying that I have chosen not to reveal the location of … Continue reading
Posted in Gear List, Trip Planning
Tagged Backpacking, Black Diamond Trekking Poles, Chrome Dome, Cuben Fiber, Cuben Ground Sheet, Down Pillow Case, Down Socks, Eagle Creek Pack It Specter, Enlightened Equipment, Exped, Gear Toons, GoLite, GooseFeet Gear, Hexamid Tarp, Hiking, Jetboil Sol Ti, LiteTrail, Montane Minimus Smock, Multipack, Odor Proof Bags, Prodigy Quilt, ProLite 3, Rain Kilt, Sawyer, sleeping pad, Snow Peak Ti Bowl, Thermarest, Trip Planning, UL Pillow, UltraLight Backpacking, Umbrella, Water Filter, ZebraLight H51, ZPacks
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