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  • @Wise Old Owl Thanks for the comment! My wife's pack is right at 10 lbs and mine is at 12 lbs. We should be able to shed another pound as it warms up and can switch out some of our heavier winter gear. We are pretty happy with where we are at right now though!

  • Hello fellow thru-hikers! My wife and I are a few weeks out from starting our AT thru-hike. I wanted to share a bit of advice with you all before we embark regarding planning your trek. TAKE A SHAKEDOWN TRIP (or as many as you can!)! We recently went on a shakedown to test our gear/setups and to discover ways we could cut weight. All in all, we cut about 5 pounds off our collective base weight. Read more about our shakedown here: trailmixfornewlyweds.com/2017/01/25/shake-it-on-down/ Thanks for r…

  • Hello Friends! Quick update on our trip. Our new start date is February 3rd! We just did our first shakedown trip this past weekend, we will be posting a blog on our website soon regarding shakedown tips and tricks. We recently talked to a thru-hiker from 2014. He shared some pointers and stories with us and we would love for you to check out his post right here: trailmixfornewlyweds.com/2017/01/05/1364/ Hope everyone is doing well!

  • Hey folks! If you are following my wife and I's journey, you may have recently heard that we just got sponsored by Big Outdoors, an online retailer that features smaller outdoors companies. They will be launching a Thru-Hiker sponsorship in December, so if you are interested, definitely check them out! Here is a blog post where I got to ask the owner and founder of Big Outdoors a few questions:trailmixfornewlyweds.com/2016/…th-owner-of-big-outdoors/ Hope everyone is doing well! Thanks for the en…

  • How to Hike the AT

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    Check out my wife and I's blog we are using to keep people updated while we thru-hike starting in February 2017: trailmixfornewlyweds.com/2016/…palachian-trail-the-what/

  • Hey everyone! My fiancée and I are thru-hiking the AT in 2017. This has been a big dream of both of ours for quite some time and so we decided to take the time between undergraduate and graduate school to make our dream a reality. We are both writers and amateur photographers and so we will be writing and taking photos along the way. I know this is all incredibly premature, but we already have a blog and an Instagram account set up documenting our training and musings. Feel free to read along he…

  • 2017 Couples Thru Hike

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    Hello all! My fiancée and I are thru-hiking the AT together in 2017. We also will be writing a book along the journey. If you would like to follow our adventure, check out our blog: trailmixfornewlyweds.wordpress.com/ Thanks for reading and happy trails!