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Hiking Plans 2018
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LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
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Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Astro wrote:
Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
By high school age I had trained them to regularly check the lost and found for themselves. Two are in college now and I see one of them come by to see me at my office and he is wearing a jacket I did not remember buying them. So I ask him where it came from, and he says his brother gave it to him. So when the next son comes by my office I ask him where he got the jacket he gave his brother. So he replies I kept checking the lost and found in high school and no one ever claimed it, so I decided I could use it.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Astro wrote:
Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
I've never needed more than rain pants over lightweight bottoms, like Terramar. In fact, I ski in essentially the same get up. Waterproof breathable pants(heavier denier than rain pants) with lightweight bottoms underneath. In camp, I just wear the same unless it is below 20. Then I throw on the heavier weight bottoms. I saw some dudes with....down pants on the AT. It got down to 25 that night, but these guys were awful proud of their down pants....
For a 3 night in March on the AT in TN or NC I bring:
1-Lightweight bottoms
1-Heavier weight bottoms
1-Hiking shorts
1-Rain pants
1-Rain jacket
1-Long sleeve light zipT polypro
2-Short sleeve Terramar T
2-pr ExOfficio boxerbriefs
1-MH Ghost Whisperer down jacket
2-pair of polypro hiking socks
1-pair of heavy weight polypro socks for sleeping
1-Nike jogging gloves, polypro
1-REI Event Rain Mitts
1-Light weight skull cap
1-Heavy weight balaclava for sleeping
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ScareBear wrote:
I've never needed more than rain pants over lightweight bottoms, likeTerramar. ...............................................
Good quality at a good price from Campmor. -
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LIhikers wrote:
I have no idea about hiking for this year as I'm starting a new job on March 19.
I took a noticeable pay cut but my commute will now be measured in minutes instead of hours and no toll bridges involved
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
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Jake Ace wrote:
Hiking in summer I bring all my summer stuff. Hiking in winter I bring all my winter stuff. Hiking in early spring I bring all my summer stuff and winter stuff.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
jimmyjam wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
I have no idea about hiking for this year as I'm starting a new job on March 19.
I took a noticeable pay cut but my commute will now be measured in minutes instead of hours and no toll bridges involved
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
I have no idea about hiking for this year as I'm starting a new job on March 19.
I took a noticeable pay cut but my commute will now be measured in minutes instead of hours and no toll bridges involved
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
Astro wrote:
Jake Ace wrote:
Hiking in summer I bring all my summer stuff. Hiking in winter I bring all my winter stuff. Hiking in early spring I bring all my summer stuff and winter stuff.
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I have always said each 5 minutes of a commute one way at the end of the year is worth a week of vacation at the end of the year.
It really adds up. If you love your family, that is worth a lot.
I have never lived more than 10 minutes from work (at least when living in the USA) except when I first moved to Houston. Rented an apartment about 3 miles from the office where I worked the first 10 months. Only took 10 minutes on the weekend, but 30-60 minutes during rush hour. Hwy 290 was under construction and "shortcuts" through the neighborhoods weren't much better. Really drove the point home for me (fortunately I was single then).The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
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jimmyjam wrote:
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
I have no idea about hiking for this year as I'm starting a new job on March 19.
I took a noticeable pay cut but my commute will now be measured in minutes instead of hours and no toll bridges involved
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
LIhikers wrote:
People used to ask me why I didn't rent a room near the job and stay there during my work week.
The answer was always the same, because I want to live with my wife.
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
Drybones wrote:
jimmyjam wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
I have no idea about hiking for this year as I'm starting a new job on March 19.
I took a noticeable pay cut but my commute will now be measured in minutes instead of hours and no toll bridges involved
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
LIhikers wrote:
ScareBear wrote:
I've never needed more than rain pants over lightweight bottoms, likeTerramar. ...............................................
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ScareBear wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
ScareBear wrote:
I've never needed more than rain pants over lightweight bottoms, likeTerramar. ...............................................
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LIhikers wrote:
ScareBear wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
ScareBear wrote:
I've never needed more than rain pants over lightweight bottoms, likeTerramar. ...............................................
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Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. - Robert E. Lee -
Grinder wrote:
Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
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Jake Ace wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
March and April are tough months to pack for.
The weather can go in any direction and you need to be ready for it all.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
Heading south two weeks from tomorrow. Gonna pack for sub-freezing nights and warm days. And everything in-between.
Going booze shopping in MD this weekend. I'm thinking Bailey's for the first night followed by some Bird Dog Apple Whisky.
Quick question - is there a booze store in Hot Springs? I need to know if we can refuel there or if I should bring supplies with me for the 45 miles between Hot Springs and Sams Gap.Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
StalkingTortoise wrote:
Heading south two weeks from tomorrow. Gonna pack for sub-freezing nights and warm days. And everything in-between.
Going booze shopping in MD this weekend. I'm thinking Bailey's for the first night followed by some Bird Dog Apple Whisky.
Quick question - is there a booze store in Hot Springs? I need to know if we can refuel there or if I should bring supplies with me for the 45 miles between Hot Springs and Sams Gap.
"Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
Make a difference -
jimmyjam wrote:
StalkingTortoise wrote:
Heading south two weeks from tomorrow. Gonna pack for sub-freezing nights and warm days. And everything in-between.
Going booze shopping in MD this weekend. I'm thinking Bailey's for the first night followed by some Bird Dog Apple Whisky.
Quick question - is there a booze store in Hot Springs? I need to know if we can refuel there or if I should bring supplies with me for the 45 miles between Hot Springs and Sams Gap.
Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
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CoachLou wrote:
Got my Hut reservations, 15 Aug, Mizpah. 16 Aug, Lakes. 17 Aug, Madison......0840 shuttle, Pinkham to Webster cliff.
Try to catch up with Astro in Maine!
CoachLou wrote:
Try to catch up with Astro in Maine!
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Astro wrote:
CoachLou wrote:
Got my Hut reservations, 15 Aug, Mizpah. 16 Aug, Lakes. 17 Aug, Madison......0840 shuttle, Pinkham to Webster cliff.
Try to catch up with Astro in Maine!
CoachLou wrote:
Try to catch up with Astro in Maine!
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
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Dan76 wrote:
In my experience, DEET didn’t seem to deter black flies.
Here is to hoping my experience is more like theirs instead of yours.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
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