@Astro Thanks for the feedback. I've done a decent amount of trail running and the idea to wear trail runners sounds great, I hadn't considered that and was leaning more towards hiking boots. Gear is going to be very difficult for me to gather, as I'm pretty unfamiliar with backpacking gear/essentials. The only thing I'm pretty set on is sleeping in a hammock with some sort of shell/cover, as that seems to be by far the lightest/easiest to set up. Any good resources for gear or food planning wou…
Hey all! First post here. Some background on my hiking experience and fitness which may help answer my question: Many, many, day hikes but nothing very intensive. I hiked from Springer Mt. to Woody Gap (20.5 miles) a few years ago, took around 8 hours but obviously I was not carrying much gear. I've done some big ascent/descent hikes, recently about 1200m ascent/descent over about 10 km. I'm in good shape, running around 3 hours for the marathon and just generally running all the time. I'm inter…