well ive ordered sgt rock's guidebook and started planning my thru hike.
i enjoyed the trail so much last year i need to go back and do it again. this time i'll be hiking the whole thing solo. it was great having rasty along last year, we're very compatible partners, but this time i want to deal with the solitude alone.
i have to rethink resupply. last year i did 2 drop boxes . ill probably stay at the green cove motel again where rasty and i stayed last year and use that as one point. i had shipped another box to jacks river country store, but will look for an alternative, as its 4 miles downhill from the trail crossing and was a bit of a pita. that walk took forever, and i even called rasty to see if he could figure out whether i had somehow passed the place, and i was lucky enough to get a ride back to the trailhead.
it shouldnt take me more than 3 weeks to get to davenport gap, im not sure how long i'll stay out this spring, but may hike into trail days again.
tentative start date:monday, april 6th.
i enjoyed the trail so much last year i need to go back and do it again. this time i'll be hiking the whole thing solo. it was great having rasty along last year, we're very compatible partners, but this time i want to deal with the solitude alone.
i have to rethink resupply. last year i did 2 drop boxes . ill probably stay at the green cove motel again where rasty and i stayed last year and use that as one point. i had shipped another box to jacks river country store, but will look for an alternative, as its 4 miles downhill from the trail crossing and was a bit of a pita. that walk took forever, and i even called rasty to see if he could figure out whether i had somehow passed the place, and i was lucky enough to get a ride back to the trailhead.
it shouldnt take me more than 3 weeks to get to davenport gap, im not sure how long i'll stay out this spring, but may hike into trail days again.
tentative start date:monday, april 6th.
its all good