People have asked me a lot about my PCT resupply strategy. I generally bought as I went, so I didn’t have to buy, and mail, and get sick of, 500 packages of ramen. But the bulk stuff, the trickier stuff, the Amazon-only kind of stuff, I shipped to myself as I went along. Remember, when…
Category: PlanAheadAndPrepare
Long Trail Gear List and Resources
Enough people have asked me about my Long Trail gear list so I thought I would post it. It’s similar, almost identical, to my PCT Gear List, with my Borah Gear tarp replacing my trusty Big Agness FlyCreek. I hiked in September, so I had to be prepared for chilly weather, which was in abundance,…
Blue Hills End2End2End
To celebrate the beginning of Summer, and to take advantage of the long days, I drove up to Massachusetts to knock off a long-held goal of mine, a traverse, and back, of the Blue Hills park. Map is here. The Blue Hills are a 7000 acre preserve just outside Boston, in fact, for much of…
Comfort items – take an ounce, leave an ounce
(Originally posted on The Trek) As I mentioned before, I’m at the final kitchen-sink phase of packing for the hike. The last few bits and extra things that might come in handy; spare hair elastics, for instance, or a silnylon pouch to help organize all my foot-care stuff. I’ve made some changes to the overall…
PCT2018 Gear List
(Originally published at The Trek) I have a few purchases left to make, but right now my gear list is pretty solid. Pack weight is just at 13 lbs, and that includes a 1 lb fudge-factor for things like chapstick, extra clothes added at the last minute, the weight of my pen, money, and other…