I have a friend in GA that is active in the AT Conservancy and he's encouraged me to hike it in sections. It's a lot easier to do it a week at a time. The AT isn't hikable Dec-March IMO. The northern terminus is in Maine. And at 2,180 miles, I don't know that it's a 3 month hike either. This link la...

FWIW, I thought it was wonderful. I watch it once a month to get a fix.

I enjoy it mostly because he does show some wonderful places I'll never see, but mostly because I can relate to the early sense of loneliness that morphs to mostly joy for being outside and away from people.

I was under the impression that it was the Sequester that did those two posts in. No Sequester anymore and certainly no budget cuts. What sucked up that funding?

They call me the Matchmaker.

I wish I had taken a few months out of life when I was younger to do some things like hiking the JMT, paddling some of the Lewis & Clark route and spending time hunting/fishing in the Rockies & Sierras. My son said he was going to through hike the AT when he retired and asked me if I would b...

Tell Rafiki I said "Hi".

I've hiked it in Yosemite, not outside of it. Lots more elevation gain and loss. Air is thinner. A different kind of spectacular as it's alpine vs. boreal/mixed hardwoods.

The thru hikers arrange food mail drops at various locations along the trail. They detail a bit of that in the movie.

No experience with them, but it sure looks like an interesting concept. Are the balloons just a regular run of the mill type? If they are, that seems like it would limit you from a durability standpoint and would mash flat to the ground at pressure points.

Wow, lots of great pictures. Thanks for sharing them and the trip report.

Not on the island, but 2 guys in their early 20's walking along a trail, each on one end of a 60 qt cooler. We were about 5 miles from the trail head and they were on there way to the truck after a 2 days at a camp site in the Hoosier Nat'l Forest.

I think ENO sells a string of battery powered lights that twinkle and change color. They flash when the batteries get low. I think I'll pas.

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I've repackaged Mountain House freeze-dried eggs from their #10 cans. It was OK but there were some problems. First, even though I repackaged right before the trip, they just didn't seem as good. Another thing was making sure the ingredients were evenly distributed (I did eggs and bacon). I was ver...

I'm a reformed MSR Sweetwater user. I moved to a Sawyer Squeeze and haven't looked back.

I'm of the belief that there's no need to chemically treat filtered water on ISRO.

We watched this on Netflix last weekend. If you're a fan of the Sierra's, you'll likely enjoy it. You can see the trailer http://youtu.be/4T1oBhzLQXg and if you don't have Netflix, you can rent it for $3.99 on Amazon. It might be free with Prime. The Muir Project has some info too. http://themuirpro...