Off we go for our 2016 walkabout, brothers Dan and Joe. Left Cincy at 1:00/pm for 6 hour (= I due to a flat tire on 75;) drive down to car drop at Lake Fontana. Then catch a ride with an enterprising fellow Dan found online who says he'll shuttle us on on down to Springer Mountain. The southern terminus of the AT hopefully by midnight or so.. With a late night ETA our plan is to set up camp near by and actually start hiking up the AT Saturday morning.
Goal for this 10 day hiking excursion will be to make it back to the dam 165 miles north through the mountains. We'll see how we go
I'll be updating as we go If you'd like to follow along
Details:
Packs:
Dan's got 31.6 lbs starting out and Joe has 26.6 with 14 lbs of that being food in each.
We're thinking that the remaining 5 lbs difference ( in addition to Dan's makeup kit:) is his sleeping setup- tent where mine is a hammock. Also I've got my ultralight pack at 1.6lbs vs. his pack at 3+
Note; plan is to see if we can make the 10 days with no restocking thus the large proportionate food weight. Even half our pack weight in food we are concerned if we have enough at 1.4lbs per day.
For water like last yrs. hike we plan on getting it from the mountain as we go. Will start off with two 20oz water bottles and a Sawyer filter. Left side is dirty water and right side is clean. This setup allows for always having a full clean with ability to replenish the left as we come across water. Will also "camel up" at these stops. Better to have the water weight "in you" rather than "on you"
Goal for this 10 day hiking excursion will be to make it back to the dam 165 miles north through the mountains. We'll see how we go
I'll be updating as we go If you'd like to follow along
Details:
Packs:
Dan's got 31.6 lbs starting out and Joe has 26.6 with 14 lbs of that being food in each.
We're thinking that the remaining 5 lbs difference ( in addition to Dan's makeup kit:) is his sleeping setup- tent where mine is a hammock. Also I've got my ultralight pack at 1.6lbs vs. his pack at 3+
Note; plan is to see if we can make the 10 days with no restocking thus the large proportionate food weight. Even half our pack weight in food we are concerned if we have enough at 1.4lbs per day.
For water like last yrs. hike we plan on getting it from the mountain as we go. Will start off with two 20oz water bottles and a Sawyer filter. Left side is dirty water and right side is clean. This setup allows for always having a full clean with ability to replenish the left as we come across water. Will also "camel up" at these stops. Better to have the water weight "in you" rather than "on you"
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