Comments on: where I’m at right now http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/ What Would Lilith Do? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lanthir http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Lanthir Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:15:36 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2479 I wish you the best of luck on the trail! It's really lovely hiking down south, particularly around Blood Mountain. Though I'll warn you, the shelter right after Neel's Gap is *way* far off the trail. If you're passing through the gap in late afternoon, I don't advise pushing on to make it to the shelter that night. It was HUGE mistake when I did. Further advice: You can save a lot of money on gear by making things yourself. There are tons of cool designs for stoves you can build out of old cans, or you could design something yourself! I wish you the best of luck on the trail! It’s really lovely hiking down south, particularly around Blood Mountain. Though I’ll warn you, the shelter right after Neel’s Gap is *way* far off the trail. If you’re passing through the gap in late afternoon, I don’t advise pushing on to make it to the shelter that night. It was HUGE mistake when I did.

Further advice: You can save a lot of money on gear by making things yourself. There are tons of cool designs for stoves you can build out of old cans, or you could design something yourself!

]]> By: Sequoia Redd http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 Sequoia Redd Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:06:29 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2050 I chose the A.T. because it seemed like a good place to start, its failry more accessible to me because its on the east coast and only starts one state north of me, also because its not supposed to be too challenging and a good place for a first time long distance hiker to start. I chose the A.T. because it seemed like a good place to start, its failry more accessible to me because its on the east coast and only starts one state north of me, also because its not supposed to be too challenging and a good place for a first time long distance hiker to start.

]]> By: Sequoia Redd http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 Sequoia Redd Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:04:44 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2049 awesome! I totally will! awesome! I totally will!

]]> By: Sequoia Redd http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2048 Sequoia Redd Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:02:19 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2048 again DUDES! I *really* appreciate the advice but if you're going to slam what I decided to bring with me or what I put on my wishlist then also suggest a SOLUTION!! I hate when people complain about something but can't come up with something better. So? I'm all ears...if my sleepingbag and tent choices are too heavy which brand/model would you recommend and why? And will you buy them for me too? haha. Nothing to expensive either, I'm just a small-time hoe. :-) again DUDES! I *really* appreciate the advice but if you’re going to slam what I decided to bring with me or what I put on my wishlist then also suggest a SOLUTION!!

I hate when people complain about something but can’t come up with something better. So? I’m all ears…if my sleepingbag and tent choices are too heavy which brand/model would you recommend and why? And will you buy them for me too? haha.

Nothing to expensive either, I’m just a small-time hoe. :-)

]]> By: shorty http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 shorty Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:21:59 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2044 Three more links that are equipment related: http://www.backpackgeartest.org http://www.backpackinglight.com http://steepandcheap.com the last one can be really addictive, hide your credit card....the not-so-well-kept secret to freeing your mind on a long distance hike: free your body by carrying as little weight as possible without compromising safety...which leads me to offer one bit of unsolicited advice: the tent and sleeping bag that you have listed on amazon are *way* to heavy, unless you're planning on sharing the weight with someone else. The AT is essentially a bunch of 3-5 day hikes, repeated over and over for 5-7 months, so you really don't have to carry an excess of gear unless you want to punish yourself. Most people manage just fine with 25-35 lbs leaving each town. Three more links that are equipment related: http://www.backpackgeartest.org
http://www.backpackinglight.com http://steepandcheap.com the last one can be really addictive, hide your credit card….the not-so-well-kept secret to freeing your mind on a long distance hike: free your body by carrying as little weight as possible without compromising safety…which leads me to offer one bit of unsolicited advice: the tent and sleeping bag that you have listed on amazon are *way* to heavy, unless you’re planning on sharing the weight with someone else. The AT is essentially a bunch of 3-5 day hikes, repeated over and over for 5-7 months, so you really don’t have to carry an excess of gear unless you want to punish yourself. Most people manage just fine with 25-35 lbs leaving each town.

]]> By: Shorty http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Shorty Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:08:24 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2034 OOps! i almost forgot: there is a women's-only hiking-list at backcountry.net also: just go to http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/at-l/2010-January/date.html and join/post a message requesting info on the women's list, or write one of the women, or contact the list admin @ ryan@backcountry.net . One of the women has to speak to you on the phone to verify gender, or so i've been told. OOps! i almost forgot: there is a women’s-only hiking-list at backcountry.net also: just go to http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/at-l/2010-January/date.html and join/post a message requesting info on the women’s list, or write one of the women, or contact the list admin @ ryan@backcountry.net . One of the women has to speak to you on the phone to verify gender, or so i’ve been told.

]]> By: Shorty http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Shorty Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:06:04 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2033 Southern Ruck info @ http://www.soruck.net and there is also a Facebook page under Southern Ruck Southern Ruck info @ http://www.soruck.net and there is also a Facebook page under Southern Ruck

]]> By: Shorty http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Shorty Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:56:29 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2032 If you want an intensely social hike, the AT is the best choice. If you want slightly less people, easier walking, more remote/spectacular scenary: the Pacific Crest Trail. If you want the wildest, hardest, skill-testing, frustrating, estactic, and most wildlife: the Continental Divide Trail. I know slightly whereof i speak, having been in the first 100 to complete the AT, and failed at completing the other 2 (so far). I was lucky enough to have hiked the AT when there were only a couple of dozen thru-hikers each year, rather than hundreds. BTW, the first hikers to adopt their own 'trailnames' were women, in 1972. They had chosen Lakota names, one of which translated as 'Little Mountain', and the other as 'Bear'. I cannot even attempt the pronounciation/spelling of their Lakota names, and since they opted not to sign registers, there is no record of them, but they did complete the Trail, as i heard later, so, when someone trys to foist the idea upon you that other hikers have to bestow your 'trailname', and that this is a tradition, that's bullshit, 'cause the first to do so were self-actualized women who chose for themselves, in 1972. The most experienced hikers of all three trails hang out at the three backcountry.net mailing lists, although there are a few poseurs on the at-l list, and some total jerks on the pct-l list, although they are minor irritations compared to the wealth of experience to be found on all three lists. Several of the hikers on the cdt-l have completed all three major hiking trails, (triple-crowners) in addition to many shorter trails. Hiking is perhaps unique in that you can actually meet and talk to some of the 'superstars' of the long-distance backpacking community: there is a gathering known as a ruck coming up shortly, on superbowl weekend, known as the southern ruck, or soruck. I'll go make sure that i have the website address right and make another comment on it. The hiker known as Sly organizes it, and he and several other triple crowners, as well as *many* people who have completed the AT and PCT will be there. If you want an intensely social hike, the AT is the best choice. If you want slightly less people, easier walking, more remote/spectacular scenary: the Pacific Crest Trail. If you want the wildest, hardest, skill-testing, frustrating, estactic, and most wildlife: the Continental Divide Trail. I know slightly whereof i speak, having been in the first 100 to complete the AT, and failed at completing the other 2 (so far). I was lucky enough to have hiked the AT when there were only a couple of dozen thru-hikers each year, rather than hundreds. BTW, the first hikers to adopt their own ‘trailnames’ were women, in 1972. They had chosen Lakota names, one of which translated as ‘Little Mountain’, and the other as ‘Bear’. I cannot even attempt the pronounciation/spelling of their Lakota names, and since they opted not to sign registers, there is no record of them, but they did complete the Trail, as i heard later, so, when someone trys to foist the idea upon you that other hikers have to bestow your ‘trailname’, and that this is a tradition, that’s bullshit, ’cause the first to do so were self-actualized women who chose for themselves, in 1972. The most experienced hikers of all three trails hang out at the three backcountry.net mailing lists, although there are a few poseurs on the at-l list, and some total jerks on the pct-l list, although they are minor irritations compared to the wealth of experience to be found on all three lists. Several of the hikers on the cdt-l have completed all three major hiking trails, (triple-crowners) in addition to many shorter trails. Hiking is perhaps unique in that you can actually meet and talk to some of the ‘superstars’ of the long-distance backpacking community: there is a gathering known as a ruck coming up shortly, on superbowl weekend, known as the southern ruck, or soruck. I’ll go make sure that i have the website address right and make another comment on it. The hiker known as Sly organizes it, and he and several other triple crowners, as well as *many* people who have completed the AT and PCT will be there.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Elizabeth Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:50:34 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-2029 Let me know when you'll be crossing NY or CT. If you find you want company I'd love to meet up with you again and hiking is something I love but don't do often enough. My partner and I have talked about hiking the whole trail but have never made serious plans. Would love to hear all about your experience! Let me know when you’ll be crossing NY or CT. If you find you want company I’d love to meet up with you again and hiking is something I love but don’t do often enough. My partner and I have talked about hiking the whole trail but have never made serious plans. Would love to hear all about your experience!

]]> By: Shere Khan http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/2009/12/where-im-at-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Shere Khan Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:03:10 +0000 http://sequoiaredd.com/blog/?p=1731#comment-1990 Omg, take me with you! I'm in Atlanta, and that's been a lifelong dream of mine. I've got a bunch of camping gear too. Spent a couple weeks camping in the Smoky Mountains last April. It was breathtaking, but at night it dipped into the low 20's, so heads up on that. Thank god I had my chubby ex gf to snuggle with. hehe Anyway, at my age... and because I'm a *cough* smoker... I'd probably keel over and croak after about 10 miles, but, at least I'd die a happy man, doing what I love. Just roll me in a drainage ditch and carry on! Btw, I didn't see a shotgun on your wish list. Don't forget there's bears in them thar hills! If you truly decide to embark upon this arduous adventure, I hope you plan it well, and go with a sizable, experienced group. I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out. Omg, take me with you! I’m in Atlanta, and that’s been a lifelong dream of mine. I’ve got a bunch of camping gear too. Spent a couple weeks camping in the Smoky Mountains last April. It was breathtaking, but at night it dipped into the low 20′s, so heads up on that. Thank god I had my chubby ex gf to snuggle with. hehe

Anyway, at my age… and because I’m a *cough* smoker… I’d probably keel over and croak after about 10 miles, but, at least I’d die a happy man, doing what I love. Just roll me in a drainage ditch and carry on!

Btw, I didn’t see a shotgun on your wish list. Don’t forget there’s bears in them thar hills! If you truly decide to embark upon this arduous adventure, I hope you plan it well, and go with a sizable, experienced group. I’m looking forward to seeing how this pans out.

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