I hike on the PCT and the JMT. Here is a great forum with tons of backpacking info.Not sure where to ask this question.
Tips or read aheads?
Mrs and me might next year.
This. In the good months the AT is not unlike a highway. As I posted above, some of the same sicko's.I've done much of the divide trail. It's tough, but a blast. You can go days without seeing a person, which makes it preferable to the others.
I’m truly sorry you feel that way. Being in nature is very good for you. Physical, mental, spiritual.....You name it. It’s good for you.
Spent many nights close by at Garnet lake. Garnet lake has a very special place in my heart and my fathers heart! Dad & I agreed that I will spread his ashes in garnet lake when his time comes(or he do the same for me, if needed) Which, I hope will be in many, many years from now.Here is a pic of Thousand Island Lake on the JMT. You will find no rif raf of any kind, anywhere near here.
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When I die I want my ashes spread over the JMT. I was born in bishop down in the Owens valley. The sierras are home.Here is a pic of Thousand Island Lake on the JMT. You will find no rif raf of any kind, anywhere near here.
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Mammoth is my favorite place. I want to move to a town just like it but in a red state. No luck finding it so far. It is hard to beat the eastern Sierra.When I die I want my ashes spread over the JMT. I was born in bishop down in the Owens valley. The sierras are home.
I grew up with the Tetons in my back yard. Too bad the Jackson Hole Fucktards makes the WY side a yuppie haven.When I die I want my ashes spread over the JMT. I was born in bishop down in the Owens valley. The sierras are home.
Agreed.Mammoth is my favorite place. I want to move to a town just like it but in a red state. No luck finding it so far. It is hard to beat the eastern Sierra.
When I die I want my ashes spread over the JMT. I was born in bishop down in the Owens valley. The sierras are home.
The Merced is beautiful in that area but the Greenies would have a shit fit about you pollutin' their river.Same here brother! I told my wife that I don't want no damn crying funeral. But, to throw my ass anywhere down the Merced river in Yosemite, then go have a rager of a party in Camp 4 with the climbers in celebration of a life lived well.
Better be on the PCT as well. Friends of ours ran into some cartel activities going on there believe it or not.I dont know about the PCT but if you hike the AT be sure to be armed.
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The best hike Ive done is the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River and back in about '71'. Absolutely stunning. I left all my food and gear at the bottom and filled my pack with rocks, some of them from a layer said to be a billion years old. Unfortunately Ive lost them all over 50 years and a lot of moves. Its one of the few hikes I want to do again but maybe in October when the hordes have left.I've done parts of the AT over weekends/vacations. I really like it and would like to do the whole thing. It IS crowded in the summer. I try to cheat to the ends of the season. If I ever get the chance to walk the whole thing, I'll try to start early and walk south. I haven't used the AT's shelters. I'd bring a tent to avoid being locked to a stopping place. The maps/guide books at REI were very good, and I prefer a book to something battery powered. If you're close, go do 40 miles or whatever over a long weekend to get an idea of traffic and to get used to your boots, shakedown your equipment. Parts are rocky, and your feet will kill you if you use tennis shoes or boots without a shank for longer hikes or a through hike.
Through hikers sometimes set up shipments of food to specific locations, if you're that organized. If I do it, I'll buy as I go.
We also did about 100km on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in northern Spain on a week's vacation several years back. Way milder. Incredibly well organized. I plan to keep it in mind as I continue to get older and more feeble. Getting there costs a ton, but once you're there, it's cheap. Just something else to think about.
Not sure where to ask this question.
Tips or read aheads?
Mrs and me might next year.