Quote Originally Posted by cygnustaxt
sounds like this guy has been reading/watching too much Into The Wild. Lol, aye there Mr. Supertramp?

this is good stuff though, I'd love to do this. I hope everything is going well for you pathfinder.
Cygnus, you are interested in doing the AT next year, right? I just read Bill Bryson's book, A Walk in the Woods. It is a laugh riot, but also a very good travel book about his expereinces on the AT. Lots of humor, but also history, science and hiking lore. I'd recommed it for the humor alone.

I'm getting very intersted in doing a long thru-hike next year, but not as long as the WHOLE Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail. I'm thinking about maybe the John Muir Trail, or I am also considering doing the Tahoe Rim Trail first. The JMT is about 220 miles, from Yosemite to Mt Whitney. And the TRT is 165 all the way around the Tahoe Basin. So they are both long thru-hikes in the Sierras, and the terrain is similar. But TRT crosses into civilization now and then along the way, so you have more options for resupplying, and you can get a shower every week or so. Or you can even just duck out of the whole deal if it is not working out.

One of the things that sounded great about the AT from the book was that it does get into or close to town fairly often, which the PCT and JMT do not do. A week of wilderness at a time sounds good, and I don't think I'd like to carry more than a weeks worth of consumables at a time. So I'm leaning toward the TRT just for the resupply aspect. It's also a loop, so I wouldn't need to arrange for pickup at the other end.

Another thing that sounded great about the AT is that it has SHELTERS. Mostly I am fine with sleeping al fresco or pitching a tent. And I'm fine with shitting in the woods. But shelters and privies could be nice at times too.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Alone in the wilderness - revised inventory "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." ~ T. S. Eliot For those who didn't see my other thread, my plan is to journey alone deep into the wilderness with only as much gear as can be carried on my back. I am NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY. After much consideration, I have decided to include a high velocity air rifle. The small size of .177 pellets will enable me to carry thousands of them, and thus hunt far more squirrels and rabbits than I could with Rating: 5