Alright, alright, alriiiiight. It's GO TIME! We're hopping on a plane to Maine tomorrow (with hopefully no rain). Here's a video about what we're carrying on the A.T. But first a bit about philosophy: Some people go 'lightweight' (under 20lb). Some people go ULTRA-lightweight, with a pre-food backpack weight of under 10 pounds! These people seem to want to pump out as many miles as they can in a day (although I obviously can't speak for them all) which to me seems a bit like missing the point. All that having been said: Here's the video... I cleverly planned this in a location with two cats and a dog, so this video is narrated in a special voice I like to call 'Allergy Monotone' with 'Drippy Sniffles' for percussion in between phrases. For the record. Lysandra's pack weighs 26lb before food, Andrew's weighs 32lbs before food.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Hip Hip... HoorIt'sfinallytimetostartthisblog... (for reelz).
Announcement, Announcement AnnOUUUNCEment:
Lyss and I are finally... mostly-packed for our Through Hike of the Appalachian Trail (SOBO class of 2012)!!!
As this is an informative blog for friends, fams, and fans of yours truly (and hers truly), I'll go ahead and dole out some info for the non-hikers out there (read: almost everyone reading this blog).
SOBO is slang abbreviation for Southbound... which is the direction we'll be heading: From Maine to Georgia. A Through Hike is... you guessed it: The Whole Damn Thing, or, 2,175 miles (this year - apparently it changes). Southbound is the less popular route, mostly because it starts with arguably the hardest hike on the AT, quickly followed by the "100 Mile Wilderness" in Maine, quickly followed by "The Whites" or White Mountain National Forest (NH). These three elements are hyped... A LOT. And for good reason, or so the purveyors of aforementioned hype would have me believe. I guess people so often choose to hike Northbound (NOBO) so they can warm up for almost 1800 miles. You know... get their 'hiking legs.' Those are the very same 1800 miles we'll have LEFT (barring unforeseen injury) because we started with the hard part. "Why," you may ask, "are you going sobo?" Simply put: we wanted to start in July. You see, if we started down south, estimating 6 months for completion of the trail, by the time we got to Maine in January... *thinking to self*... average temperatures... latitude.. elevation... Got it! It would be, "Cold, cold... so cold" (I know, you're overwhelmed with technical lingo). Oh, also, Baxter State Park (in Maine) came to the SAME conclusion that I did (though I gather they word it somewhat differently) and they close parts of the trail in mid October.
~whew~
We're flying up to Maine on the 18th of July and will begin hiking on the 19th. So wherever you are... doing whatever you're doing... wish us luck on the 19th as we're hiking our first hike: An obligatory 10 mile, steep-ass, round-trip summit of 5,267' Mt. Katahdin in Maine.
Life is good :)
We're seriously hiking the A.T.
Lyss and I are finally... mostly-packed for our Through Hike of the Appalachian Trail (SOBO class of 2012)!!!
As this is an informative blog for friends, fams, and fans of yours truly (and hers truly), I'll go ahead and dole out some info for the non-hikers out there (read: almost everyone reading this blog).
SOBO is slang abbreviation for Southbound... which is the direction we'll be heading: From Maine to Georgia. A Through Hike is... you guessed it: The Whole Damn Thing, or, 2,175 miles (this year - apparently it changes). Southbound is the less popular route, mostly because it starts with arguably the hardest hike on the AT, quickly followed by the "100 Mile Wilderness" in Maine, quickly followed by "The Whites" or White Mountain National Forest (NH). These three elements are hyped... A LOT. And for good reason, or so the purveyors of aforementioned hype would have me believe. I guess people so often choose to hike Northbound (NOBO) so they can warm up for almost 1800 miles. You know... get their 'hiking legs.' Those are the very same 1800 miles we'll have LEFT (barring unforeseen injury) because we started with the hard part. "Why," you may ask, "are you going sobo?" Simply put: we wanted to start in July. You see, if we started down south, estimating 6 months for completion of the trail, by the time we got to Maine in January... *thinking to self*... average temperatures... latitude.. elevation... Got it! It would be, "Cold, cold... so cold" (I know, you're overwhelmed with technical lingo). Oh, also, Baxter State Park (in Maine) came to the SAME conclusion that I did (though I gather they word it somewhat differently) and they close parts of the trail in mid October.
~whew~
We're flying up to Maine on the 18th of July and will begin hiking on the 19th. So wherever you are... doing whatever you're doing... wish us luck on the 19th as we're hiking our first hike: An obligatory 10 mile, steep-ass, round-trip summit of 5,267' Mt. Katahdin in Maine.
Life is good :)
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