Getting pretty close. I still need to polish my boots, get a haircut, shave and pick up my spare socks from Tripp. We’re going to get Denaro to drop us off tomorrow night in sourthern VT. I’m going to drive the left over food out to Andrew Ziehl’s tonight and leave it with him – he’s agreed to meet us at the summit of Killington for our first resupply. Things are shapin’ up…
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Packing and Planning
We did a final round of planning and packed up our bags for the first leg of the trip. The first resupply will be at Churchill Scott Hut on day seven. The second resupply will be on day fourteen at Mt. Mansfield. We loaded up our packs for the first leg and they each weighed in around 60 lbs. Thankfully they will be getting progressively lighter, even considering considering resupply points; we are carrying most of the staples the whole way just to be safe. Photographic coming soon…
More Gear
I picked up a bunch more gear today.
– Sunscreen/bug repellent combo
– An additional solar panel
– New shades (my old ones snapped in half as I was taking them off the other day…)
– Biodegradable soap
– An extra Nalgene
– Tooth brush covers
– Cooking fuel
– Hand sanitizer
That’s about it…
Soon we’ll be mixing the rest of the trail mix, and shipping off the food to our resupply locations some how. I also need to do a bunch of maintenance on my boots and water filter before the end of the week.
Gear List (click links for more product info):
First Post!
Hi all,
Here’s the scoop: I’ve started this blog with the intention of using it to journal all of my different weekend adventures. In particular, I’m hoping that I’ll be able to post notes, pictures, and videos from the Long Trail, which I’m hoping to through-hike in July. All of these notes, picture and videos will hopefully recorded and posted via my Android phone.
Before I actually hit the trail, I have a short list of technology which I need to become proficient with and get straightened out…
- for starters I’m trying to get my domain name to point at blogger – hopefully this works out…
- i’ll be trying to use Google Latitude to track my position in real-time (or as close to it as cell coverage and battery life permits)
- I’ll be using a solar charger to charge my Android phone for the 18 days we expect to be gone – I need to get a feel for how much energy it can soak up during an average day and how much energy I can afford to spend each day taking photos, videos, etc…
- and finally I need to figure out how best to upload my MyTracks data and post it to this blog
Sort of a tall order with some experimentation required to get it all right before I go… So, I’ll be trying out various bits and pieces of the whole thing over the upcoming few weekends.
More details regarding all of this crazy technology as well as trip planning to come!