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paigep20
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21h ago
Update: finally hiked the full Pemigewasset Loop in the Whites and it took me 14 hours
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morgan_ramirez
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1d ago
Warning: I was filtering my water wrong on every single trip and a ranger at Yosemite showed me why
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veram99
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2d ago
Blew $230 on a water filter setup for the PCT before a ranger at Kennedy Meadows set me straight
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caleb_thomas93
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4d ago
Pro tip: the Appalachian Trail has 165,000 white blazes, and I walked past about 164,900 of them without looking
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danielw88
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4d ago
Blew $220 on a bear can for the Sierra and now I'm mad at my own backpack
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julia_lee
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4d ago
Blew $350 on a 'ultralight' sleeping quilt for the JMT and it saved my trip, so now I'm torn on whether to buy the warmer one
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craig.sage
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4d ago
Showerthought: A ranger in Shenandoah told me the AT thru-hike is really 2,190 miles, not the 2,189 I had memorized
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the_mason
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5d ago
A guy at REI in Denver told me my route plan was backwards, and he was right
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gavinw45
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5d ago
I used to blow off elevation gain maps until a 4,200 foot day in the Collegiate Peaks humbled me
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caleb_thomas93
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6d ago
TIL a guy on the trail near Buena Vista talked me out of my 15 mile a day plan
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felixfisher
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7d ago
Chose the Ruby Crest Trail over the Sierra High Route last August, and my knees are still mad about it
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iris574
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8d ago
I started counting other hikers' boots at shelters and it fixed my whole packing problem
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lily_singh2
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9d ago
Met a thru hiker on the AT in Virginia who swears by 30 mile days, I think that misses the whole point
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olivia_rivera88
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10d ago
Vent: dropped $70 on a bear canister for the High Sierra loop and it barely fit 3 days of food
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richard_dixon
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12d ago
Can we talk about how a 71 year old guy at REI in Boise changed my whole pack weight plan
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