AT: Progress

I got the schedule pretty well nailed down. We’ve got some other plans this summer which may include sections of the Oregon Coast Trail. So it looks like I will be breaking up the AT into a couple of large chunks. Hope to get close to halfway on the AT by early June this year and then come back and finish the second half next year.

Base weight for this hike will be a bit over 12 lbs due to rain and cold weather gear. Total weight will be in the low 20’s. Nice to not have long food carries and water availability should be good. As in previous hikes, I will be relying primarily on food drops. I know what I like and absolutely hate to waste time shopping on town days, unless for ice cream.

This pic is from the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, a beautiful desert range visited on both the AZT and GET. It also happens to be the only place I have been shot at while on trail. On a backpacking trip while in high school, a buddy and I had bullets flying by, pinging off nearby rocks. Never found the source but suspected a deranged prospector looking for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. There were quite a few “characters” in the hills in those days.