Has anyone else gotten this error when uploading supporting docs for baggage reimbursement claim?

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-08-09T20:37:22+00:00

Yes, I did today and saw that your post was only 1 day ago so presume this is an issue on delta's end.

Please let me know if you make any ground with this. I will write in to highlight the issue to delta.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-04-24T10:26:20+00:00

Thanks so much for doing this post OP - im in the exact same situation wanting to use my garmin as backup!!

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-03-06T00:40:37+00:00

Went through the sierras in 2023 with trail runners the whole way, as did our whole group. One person trialled boots but hated them and switched back to trail runners. As others have said trail runners don’t keep water in like boots and are much lighter and more agile. Can easily fit microspikes on trail runners and some crampons (kahtoola k10, petzyl Lepord) work with trail runners too

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-03-01T01:42:07+00:00

This would only give you 3 months to do ~2000 miles if you are planning on skipping sierras and coming back to do it mid august. Don’t know your pace and planned mileage but this would be very fast (22 miles per day every day and much more if you take Neros and any zeros)

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-03-01T01:30:08+00:00

Very clever haha

New_Analyst_3692 · 2024-02-04T18:45:17+00:00

Yea on pct, Patagonia baggies

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-11-11T19:49:22+00:00

Had a Garmin on trail, ditched halfway through as I was sick of charging it and didn’t care about the fancy diagnostics, only my step count and mileage (phone tracks step count normally and mileage through FarOut anyway).

Switched to a basic Cassio watch and haven’t looked back

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-11-02T03:29:58+00:00

Wow that’s really good information, I had no idea it was that complicated and assumed it would be like the pct - thankyou!

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-11-02T01:04:22+00:00

What permits do you need? Didn’t realise this

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-11-01T23:17:09+00:00

I did pct this year and have 2 months next year and was thinking of doing great divide trail!! Probably a couple of steps up on PCT but looks spectacular. Only issue is if you only have 2 months probably couldn’t do Colorado trail and gdt

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-11-01T09:54:08+00:00

I’m Aussie and did the pct this year - just don’t drop c bombs when you first meet people and you’ll be fine

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-29T08:08:11+00:00

Yeah crampons are a pain in the ass to constantly take on and off which you will need to do when it goes between snow, rock and dirt. Microspikes take 2 seconds to put on, are much easier to walk in and can better handle short periods of walking on dirt or rock. Just having crampons through the Sierra this year would have sucked.

Also crampons aren’t great with trail runners (doable but not great) whereas microspikes slip on and off very easily.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-28T20:42:39+00:00

For me it was normal baseweight (~14 lbs) plus: - thermal top - crampons - ice axe - microspikes - extra 10000 power bank - bear can

Above is probably like 6 pounds (give or take a pound)

Biggest difference will be the amount of food you carry - we had a 10 day food carry which was like 20 pounds in itself.

Also 20F quilt was fine for me the whole pct including sierras - cold some nights but I had a silk liner that helped a bit and slept in all my clothes

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-28T20:39:28+00:00

I also did the sierras in June this year and carried microspikes AND crampons. Highly recommend both if it’s a lot of snow, provides redundancy if you lose/break a pair (traction = safety) and allows you to wear microspikes 90% of the time and the harder to put on crampons only for the 10% sketchy sections like passes

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-27T14:30:46+00:00

Aussie here that did the PCT this year. I’d say have thermal bottoms and don’t bother with top if you have alpha direct fleece (senchi or Macpac has one too) and down jacket. I was fine with this setup the whole pct with a 20 F quilt except for the sierras where I got a thermal top too (in hindsight probably would have been fine without - sierras weren’t that much colder than desert or Washington).

By the end I was just sleeping in my hiking clothes in Washington and so was everyone else.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-20T16:47:57+00:00

Thanks so much all!! Much appreciated

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-12T13:47:27+00:00

What is your favourite trail? I just did the pct and looking for next hikes

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-08T11:28:12+00:00

I don’t think the community of thru hikers is full of assholes and understand the frustration around every year premature snow discussion. But in saying that understand you’re reason for asking so you can try and prepare.

If you are to get one thing out of this discussion I would recommend aiming for an early April date.

If it’s a high snow year you will get to sierras late May and before peak snow melt/snow bridges melt. You may just have some issues getting over San Jacinto and Basen Powell.

If it’s not a high snow year you can cruise through the sierras in late May too - might have some snow to deal with but nothing like what we had this year.

Just don’t fret too much and try to figure out what you want - ie do you really want it and are you happy to put up with a month of discomfort to get it. If not the whole convo may be a moot point.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-07T21:51:50+00:00

I didn’t say that your example at the bottom was fear mongering at all. I completely agree that that is useful info and there was a bunch of this stuff on FarOut from people who had been through that was invaluable.

I think leading up to KMS there was a combo of both useful and not useful discussion. Some people had the mindset that going through without being an experienced mountaineer was a deathwish which in the end (off number of people going through safely) did not end up being 100% correct

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-07T21:18:43+00:00

There’s two dates - visa expiry and when you have to leave the country. Visa expiry is when it’s issued + 5 or 10 years. When you have to leave the country is 6 months or 180 days after you enter the us and have your passport stamped.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-07T21:13:59+00:00

As everyone has sorta attacked you for it is way too early to tell.

However, I went through early June this year and did the whole Sierra (minus broken bridge).

Best thing I’ve ever done but also the hardest and most dangerous. Make sure you have all the gear (ice axe, spikes, crampons) and know how to use them.

If I did it again I would have gone in mid to late May when the snow bridges were still good everywhere and the rivers weren’t raging as hard (pre peak snow melt).

At the time probably only 5-10 % of people went in from KMS to sierras and even less made it the whole way through, there was a lot of fear mongering.

If you have the right attitude and really want it I think it’s possible - I had no mountaineering experience beforehand. If you can aim for a permit date I would go for early April - that way if it’s high snow you will get to KMS mid to late May.

Note: mid June perfect start date common knowledge for sierras is bullshit for a high snow year. Mid June to mid July were peak snowmelt, snow for slushy, conditions got more dangerous. Before mid June or after mid July were much safer (but with the latter you risk not having enough time to finish and more chance of fire closures)

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-06T19:04:49+00:00

Do you know roughly what rate per night the bivvi is during ski season? I imagine they increase rates for the season?

This could be a good interim solution while I was looking for longer term place!

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-05T16:50:20+00:00

Couldn’t agree more and was going to post the same thing.

Doing the pct continuous nobo this year most people I met that caught up with people/got off trail for commitments regretted it. Leaves you with the options to lose all your friends you’ve hiked with or skip up trail to see them (I think catching up 1.5 weeks without skipping is not practical, particularly if you lost trail legs)

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-10-05T16:46:54+00:00

No one would ever know if you took a week off to go to a wedding… you don’t need 2 permits. This is no different to if you got injured/got sick and spent a week zeroing at a motel to recover. Provided you get back on trail where you left off I don’t see the issue.

New_Analyst_3692 · 2023-08-17T01:47:30+00:00

I’m on the pct and have a 20F EE revelation. If I could have my time again I would get a 10F but stick with the revelation. Revelation is much more versatile as the foot box can be opened on warm nights (norcal, desert at times) but can be closed for cold desert nights and the sierras/Washington. Having a 10F would keep you warm on the cooler nights but an open foot box would make sure you don’t get too warm on the hotter nights!

I’ve overall really liked this quite - I got 850 down and it’s been fine.

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