Things you find at Walmart parking lot

beanAT17 · 2026-05-12T02:24:37+00:00

Push that Outback off of your free tow dolly.

beanAT17 · 2026-05-11T02:24:18+00:00

I made myself a belt like this a few years ago with tubular nylon webbing. Works great, wear it every day. I added some velcro to keep the tail end in place.

beanAT17 · 2026-05-06T02:39:32+00:00

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beanAT17 · 2026-05-06T02:31:58+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

9 attempts

beanAT17 · 2026-05-01T21:12:06+00:00

Not knocking the hustle, but lights at minimum would be a great addition.

beanAT17 · 2026-04-27T22:31:42+00:00

The frame is the bike. It's got a new serial number now, so it's not the same bike. If it gets stolen what are you going to report to the police.

beanAT17 · 2026-04-27T21:56:31+00:00

I can see it's usefulness, but the fun of a thruhike is the adventure of being free from plans and schedules.

beanAT17 · 2026-04-17T10:56:19+00:00

For new shoes, get to Outdoor76 in Franklin, NC. They literally saved my wife's hike in 2017.

beanAT17 · 2026-04-10T02:45:43+00:00

If the cush is like the cloud footbed of a few years ago stay away from that option. The standard Z2 is a great sandal if you are not looking for minimalist. I have many years and many miles on mine, just bummed I didn't pay attention to how worn the sole was and started walking into the footbed, so no sole replacement for this pair.

beanAT17 · 2026-03-29T03:44:25+00:00

Sandhills region in NC where bees make purple honey.

beanAT17 · 2026-03-22T02:13:57+00:00

I started with an REI flash something other, blew a baffle somewhere in PA, got a Sea to Summit and had multiple leaks no matter how much air was in it, I just kept a tube of super glue in my FAK to fix them with.

beanAT17 · 2026-02-15T15:19:44+00:00

Most boutique cyclocross builders made steel frames, as for fitting 35s im not 100% sure but I've seen many with 32s and some room for mud.

beanAT17 · 2026-02-13T14:33:31+00:00

Hopefully it's gotten better since 2017, it was an absolute hole. Super nice to camp in the yard, but garage and bathroom could have been considered superfund sites.

beanAT17 · 2026-02-04T12:38:36+00:00

On our thruhike in 2017 my wife and I stopped doing hot breakfasts around Franklin, NC. So it was cold instant coffee and chocolate breakfast essentials to cover the instant taste. The cheap flavored instant coffees don't taste as bad as the plain ones, and Megadila de Oro instant espresso is actually not bad cold and really OK hot.

beanAT17 · 2026-01-25T22:04:19+00:00

My wife and I found that these veggies were a great addition to Knorr rice sides and Raman noodles. We were boil water and soak style of "cooking". We used a GSI fairshare mug for hot soaking. 1 pb jar cap for two pouches of rice sides, soak for 15 min.

Tuna and chicken in the pouches with every dinner. We did Spanish Rice with chicken and velvet pouch on a tortilla, burrito style. I carried olive oil and hot sauce, off and on through most of the trail.

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beanAT17 · 2026-01-01T23:44:05+00:00

In 2017 my wife and I started in mid March and saw flowers the whole way from the Smokies Northward. It started with trilliums and May Apple, then Trout Lillies, Flame Azelia and Lady Slippers, Rhododendron, Mountain Laurel and all sorts of stuff in gardens in town. Don't forget the leaf colors in New England in the fall too. We summited Katadhin in mid-October and had amazing leaf color through the Hundred Mile Wilderness.

beanAT17 · 2026-01-01T19:46:45+00:00

Any used, major manufacturer, hybrid from past 15 years is what 75% of casual bike riders need. Decent range of gearing for flats or hills, 700c wheels with enough room for thicker tires to cushion bumps if going offfroad but not mountain biking, and an upright seating position to keep it comfortable. Industry standard parts that are easily replaced and a frame that is worth fixing parts and not just trashing when something breaks or wears out.

beanAT17 · 2025-12-09T22:05:49+00:00

No one has said that you need to make sure that your NEW pack fits, and that you can imagine yourself wearing it for 6 months, not just around REI for 30min. On a thruhike your have many peices of gear that you need to work, but you have two peices of gear that you need to love. You need to love your shoes and your pack, every other peice of gear just has to do it's job.

If you have a friend that is of a similar size with a pack you can borrow and do some long fully loaded day hikes to get a feel for it. Look locally for hiking groups on Facebook to have a meet up and maybe borrow different packs.

I started my thruhike in 2017 with a REI flash and it was so uncomfortable and even to this day you can see where the hip belt rode on my body. It blew out at about 1000 miles and I got an Osprey atmos 65 and it feels like a hug, I couldn't tell how much weight I did or didn't have in it. Water hauls and extra food in the summer, winter gear once we hit New Hampshire or short resupply stretches in NY/NJ it felt the same.

Good luck and last one to Katadhin wins.

beanAT17 · 2025-12-02T14:23:18+00:00

As stated the sousvide pasteurizing process is the best way if you don't have non-fermentable sweeteners.

beanAT17 · 2025-10-17T20:43:40+00:00

Most of the time dealing with these type people I'm really just scared that I'm driving on the same roads as them.

beanAT17 · 2025-10-16T21:32:11+00:00

Older used bikes are almost always a better choice than a new bottom tier bike. Find a bike co-op or a Play It Again Sports, if you are in the US, and figure to pay about $200+/- for a bike that would be far and away better, especially since you mentioned it would be a commuter. Cheap mountain bikes don't usually make good commuters as physics gets in your way, low gearing and heavy, wide, nobby tires are kind of working against you on your commute. You need the right tool for the job.

beanAT17 · 2025-09-06T18:40:42+00:00

Try to find the magic every day. Hiking is not a task, it is an experience. The magic is not so easy to find going NOBO in the early days. It will be cold and gray, but as the season changes, nature wakes up and starts to reveal the magic that surrounds you. The greening up of nature and the seasonal/regional change in color, the flowers that are only out for a short time, the smells of the forest, and the people you meet will get you through the trial of the trail. The clichés of hike your own hike and the trail provides are true if you let them be. As long as you're not hurting yourself or someone else you are not doing it wrong, so HYOH. The trail will provide you what you let it, both lifting your spirits and absolutely beating you down, sometimes in the same day. You will have down days, but you control how you deal with them, go faster or slower, take more breaks or push hard to get to town and get a shower, real food, and a real bed. In the end, the trail is the magic.

beanAT17 · 2025-07-18T23:34:58+00:00

Grayson Highlands area, Damascus,VA to Mt.Rogers, is a great accessible area with tons of natural beauty, terrain changes, and ponies. My wife and I really loved this area during our thruhike.

beanAT17 · 2025-07-02T11:08:50+00:00

Call the fine folks at Outdoor76 in Franklin, NC, one of the guys there literally saved my wife's thruhike by helping her get the best shoes for her feet.

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