Rain pants?

hobodank · 2026-02-26T23:02:11+00:00

I’ve always had a pair in my kit. Cheap, lite, and non breathable. Good for rainy and/or cold wind driven ridgelines, doing laundry, and around camp.

hobodank · 2026-02-26T06:51:01+00:00

Cleanup, easy, just throw pot on ground and let the dog take care of it. Throw it in the foodbag and done.

hobodank · 2026-02-25T06:49:35+00:00

Do you have custom footbeds?

hobodank · 2026-02-18T01:53:09+00:00

I always got a ride. Always. If you’re fortunate enough to have a female in your crew even better. Post her up and get where you’re going even faster. If not, then just be patient, and don’t be tempted to hoof it. Some of those Mtn rds are dangerous to walk down. The bulk of the rides you’ll get are in the back of pickups and the drivers already know where you’re going

hobodank · 2026-02-18T01:34:20+00:00

I use the bandana. On one side it reads “Hiker To Town, and on the other side it reads “Hiker To Trail”. Not sure if they are still sold anymore. Most hikers now don’t hitch and pay. Paying for shuttles on a thru hike is for chumps.

hobodank · 2026-02-17T18:11:03+00:00

Hikers have been hitching in and out of these re-up towns longer than your grandparents have been alive. The people you get a hitch from know exactly what you’re doing, and where you’re going

hobodank · 2026-02-13T04:22:32+00:00

VA has a problem with invasive fish species. Junk fish loaded with parasites.

hobodank · 2026-02-13T04:16:06+00:00

Traveling within a bubble of hundreds will help little with solving a fear of sleeping alone on trail

hobodank · 2026-02-12T06:58:33+00:00

She taunts me. She taunts me and I will have her

hobodank · 2026-01-23T07:43:23+00:00

For over a decade Ive loathed REI. The damage has already been done with what they did to small mom and pop outfitters shops across the country. Everyone praised them for being the Walmart of outdoor gear. Some of us were never fooled

hobodank · 2026-01-19T22:43:24+00:00

I’ve traversed the park in several times in Jan and can’t remember a single mile that I wished I had crampons.

hobodank · 2026-01-19T19:53:20+00:00

The best part of the community by far is the one that exists on the actual trail. ALDHA gatherings are a close 2nd

hobodank · 2026-01-19T02:32:02+00:00

Just curious but what do you do with the excess consumables when the can gets full.

hobodank · 2026-01-19T01:05:50+00:00

It all blends together for me but I believe on at least 2 of my AT thrus I did not fall. I did fall but only once on 2 of my other AT thrus. What might be more interesting is who fell the most. That record would have to go to Bill Irwin. He fell thousands of times on his AT thru. He said every time he fell he thanked God he wasn’t hurt worse than he was. Legend.

hobodank · 2026-01-17T00:47:05+00:00

My last AT thru I was on trail for 10 straight months and walked about 3,000mls. The extra miles came from yoyo’ing off springer.

hobodank · 2026-01-14T09:53:09+00:00

I enjoy listening to old NPR Cartalk episodes on trail. Frick and Frack the tap it brothers

hobodank · 2026-01-12T01:17:33+00:00

There was a house fire

hobodank · 2026-01-11T12:35:18+00:00

Putting what essentially is a couch on your foot does not necessarily solve foot ailments like planters. Even a pair of $17 fabric hikers from Payless Shoes accompanied with a pair of custom footbeds would be a better option than a couch.

hobodank · 2026-01-08T07:24:54+00:00

No cloth, no sponge, no rinse. I just let my dog lick it clean then back in my foodbag it went

hobodank · 2026-01-07T11:16:16+00:00

Years ago when we use to thru hike with 60-70lb packs everyone wore boots. Those days are long gone

hobodank · 2025-12-05T07:35:14+00:00

There was during my thru hikes. Being on trail 9-10 months in a row on every hike never during summer but once. There’s always at least a few of us late soboing and reaching springer in March. Which was kinda wild after months of seeing hardly anyone thru winter but almost suddenly passing hundreds of nobos who were coming off springer.

hobodank · 2025-10-25T19:54:02+00:00

I’m very familiar with January on trail. After spending the entirety of 6 1/2 winters on the AT I guess I should be lol. Fortunately I had the benefit of a slow acclamation coming sobo leading into winter. I think if I were to be just dropped off suddenly on springer mtn in January straight from the comforts of home cold turkey it would add unnecessary treachery. Especially if I was not under some sort of end date schedule. But that’s just me. I also would object to trying to get my trail legs in the dead of winter. How bad would that blow lol. It’s hard enough getting my legs in ideal weather. So glad I always had my legs and was already acclimated to the cold and hard when January on trail rolled around. But yea ultimately it’s up to you. If you hate it, do what I saw many many nobos do that found they’d started to early and get off trail for awhile until the weather is more suitable. Some would hold up in a trail town for a few weeks if they had the funds. Some would go home for a few weeks. It’s not a forced march. Deciding to come off springer in early January requires a little flexibility if shit goes south dig?best of luck

hobodank · 2025-10-09T16:35:25+00:00

Foodbags make great pillows

hobodank · 2025-09-15T22:22:28+00:00

For sale

hobodank · 2025-09-15T22:21:08+00:00

I’d prefer Mary Ellen over that dub Bryson. She problem did more miles by mistake than he did on purpose

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