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seanbennett
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2d ago
Pro tip: the Muir Pass day convinced me to flip my whole Sierra route direction
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pat781
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2d ago
Guy at the trailhead in Bishop laughed at my 30 lb pack and I'm still bugged by it
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kim_ramirez3
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4d ago
I mapped out every mile of the Timberline Trail before hiking it, and it made the trip worse
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nguyen.morgan
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4d ago
Rant: the host at the hostel in Harpers Ferry told me to skip the roller coaster and I listened
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lee_thompson
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5d ago
Spent 3 hours on the wrong side of a creek crossing near Dolly Sods and had to backtrack 4 miles
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the_wendy
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5d ago
Picked the longer approach to Mount Whitney and it paid off with a quiet camp at 10,400 feet
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kimfisher
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5d ago
Just realized I was wrong about hiking the JMT north to south
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nguyen.blake
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5d ago
DAE remember planning routes on paper maps at the kitchen table, now I do the whole thing on my phone before I leave the couch
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jana881
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8d ago
The old stone shelter on the AT near Boiling Springs still has a logbook from 1974
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king.val
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8d ago
Vent: I picked the longer route around Mount Rainier and missed the one view I came for
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leehall
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8d ago
Rant: guy at the REI in Boise told me my map and compass were "basically decoration" and it got under my skin
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diana_schmidt78
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9d ago
TIL the unmarked creek crossing on the Eagle Rock loop cost me 3 hours of back and forth
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amy_craig28
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9d ago
PSA: The ranger at the Mount Rogers desk said to walk the loop backwards and it saved my knees
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karenb97
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10d ago
Serious question, hit 400 miles on the Long Trail before I noticed my boots were a half size too big
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the_brian
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13d ago
Everyone told me I had to use trekking poles on the JMT, so I brought 2 and hated them for 14 days
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